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Out & AboutAugust 29, 2009

Women we admire: Rachel Simkiss

By The Womens Room

Jo Harris, left, receives a manicure at the Silver Pearl salon from founder Rachel Simkiss Occasionally you hear about an act of kindness that warms your heart and makes you vow to be more charitable in the future. Rachel Simkiss… Read More

Food, Home & Garden, We Are ReadingAugust 28, 2009

Food from your Garden by Readers Digest

By The Womens Room

Recently we looked at our favourite cookery books and it was pretty clear that Reader’s Digest books are worth investing in as Jane and I have at least one in each of our favourites list. Well, after a trip… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 27, 2009

We love: The Treehouse Gallery

By The Womens Room

One of our friends recently invited us to lunch and a debate in a tree house. We were intrigued, what a lovely idea. The Tree house Gallery is a series of temporary gallery spaces in Regents park, providing art, events and… Read More

Home & GardenAugust 26, 2009

We are cooking: Dundee Cake

By The Womens Room

As we mentioned earlier this month, we're never getting our bottoms botoxed, there would be no point, because the amount of cake we eat would make it a waste of time (not to mention the almond Magnums). So while others… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 25, 2009

We love: Brogues

By The Womens Room

We have always loved a mans shoe, the more masculine and classic the better. Luckily for us the androgynous look is very key for Autumn/Winter, not that we actually care, as we would have worn them anyway, but it does… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 24, 2009

Buy this: Ally Capellino for the Tate

By The Womens Room

The pencil case is £24.47 and the satchel is £35.23 The passport bag is £19.57 We love a good pencil case here at The Women’s Room and the one Ally Capellino has designed for The Tate shop, in traditional 16oz… Read More

Middle Aged MumAugust 23, 2009

Middleagedmum.com: Beach Baby

By The Womens Room

For around 50 weeks of the year I am happy with my body, not ecstatic, but not depressed. I have come to terms with the fact that I either spend the second half of my life on a permanent diet, or accept… Read More

Home & GardenAugust 22, 2009

Middleagedad loves: The Wattson

By The Womens Room

Middleagedad has a new gadget, the Wattson, which is a clever little device that measures your electricity consumption in watts and converts it into £s so you can see how much your electricity is costing you. Middleagemum likes it because… Read More

Home & GardenAugust 21, 2009

Simple Pleasures: Home grown vegetables

By The Womens Room

This summer everyone we know seems to have a vegetable garden. Even our friends with tiny backyards (now known as yardens, more about them to come soon!) have rejected flora and fauna in favour of tomato plants, herbs, courgettes and the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 20, 2009

Shopping with experts: East

By The Womens Room

The East design team from left Laura Thompson, Penny Oliver and Francine Seward After we told you about the improvements in East's summer range, the design team, headed by product director Penny Oliver, invited us in to take a look at the company's… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutAugust 19, 2009

We love: Madeleine Vionnet

By The Womens Room

If you are in Paris between now and the end of January take a trip to the at the Les Arts De Coratifs to see the stunning Madeleine Vionnet, puriste de la mode, exhibition. This major restrospective devotes two floors to… Read More

Art & CultureAugust 18, 2009

US Vogue- the Age Issue

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Irving Penn for US Vogue's August 2009 issue US Vogue does it's annual Age Issue in August, traditionally the most difficult month to sell the magazine due to everyone waiting for the big September fashion issue. Still, beggers can't be… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 18, 2009

Shopping with experts: the new modern Ghost

By The Womens Room

There are a couple of brands going through something of a revamp currently, old favourites that have been through hard times and have now started to shine again. One is East (more of that on Thursday) and the other is Ghost.… Read More

Home & GardenAugust 17, 2009

We love: The Horticulturalist

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Lisa White author of The Horticulturalist describes her blog as "a organic entity, and my intention is to disseminate ideas and inseminate inspiration across the board, showing how the vegetal world influences the creative design world and vice versa: how a garden… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 16, 2009

Style icon: Felicity Green

By The Womens Room

As part of the day job, we met Felicity Green, the inspiring fashion editor who gave Biba her first break and was influential in exploding 60s fashion onto the world via The Mirror Group, where for twenty one years she… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 15, 2009

We love: Lovelane caravans

By The Womens Room

When we first got a caravan, we were met with looks of horror when we mentioned it. You could almost see the images in peoples heads. Naff caravan parks, hideous interiors, jolly middle aged people in beige firing up the BBQ. Within… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 14, 2009

Shopping with experts: biker boots at Kurt Geiger

By The Womens Room

Strangely, just as we were loving watching The Thomas Crown Affair on its tenth anniversary and admiring Rene Russo in her biker boots, Kurt Geiger was busy designing a brilliant range of biker-inspired boots for autumn. Perfect timing! The… Read More

Health & Happiness, We Are ReadingAugust 13, 2009

Sheds on the Seashore by Kathryn Ferry

By The Womens Room

Sheds on the Seashore by Kathryn Ferry, traces the history of British beach huts, right back to the first wheeled bathing machines of the mid-eighteenth century. It also takes a contemporary tour around the English coast, to explore the iconic … Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 12, 2009

Shopping with experts: Sue Barrett’s denim style

By The Womens Room

Sue Barrett, wearing her Lee dungaree-type playsuit in denim worn with a Topshop lace layered bolero (this season), we totally want the fabulous dungarees but she wont part with them Buying denim as you get a wee bit older… Read More

Home & GardenAugust 11, 2009

We love: The Selvedge Shop

By The Womens Room

We are big fans of Selvedge magazine, for it's eclectic view of the textile world and those who inhabit it and we have written about before here. They have now opened a shop in North London, selling their unique range of… Read More

Fashion, Fashion & Beauty, We Are ReadingAugust 10, 2009

Shoe Design by Rachel Jones

By The Womens Room

Our friend Rachel Jones has just written a beautiful and informative book on shoes. Rachel is very good at shoes; as well as being a trend forcaster for shoes she also design’s her own label Rae Jones Shoes, which are… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 9, 2009

Coming soon: Jill Sander for Uniqlo

By The Womens Room

We cant quite explain how excited we are about this fashion collaboration. Jill Sander is one of our favourite designers, despite the fact we have never actually bought anything from her collection, as it is so hideously expensive!But a girl can… Read More

Art, Culture & Craft, We Are ReadingAugust 8, 2009

Tips for Knitters by Debbie Bliss

By The Womens Room

Since we are such craft enthusiasts here at The Women’s Room, all new books on how to make stuff are of interest, particularly when they are nicely designed with good pictures. So we love the new Tips for Knitters book… Read More

Art, Culture & Craft, We Are ReadingAugust 7, 2009

A Place in the sun and Poolside by Slim Aarons

By The Womens Room

One half of the Womens Room will actually be poolside by the time you read this, but it’s doubtful we will be surrounded by the beautiful people featured in these books. A Place in the Sun and Poolside, offer a… Read More

Health & HappinessAugust 6, 2009

We love: The Do Lectures

By The Womens Room

The Do Lectures are a brilliant idea. Organised annually by the same people that founded clothes company Howies, they are a celebration of all those inspiring individuals who just get on and do things that make a difference. While the… Read More

Home & GardenAugust 5, 2009

Simple pleasures: Haberdashery

By The Womens Room

One of the simple pleasures of my childhood (and now my daughters) was to root through my mums endless bags of bits of fabric, yarn, ribbon, old buttons and buckles, ancient tins of hooks and eyes and pins, some inherited… Read More

Home & GardenAugust 4, 2009

Readers’ Kitchens: Sarah from Dulwich

By The Womens Room

Who: Sarah, avid reader & fan of The Women's Room Where: a 1966 bungalow in leafy Dulwich, a cricket ball throw from the college What do in your kitchen and who with? Unmodernised 1966 bungalow with 1970s style ‘open plan’… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 3, 2009

We love: Jak and Jil

By The Womens Room

If you work in fashion or simply just love fashion (especially shoes) you will love this blog. Featuring beautifully shot photos of editors, stylists, designers, photgraphers and all round fabulous fashion people, blogger Tommy Ton captures the glamour and luxury of fashion. Some of the shoes… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutAugust 2, 2009

We love: RE

By The Womens Room

The Women’s Room was in Northumberland this week enjoying the beautiful countryside and surprisingly great weather. We also searched out a great shop we’d been reading about for ages, RE, tucked away behind the Shell garage in Corbridge. It’s uninspiring… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 1, 2009

The Womens Room potted guide to: Antwerp

By The Womens Room

Boulevard Leopold Guest HouseIf you are planning an Autumn getaway and are looking for somewhere different and easy to get to, try one of our favourite cities, Antwerp. Filled with inspiring shops, amazing buildings and regular fashion exhibitions, Antwerp is easy to navigate and… Read More