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Middle Aged MumMarch 6, 2009

Middleagedmum.com: food glorious food

By The Womens Room

BC (before children) I considered myself an accomplished, confident cook. I enjoyed cooking and could turn my hand to most things. Food was (and is) an important part of middleagedad and my relationship. We ate out a lot and often had (and still… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 5, 2009

Shopping with experts: a bit of neon

By The Womens Room

If we’re not careful, it’s very easy to fill our wardrobe with things that are ‘the same only different’, resulting in a wardrobe that doesn’t move on or stay modern. Before you know it your children are saying things… Read More

Art & CultureMarch 4, 2009

We Love: Justine Picardie’s blog

By The Womens Room

Is it just us, or are there some female journalists and writers that you somehow feel you know. Especially if they write regular newspaper columns and you connect with them on a weekly or a daily basis. We feel we… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 3, 2009

Shopping with experts: how not to treasure your customers

By The Womens Room

I have fallen in love. With a pair of boots. You know how it is. Said pair were brought to my notice by Grazia magazine some weeks ago, they were on the shopping page, beautifully photographed, so promptly sold out.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 2, 2009

We Love: Marni

By The Womens Room

One of the reasons we find it hard to find things we like when we go shopping, is our love of Marni. How can possibly shop on the high street when we have found our fashion Nirvana! Founded in 1994… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 1, 2009

We Love: Lucia van der Post’s idea

By The Womens Room

In this Saturday’s Times LUXX magazine, the veteran writer on all things fashion and good taste Lucia van der Post wrote a good article on why she’d never go near a range of clothes ‘aimed at the older women” (we… Read More

Health & HappinessMarch 1, 2009

We love: Sportsister.com

By The Womens Room

Getting teenage girls interested in sport after compulsory lessons at school finish is tricky, getting mothers of teenage girls interested in sport is even more challenging, but Sportsister.com, the website about sports for women is trying to do just… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Health & HappinessFebruary 28, 2009

We Love: Hats Off

By The Womens Room

Hats Off is a feature length documentary profiling 93 year old Mimi Weddell. Named by New York magazine at age 90 as one of the “50 Most Beautiful People in New York,” Her full-time acting career only began at age… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 27, 2009

Pants to cellulite: Marks & Spencer’s new knickers

By The Womens Room

Now this is what we call useful science. Marks and Spencer is selling (from March) a pair of pants that will actually reduce your cellulite. I kid you not. The Anti-Cellulite Thigh Slimmer underwear range contains a secret chemical ingredient… Read More

Health & HappinessFebruary 26, 2009

Relationship Corner: a problem shared is a problem halved

By The Womens Room

Introducing Dr Fanny Anny P.H.D (university of Life) Monday Morning Divorce Dear Dr Fanny, Every Monday morning, when my husband and I return to our respective workplaces and independent lives I vow to call a lawyer and sort out a… Read More

Health & HappinessFebruary 25, 2009

Depression and the over 40s

By The Womens Room

Last week the British Medical Council released a report indicating that depression in the over 40s is on the increase. The Women’s Room asked Sandy Lewis, 45, who is a sufferer from the disease, to give us some insight. … Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 24, 2009

Style Icon: Tilda Swinton

By The Womens Room

Tilda gets our best dressed woman award at the Oscars. Wearing Lanvin separates, a slick or red lipstick and over size bangles, she looked effortlessly stylish, Oscar worthy glamorous and most of all, true to herself. We love the 47… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 23, 2009

Style Icons and fashion shows: Biba at Topshop

By The Womens Room

Barbara Hulanicki at Topshop The Women’s Room has been going to fashion shows for decades and although we always get excited about a new season, we are definitely past the breathless excitement stage that we used to feel when first… Read More

Health & HappinessFebruary 22, 2009

No make up: would you dare?

By The Womens Room

Personally I don't give two hoots about going out of the house without a scrap of make up. Ok I don't look great and prefer at least a dash of red lipstick and some eyebrows, if Im completely honest,… Read More

Middle Aged MumFebruary 21, 2009

Middleagemum.com: Where are my headphones?

By The Womens Room

‘Where are my headphones?’ I ask the breakfast table Monday morning. With age comes the ability to lose things. I can come through the front door, put my car keys down and three seconds later forget completely where I put… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 19, 2009

Middleagecrush: Iggy Pop

By The Womens Room

We can’t help it, we have a middleagecrush on Iggy Pop. He shouldn’t even be alive he’s been so bad, what with all the drugs and wicked goings-on but he looks pretty good and he's just appeared, wearing very little (as… Read More

Middle Aged MumFebruary 18, 2009

Middleagedmum.com: a messy house

By The Womens Room

Its day four of the first week in 15 years that I have had to think of absolutely no-one except myself. Well, ok, there is middleagedad.com, but he’s a grown up and despite being male he can actually fend for… Read More

Home & GardenFebruary 17, 2009

We love: Copenhagen Cycle Chic blog

By The Womens Room

What is it about sport that makes people think they can forget what they are wearing? The marathon is coming up, and consequently the number of runners out along the Thames tow path has increased and the stuff they… Read More

Novels & Biogs, We Are ReadingFebruary 16, 2009

The Women’s Room by Marilyn French

By The Womens Room

When we came up with the idea of the Women’s Room, there was never any dispute about what we were aiming to do, who our readers were or what we were going to write about. We mulled the idea over… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 15, 2009

We love: Elm

By The Womens Room

So, back to Iceland and the lovely Elm, a group of three Icelandic women, Erna, Lisbet and Matthildur (hence the name) who are ‘women designing for women’ and selling rather well now in the UK. The clothes have been brought… Read More

Health & HappinessFebruary 14, 2009

Modern Dilemma: Having it all?

By The Womens Room

We cant pretend we are envious of Michelle Obama's lifestyle and the enormous changes she will have to navigate her family through in the coming years. Because lets face it when your husband is running the country and potentialy holds… Read More

Out & AboutFebruary 13, 2009

The retreat of the Vikings: girl power in Iceland

By The Womens Room

Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland's new women Prime Minister We have recently discovered a delightful new Icelandic range of womenswear called ELM, more of which in a couple of posts. Until discovering this lovely new collection we, as well as… Read More

Out & AboutFebruary 12, 2009

Something for the weekend: Kids Modern

By The Womens Room

If like us, you feel children should be brought up to appreciate good design, take them along to the Kids Modern show at Dulwich College this Sunday. The show brings together the best children's furniture, fashion and accessories from over 50 designers… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 11, 2009

We love: older models

By The Womens Room

photo taken from The Women who are redefining 50 in The Sunday Times It’s been a good week for older super-models. Marie Helvin looks great as the new face of Marks &Spencer’s Portfolio range and now Jerry Hall is… Read More

Home & GardenFebruary 10, 2009

Simple Pleasures: stay Golden

By The Womens Room

One of our dearest friends brought us this T shirt back from a recent trip to New York and it reminded us how much we love the Golden girls. You can still catch re-runs on You Tube or cable. We love the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 9, 2009

Guilty pleasures: wearing fur

By The Womens Room

The Women's Room is in a quandary over fur. With all this cold weather comes the desire to keep very snug and there’s nothing quite like a bit of vintage fur to do the trick. We’re not talking ubiquitous… Read More

Health & HappinessFebruary 8, 2009

Strap up and get on with it Britain: where’s your backbone?

By The Womens Room

Ok Monday was great fun, an unexpected gift of a snow day, families had fun together, strangers struck up conversations, everywhere was buzzing and a great time was had by all. By Tuesday it was all a distant memory as we got… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 7, 2009

Style Icon: Emmylou Harris and her gorgeous grey hair

By The Womens Room

It helps to be born gorgeous, which Emmylou clearly was (although she is suspiciously wrinkle free for a 62 year-old) but we so totally love the way she rocks grey hair. She seems to have gone from grey to nearly… Read More

Out & AboutFebruary 6, 2009

We Love: holidays in the UK

By The Womens Room

Photograph by Martin Parr Several years ago we predicted a return the old fashioned UK based holidays of our childhood (we didn’t write the Womens Room then, so you'll have to trust us on this one!) In fact we felt so… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 5, 2009

Style icon: Dame Vivienne Westwood

By The Womens Room

Vivienne Westwood and Madonna both consider themselves style queens, but where Madonna is trying to hold back the years by constantly referencing how young she looks, the original Ms Westwood is attempting to forge a new path for older… Read More