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Fashion & BeautyJune 4, 2014

Unique Style Platform: A new trends service for the fashion industry

By Jane

Six months ago I decided that just for once, instead of talking about what I’d like to do with my life, I should actually get on and do it. I’d spent many months thinking the only way I was ever… Read More

Home & GardenJune 2, 2014

Read this: Anthology, Style at Every Age

By Jane

Anthology is a refreshingly good read, in a magazine market saturated with celebrity obsessed trash and beautiful but “samey” lifestyle publications. Stunning images, nice paper and contemporary design doesn’t always make for really interesting features with people you’d actually like… Read More

Health & HappinessMay 29, 2014

Calling all interested women: Are you a Libertine?

By Jane

Our favourite magazine for interested women, Libertine, has just launched a crowdfunding campaign – and they need your help. If your interests extend beyond fashion and beauty and you want to see more thoughtful, intelligent, and useful content that will… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 27, 2014

Are you Kaftan ready?

By Jane

It’s that time of year when our inbox starts filling up with helpful emails from PR’s tasking “are you bikini ready?” and “do you have the perfect beach body?” The temptation to reply to these inane emails and tell them… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 23, 2014

Wedding dressing dilemmas

By Jane

It’s that time of year when young people start getting married (are they insane?) and we are required to pull out all the stops, outfit wise. Personally, I find nothing more stressful than pulling together a “dressed up” look. A … Read More

Health & HappinessMay 21, 2014

See this: Orange is the New Black

By Jane

Just when you think you have binge watched every great TV series there is, along comes another one and before you know it, you are losing whole evenings in the persuit of “just another one before bed.” I found out… Read More

Health & HappinessMay 19, 2014

Your Hormone Doctor by Leah Hardy & Susie Rogers

By Jane

We were really excited when we heard about this new book written by Leah Hardy and Susie Rogers. Your Hormone Doctor is an honest, witty and really useful for women on how to de-stress, sleep better, re-ignite their sex lives,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 15, 2014

Middle-aged dad’s guide to summer dressing

By Jane

As the weather begins to warm up (she says optimistically) and our thoughts turn to summer dressing, I thought it might be time for a few words of advice for the men in our lives, on how to approach the… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingMay 13, 2014

Why Fashion Matters by Frances Corner

By Jane

Francis Corner Head of the London College of Fashion shares 101 reasons why fashion is not only the most immediate and intimate form of self-expression, but a billion dollar industry which has an increasing influence on lives and industries around… Read More

Health & HappinessMay 13, 2014

Positive aging: Laugh with us, not at us

By Jane

There is no doubt that older people are becoming increasingly more visible in the media, which can only be a good thing. But recently I’ve come to question the way that a recent number of adverts tend towards ridicule. Are… Read More

Things We LoveMay 12, 2014

Stoxbox: the answer to your tight drawer nightmare

By Jane

My tight drawer is a bit like my pan cupboard. Pull one out and they all come tumbling down, causing me to shout and swear and vow to sort it out the next time I have time to really tidy… Read More

Home & GardenMay 12, 2014

Summer decorating ideas

By Jane

There’s nothing I love more than a special occasion that requires major house decoration. In fact sometimes I think I enjoy the preparation more than the party itself. I’m always on the look out for interesting ideas and new companies,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 7, 2014

Five things you need to know about the Met Ball

By Jane

Well you don’t actually need to know anything about the Met Ball as I’m sure you have more interesting/important things to think about today. But just in case you happen to be going to a red carpet event in the… Read More

Home & GardenMay 5, 2014

Succulents are having a moment!

By Jane

Succulents have long been firm favourites of mine. I love their weird almost Jurassic shapes and colours and the fact they need little or no attention. They grow like wildfire and are easy to divide up and re-distribute into a… Read More

Middle Aged MumMay 1, 2014

Middelagedmum.com: you said what?

By Jane

Ok, I’m going to come right out and say it – when it comes to speaking correctly – I’m a snob, a terrible snob. There, I’ve said it and as someone who lives in possibly the most politically correct borough… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 29, 2014

Iris Apfel gets dressed for Matisse

By Jane

Octogenarian Iris Apfel shares her love of Matisse and how her style has been inspired by his work. I want to live in her Palm Beach home, arrange things all day and try on lots of outfits! The Matisse Cut-Outs… Read More

Out & AboutApril 25, 2014

Hackney from the air

By Jane

A little bit of a self indulgent post today. Regular readers will already know that I think that Hackney is the centre of the universe. My friend Debora and I always comment when visiting other London Boroughs, “it’s very nice… Read More

Art & CultureApril 23, 2014

Sabatina Leccia: painting and embroidery

By Jane

There are times when living in the city can make you long for a quieter, more peaceful way of life. Occasionally I fantasise about living in the country and owning a large light filled studio, where I can practice mindfullness… Read More

Out & AboutApril 21, 2014

See this: The Advanced Style Documentary

By Jane

Bit of a late post today – due to technical difficulties and the bank holiday! If you are in London and a fan of the wonderful Advanced Style blog, you might want to get tickets for the special screening at… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 17, 2014

The new retail: Clicks then bricks?

By Jane

Something we have been interested in for a while, is the concept of creating a brand that starts with an online audience, who eventually turn into customers. Could this be the way forward for successful blogs who have created a… Read More

Health & HappinessApril 15, 2014

See this: The Beauty Project

By Jane

The subject of beauty can bring out all sorts of feelings and opinions. What is true beauty, how has it evolved, how does it vary across cultures and sexes, and how do our views change as we age? These are… Read More

Health & HappinessApril 11, 2014

Inspiration for ageing musically with Dennis and Lois

By Jane

More inspiration for growing older in the video for the Elbow single, New York Morning. I love the line “There aren’t a lot of, gee I should haves” . Have a lovely weekend.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 9, 2014

The Alchemist’s Dressing Table by Lauren Davies

By Jane

For her final 2013 RCA MA project, Lauren Davies created a collection of analog tools for the production of natural cosmetics at home, inspired by beautiful ancient rituals and the transformative powers of alchemy. “I believe this could be the… Read More

Health & HappinessApril 6, 2014

Inspiration for ageing beautifully with Linda Rodin

By Jane

The first of this weeks inspiring films about growing older, with the stunning Linda Rodin. Happy Monday everyone.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 3, 2014

Beauty finds at Paks and Superdrug

By Jane

Teen daughter and I love nothing more than to poke around a Chemists or beauty department on a Saturday afternoon. We love searching out the hero products that are relatively unknown, usually cheap and have the potential to change our… Read More

Out & AboutApril 1, 2014

The power of two: double acts

By Jane

Last weekend’s Vogue Festival hosted some really interesting talks and I managed to take in a fascinating debate on taste with Grayson Perry, Jasper Conran and Lilly Allen, as well as listening to Alexandra Shulman interview Jack McCollough and Lazaro… Read More

Home & GardenMarch 28, 2014

Fashion & Gardens at The Garden Museum

By Jane

So who knew there was a garden museum in London? Not me, that’s for sure, but apparently there is. A self-funded museum which relies entirely on its visitors, the Museum’s garden was created in 1980 and is filled with flowers… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 26, 2014

Me by Me at TK Maxx

By Jane

TK Maxx is a Marmite type retailer, you either love it or hate it, and until recently I was very much a hater. All that trailing through rail after rail of “stuff” just wasn’t for me. But when I met… Read More

Things We LoveMarch 24, 2014

PetsPyjamas Pet Travel Bowl

By Jane

Every so often a product comes along that’s so ingenious, you wish you hadn’t just fantasised about it, but actually patented it yourself. Almost every time we go off on a long dog walk on a hot summers day, I… Read More

Art & CultureMarch 24, 2014

See this: The Company of Dogs

By Jane

When PetsPyjamas got together with portrait photographer Gerrard Gethings and the Dogs Trust to create an exhibition to celebrate canine life and raise money to help rescue dogs, who knew it would create such so much interest. The Company of… Read More