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Fashion, We Are ReadingMarch 19, 2018

Catwalking: Photographs by Chris Moore

By Amanda

This is a must for any fashion fan. I can’t believe we haven’t popped this wonderful book on the reading list before now, it came out in November 2017 and is a glorious documentation of the last 60 years of… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 10, 2018

Buying Less: New Year Rules For Clothes

By Amanda

Not wanting to start the year with too much self-celebration but…small drum roll here please…I did it! A whole year of buying Nothing New. I didn’t buy any new clothes in 2017, despite a late trip to (very tempting) India… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 8, 2018

Trend Alert: Long dresses and why you need one

By Jane

Long dresses – particularly long printed dresses have never been my ‘thing’. But as we all know fashion has a way of persuading us that something previously filled us with horror can almost over night, become a object of desire.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 12, 2017

Frieze Fashion (and a bit of art) 2017

By Amanda

It’s hard to believe we’ve been writing up Frieze London Fashion since 2010, so much art and so many clothes! In Jane’s excellent Frieze Colour yesterday, she mentions she’s a little cynical about the art and the insanely rich people… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 25, 2017

Burberry at Old Sessions House

By Jane

I’m not usually a huge fan of Burberry clothes, as they feel too commercial in a hideously expensive way. But its most recent collection was quirky and refreshing, blending its heritage pieces with eccentric knits and unexpected fabrics. I love… Read More

Art & CultureSeptember 5, 2017

Things to Love in September

By Jane

The Return of Katherine Hamnett 1980s fashion icon Katharine Hamnett, is back and not before time, as we are in dire need of some activist fashion that comes from the heart, rather than some not so subtle marketing ploy. Her… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 21, 2017

Style Icon: Celine (and not the brand)

By Jane

This new video directed by Gordon Von Steiner, featuring Celine Dion wearing six styles from the most recent Fall 2017 couture shows, was commissioned by Vogue. Maybe the new editor is already having an effect and moving away from the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 17, 2017

Millennial Pink and why it’s a thing!

By Jane

You may well have seen the term ‘Millenial Pink’ bandied about in the Guardian, New York Magazine and the Times recently. Brands and the media are obsessed by millennials (those born between the early 80s and mid-1990s) as they are… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 12, 2017

A new label to love : Justine Tabak

By Jane

Amanda’s ‘mild angst about what she should have done’ post, got me thinking. Having been a designer for many years, I often have moments of regret at not having carried on – especially when I see really great new brands… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutApril 28, 2017

Swedish Style: Gudrun Sjödén and Josef Frank at The Fashion and Textile Museum

By Amanda

The lovely, all-inclusive Swedish designer Gudrun Sjödén has a small exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsay, which is well worth popping into. Regular readers may remember my fabulous trip to Gudrun’s 40 years of Fashion exhibition in… Read More

Art & CultureApril 18, 2017

Dries Van Noten: The Film

By Jane

Dries Van Noten is one of my favourite designers and my love for him was truly confirmed when he featured an array of older models in his 100th runway show. Over nearly three decades he has built a thriving company,… Read More

UncategorizedApril 3, 2017

Life & Style Icon: Lyn Slater

By Jane

Having see Lyn Slater in the latest Mango advert, I was fascinated to know more about her. A professor of social studies at Fordham University in New York, she also writes the Accidental Icon blog and describes her style as,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 15, 2017

Trend Alert: Sweatshirts are back!

By Jane

Well of course for some of us they never went away – as there’s nothing I like more than coming home from a hard day at the coalface of fashion, to pull on a grubby old, worn out grey marl… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingOctober 4, 2016

The New Garconne, How To Be A Modern Gentlewoman, by Navaz Batliwalla

By Amanda

The author of The New Garconne, Navaz Batliwalla, writes one of my favourite fashion blogs, Disneyrollergirl, so news that she was writing a book was greeted with excitement here at TWR Towers. Navaz has a clear sighted and pragmatic approach… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 14, 2016

Trend Alert: Pale blue stripe shirts

By Jane

After five days in a sweltering New York where my personal summer was on a whole new level (think tall buildings, blasts of heat from the subways, 35 degrees and menopausal hot flushes) I was looking forward to coming home… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 11, 2016

Maye Musk for James Perse

By Jane

The new ad campaign for Californian brand James Perse‘s A/W 16/17 collection features 68-year-old model Maye Musk. A spokesperson for the 20-year-old brand says they are “trying to change customers’ expectations from the young beach set to underscore it has… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 22, 2016

The Life of Pitti Peacocks, For Those of You Who Are All ‘Fashed-Out’

By Amanda

The Life Of Pitti Peacocks – Pitti Uomo Mockumentary from Aaron Christian on Vimeo. I loved this charming tongue in cheek look at the Pitti menswear show, by Aaron Christian and pointed out to us by our roving reporter Julia… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 21, 2016

Modern Rarity: Another Reason to Love John Lewis?

By Jane

We have talked for a while about the concept of “Peak Stuff” and our desire to move away from disposable, fast fashion, to buying less but better. Always on the money when it comes to tapping into the cultural zeitgeist,… Read More

Out & AboutJune 13, 2016

Goodhood: My perfect shop

By Jane

There is a lot of talk in the trends world about how actual shops will look in the future. A few years ago, in my WGSN days, I was asked about the future of retail – and I said “soon… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 25, 2016

Why you need to know about Everlane

By Jane

It’s an interesting time in fashion, as big brands struggle to keep up with the smaller more agile independents, which are often run by entrepreneurs with little or no experience of the fashion industry. Gone are the days when starting… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 13, 2016

Dear M&S, What We Want Is A lifestyle

By Jane

So the new M&S chief executive Steve Rowe sounds promising, after his first press statement attributed the brand’s declining clothing sales to a lack of style.”We have not been as stylish as customers wanted us to be, we have not… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 1, 2016

New Jeans Shapes: What to buy?

By Jane

Buying jeans can be confusing and stressful especially if you’re not really sure what you want. And why oh why do they make the sizing so confusing – I’m 54 and still have no idea what size I am!! The… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 24, 2016

Perfect Pants from Me+Em

By Jane

Me+Em is a brand I have wanted to like for a while, but it’s never quite lived up to my expectations. Their strap line ‘Intelligent style, now + forever’ ticks all my boxes, and I want to love their pared… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 21, 2015

Best of Frieze Fashion: trousers and casual tailoring

By Amanda

Back at Frieze, the second big clothes story after capes was the abundance of beautiful, easy-tailored trousers, mostly worn with trainers. It’s the ‘gentlewoman styling’ we’ve been talking about (well, along with everyone else) recently, that lovely, pared-back-but-still-elegant take on… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 6, 2015

Carine Roitfeld for Uniqlo

By Jane

At last a Uniqlo collaboration with an older woman -ok she’s a stick thin, insanely glamorous fashion editor, but isn’t fashion all about aspiration? 61 year old Carine Roitfeld, founder and editor-in-chief of CR Fashion Book, Harper’s Bazaar global fashion… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, UncategorizedSeptember 24, 2015

Hope: A new fashion Brand for the over 40s

By Jane

It’s not everyday (or any day tbh) that a new range that’s aimed at the over 40s launches. So when an email popped into my inbox asking if I wanted to talk to Nayna McIntosh the founder of new brand… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 22, 2015

LFW S/S16: One to Watch, 1205

By Jane

It’s that time of year again when fashion’s great and good showcase what we are going to be wearing six months from now. A label that stands out as one to watch for those of us who are not so… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 23, 2015

Respect Your Elders, a film by Simone Rocha on Nowness

By Amanda

Here’s a lovely short film to watch by designer Simone Rocha and Nowness, on a touching pastel-coloured tribute to Hong Kong’s older stylish ladies. Having made a collection based on her Chinese grandmother’s style, ‘Respect Your Elders’, this is a… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 20, 2015

The perfect transitional trainer – from adidas via Marni

By Amanda

Now we’ve returned from our Summer hols, in the fashion world, all thoughts naturally turn to winter clothes. As cashmere sweaters and coats start to hit the rails our inboxes are full of Christmas in July emails from PRs wanting… Read More

Art, Culture & Craft, We Are ReadingMay 13, 2015

Sonia Delaunay by Tate Publishing

By Amanda

For anyone unable to visit the truly wonderful Sonia Delaunay exhibition at Tate Modern any time soon, then I can highly recommend the book. I bought it, something I rarely do these days due to shelf space and general book… Read More