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Art & CultureOctober 21, 2013

The Grand Budapest Hotel

By Jane

Moonrise Kingdom was one of my favourite films of 2012 and there’s no doubting it’s influence on a whole host of ad campaigns, fashion shoots and colour palettes, with the Orla Keily S/S2014 range featuring Suzy Bishop influenced styling, in… Read More

Health & HappinessOctober 17, 2013

Camp Gyno: “Like Santa for your vagina”

By Jane

We all remember the day we got our first period and feeling like we had become members of some sort of secret, women only club. Huge bulky sanitary towels with loops and belts were smuggled into the house, magazines featured… Read More

Art & CultureOctober 15, 2013

Miss Magpie Spy’s Limited Edition Prints

By Jane

We are big fans of illustrator and Fashion Designer, Niki Groom, AKA Miss Magpie Fashion Spy ‘s work. Her unique illustrative style and ability to capture the cultural zeitgeist almost instantly – she draws what you tweet – has wowed… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 11, 2013

Cole Haan: Born in 1928

By Jane

US brand Cole Haan recently celebrated their 85 anniversary by creating an advertising campaign called ‘Born in 1928’. The print and digital campaign for their Autumn range, celebrates portraits of writer Maya Angelou, photographer Elliott Erwitt, astronaut Jim Lovell and … Read More

Art & CultureOctober 9, 2013

See this: Eden

By Jane

Journalist Louise Quick gave us the heads up on Eden, an interesting film that was released last week on DVD. A gritty, non voyeuristic look at the difficult subject of sex trafficking. It may not be the most easy watch,… Read More

Out & AboutOctober 7, 2013

Best Of Britannia

By Jane

In it’s second year, Best of Britannia is a showcase for the increasing number of people who make things in the UK. Be it hand crafted footwear, chocolate, motor bikes or music and films, the show brings together the very… Read More

EventsOctober 3, 2013

The Women’s Room Salon: Women of Substance

By Jane

Take one fabulous location with an amazing view of the best city in the world, delicious cocktails and mini meringues, four inspiring speakers and 80 of our readers and friends and what do you have? Women of Substance, of course… Read More

Health & HappinessOctober 1, 2013

Bridget Jones at 51

By Jane

When Bridget Jones Diary first came out I was 33. I read it , as we all did and laughed at the way many of Bridget’s insecurities reflected our thirty something urban lives. We worried about our careers, drank too… Read More

Home & GardenSeptember 27, 2013

New Paint ranges from Mr & Mrs Smith and Liberty

By Jane

As someone who predicts colour for a living I find looking for colours to paint my house surprisingly confusing. Not only do you have to please “other halves” (although I have trained mine over the years to concede to my… Read More

Art & CultureSeptember 25, 2013

See this: A Journey Through London Subculture 1980’s to Now

By Jane

A Journey Through London Subculture: 1980s, is a major new exhibition at the Old Selfridges hotel and is definatley one to see if you were a clubber in the 80’s. Looking at the similarities between the post-punk era and the… Read More

EventsSeptember 24, 2013

Women of Substance Salon update

By Jane

Next Tuesday is shaping up to be the best night out of the year – no pressure there then – as we are now officially sold out for our Women of Substance Salon. We are super excited/nervous and looking forward… Read More

Things We LoveSeptember 23, 2013

Anna Lou of London

By Jane

Remember back in April I posted about my increasing love for costume jewellery? Well I have been on the hunt for some affordable versions ever since. Zara have a well priced range but the quality isn’t great (a friend has… Read More

UncategorizedSeptember 19, 2013

Simon Doonan: Fashion and Madness Bedfellows

By Jane

Simon Doonan, the British-born Creative Ambassador-at-Large to New York based store Barneys, joined NYFW creator Fern Mallis this week for a conversation on his latest book; The Asylum: A Collage of Couture Reminiscences … and Hysteria. Our New York correspondent… Read More

Home & GardenSeptember 17, 2013

Witches are the new Vampires

By Jane

If you are already worrying about what you are going to do when Breaking Bad finally ends for ever (how good was it last night? I actually gasped – twice!), you might want to take a look at American Horror… Read More

Things We LoveSeptember 17, 2013

Houndworthy

By Jane

As all you stylish dog owners out there will know there are so many websites for dogs it’s a mine field when it comes to finding products that are right for your hairy best friend. They for the sublime to… Read More

Art & CultureSeptember 13, 2013

Finding Vivian Maier

By Jane

Hailed as one of the greatest 20th Century photographers along with Diane Arbus Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson, I posted about Vivian Maier a couple of years ago. Nowness recently featured some of her unseen experimentation with film, which has… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 11, 2013

Let the fashion circus begin………….

By Jane

As we prepare for London Fashion week (surely it can’t be that time already) and the circus that takes place inside and outside the shows, I increasingly find myself questioning the way the industry works. Oscar De La Renta recently … Read More

Health & Happiness, We Are ReadingSeptember 9, 2013

The Granny Alphabet by Tim Walker

By Jane

Tim Walkers new book The Granny Alphabet is a tribute to his own Grandma Kathleen and Gamma Louis and features 26 images of older women, with accompanying poems by Kit Hesketh-Harvey and illustrations by Vogue illustrator Lawrence Mynott. A lovely… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 9, 2013

See this: Fabulous Fashionistas on C4

By Jane

Award-winning director Sue Bourne has made some heart warming and poignant documentaries over the years ( we suspect she may be our age) with My Street (where she told the stories of the people in the London street she had… Read More

EventsSeptember 2, 2013

The Women’s Room Salon: Women of Substance

By Jane

We are beyond excited to announce we will be hosting our very first Women’s Room Salon on Tuesday 1st October. Titled, Women of Substance, it will take place in the soon to be opened Ace Hotel, Shoreditch, where some of… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 23, 2013

Autumn colour inspiration

By Jane

Transitional and Pre-Fall are words used by us fashion sorts, in an attempt to explain those in between times when the unpredictable weather means we just don’t know what to wear – make that almost all the time then! As… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 21, 2013

Ankle socks for the over 40’s?

By Jane

As you know, we always encourage our readers to dress exactly as they please – age appropriate or otherwise. Who are we to judge – although Carole Vordeman might want to think about moving away from the bandage dresses at… Read More

Art & CultureAugust 19, 2013

Top of The Lake

By Jane

If you haven’t seen Top of the Lake yet – you are in for a treat. Written and directed by Jane Campion and filmed in New Zealand, it stars Elizabeth Moss (Peggy from Mad Men), Holly Hunter and Peter Mullan… Read More

Things We LoveAugust 17, 2013

Cosmakeup from Sampar

By Jane

Cosmakeup is new beauty “thing”, which basically means blurring the lines between cosmetics and make up – who knew? Well you do now, and one of the brands championing this thinking is French company Sampar. Available from Marks & Spencer… Read More

Art & CultureAugust 15, 2013

See this: Mirror Mirror at LCF

By Jane

Thanks to @Spob for alerting us to an up and coming event at the London College of Fashion, which looks right up our street. Mirror Mirror: Representations and Reflections on age and ageing is a two-day event is designed to… Read More

Home & GardenAugust 13, 2013

We love: The Meringue Girls

By Jane

Pavlova has become my signature dish for special occasions – I just adore that sweet combo of sugar, cream and fruit – and given the choice, would always choose a meringue over an eclair Ottolenghi championed the return of the… Read More

Middle Aged MumAugust 9, 2013

Middleagedmum.com: Summer in the city

By Jane

For the last three months, our kitchen floor has been home to a constant stream of tents, rucksacks and bags of disgusting washing, as one or the other of the teens returns from yet another holiday or festival. I have… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 7, 2013

We love: Playing in Diane’s closet

By Jane

Last Summer my best friend, daughter and I went on a little road trip in Conneticut. We had heard Diane Von Furstenberg’s country home was somewhere near where we were staying and were fascinated to see if we could find… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 5, 2013

The Dogs Trust Honour Awards

By Jane

Becoming a dog owner has been one of the best decisions I have ever made. Not only has it made me exercise every single day and shown me what loyalty and unconditional love means (soppy I know – but dog… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 1, 2013

We love: Ethnic jackets from Lisa Taylor

By Jane

Ethnic jackets are having a bit of a fashion moment – although personally we have always been fans of the eccentric textile lecturer look – and it’s all due to Isabel Marant, the queen of boho chic, who is known… Read More