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Fashion & BeautySeptember 1, 2017

Arket: A Good New Brand For Grown Up Women (And Men)

By Amanda

Hello! Welcome back to TWR. We have had a great summer recharging our batteries, we hope yours was good too. Anything interesting happen while we were away? Well yes, as it happens. Arket launched, a rather good new brand from… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 13, 2014

& Other Stories V COS (with a bit of Iris Apfel thrown in)

By Amanda

Listen up people, we have a new favourite shop, & Other Stories. I know we’ve written about it before, but recently it’s absolutely nailed it in terms of very wearable clothes for grown ups and we’ve had some interesting feedback… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 22, 2014

Checks and stripes with Boden, Hobbs and COS

By Amanda

There’s something about spring that makes me want to wear a nautical stripe, this year the feeling’s been heightened by having seen the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition. JPG has always done stripes brilliantly well, the above couture silk stripe gown… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 29, 2014

Blue is the new pink

By Jane

I don’t like to say I told you so, but remember who told you about pink back in March last year? Now you can’t move for shades of pink all over the high street and even good old M&S featured… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 16, 2013

Five things to buy at &Other Stories

By Amanda

For anyone whose been living under a rock for the last couple of months, & Other Stories is the big new brand launch from the H&M portfolio, we mentioned it here. Now the opening excitement has passed and we’ve had… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 12, 2012

Two perfect sweaters: we’re back in love with COS

By Amanda

Despite our slight falling out of love with COS earlier this year, every time I walk down Regent Street I find myself inexplicably drawn to the store…it’s amazing how many walks through London coincidentely just happen to pass by COS.… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, UncategorizedSeptember 20, 2012

Dear COS………..a word of warning!

By Jane

This week the weather has changed, there’s a nip in the air, it’s getting darker in the morning and we’ve started thinking about new winter clothes. Every season, you are our first port of call when it comes to shopping… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 21, 2012

Trend alert: Blue

By Jane

Blue is one of the few colours I very rarely wear, as it always feels a little conservative! But recently I have been ‘feeling’ blue in a big way, especially when I spotted these images from Milan on the Stylesight… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 11, 2012

Bright and cheerful sale buys to work into your spring wardrobe

By Amanda

Didn’t you just love the beautiful prints and cheerful colours on Jane’s Mary Katrantzou post? I have vowed to wear more beautiful colours this year, certainly during the dull months of Jan and Feb, so scanning the sale from the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 14, 2011

Art and fashion get together

By Jane

It’s all about art here in London this week, as the Frieze Art Fair is on until Sunday. Look out for Amanda’s pics of the stylish clientele later in the week. Our favourite brand in the world (did we tell… Read More

Things We LoveJune 2, 2011

COS orange trousers

By Amanda

We promise this will be the last post on coloured trousers for a while, we have rather gone on about them this week. But I thought you might be interested to know where I ended up buying mine from. COS… Read More

Out & AboutMarch 15, 2011

COS and Clifton: match made in heaven?

By The Womens Room

In what seem’s a match made in heaven to us, our favourite retailer COS has teamed up with the super chic garden centre Clifton Nurseries to host a pop up plant shop in the Regent Street store. Although this is… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 20, 2009

We love, or do we? the new COS website

By The Womens Room

We love everything about COS, the clothes are just perfect for our age group. Beautifully designed, subtle colour palettes, good quality fabrics and all reasonably priced. Which is great if you live in London, certain parts of Europe and most recently Birmingham,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 28, 2008

We love: COS

By The Womens Room

The first time we walked into the new COS store on Regent Street, we were struck by the number of breathless, slightly flushed, over excited, 40 something women rushing around grabbing clothes. Before we knew it, we had joined them,… Read More