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Health & HappinessJuly 18, 2012

MiddleagedSingle.com: Not quite a champion

By Jane

These days it’s rare I’m given an opportunity to emulate one of the super-sleuthing, all-action heroines we used to run around pretending to be in the playground – I’m thinking Diana Rigg as Emma Peel or Alexandra Bastedo as Sharron… Read More

Home & Garden, We Are ReadingJuly 16, 2012

My Cool Shed by Jane Field-Lewis

By Jane

Fashion & BeautyJuly 16, 2012

We love you M&S, but please stop chasing trends!

By Jane

So the world and his wife had a go at poor old M & S last week, as Kate Bostock is to leave, Belinda Earl takes over as part time Style Director and the Head of Food (?) who has… Read More

Things We LoveJuly 14, 2012

Tatty Devine; eyelash sunglasses

By Jane

While buying new sunglasses may not be high on your list of priorities at the moment (in the words of Bananarama ‘It’s a cruel cruel summer’), you may well be planning a holiday somewhere hot. A slick of red lipstick… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 14, 2012

Trend alert: turbans

By Jane

If Karl Lagerfeld says it’s all about the turban, then you can be sure, whether you like it or not, at some point in the next six months you might find yourself thinking ‘can I can’t I’? Sir Karl actually… Read More

Out & AboutJuly 12, 2012

The Canine Games: the UK’s hippest dog show

By Jane

Last Saturday big A and I took a trip down to the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club to check out the Canine Games, a dog show which promised to be more like Lattitide than Crufts. Organised as a fund raising… Read More

Art & CultureJuly 10, 2012

Blogging moves onto the next level

By Jane

We wouldn’t call ourselves experts when it comes to blogging, but then again we are not exactly amateurs either. Almost three years of daily blogging has created a large and loyal group of readers and we consider ourselves fortunate to… Read More

Home & Garden, We Are ReadingJuly 8, 2012

Bringing Nature Home: Floral Arrangements Throughout the Seasons: Floral Arrangements Throughout the Seasons, by Nicolette Owen and Deborah Needleman

By Jane

Fashion & BeautyJuly 8, 2012

Why Kenzo is cool again

By Jane

There was a time back in the day (the 80’s) when no work trip to Paris was complete without a trip to the Kenzo store in Place Des Victoires. Not that we could afford anything, but we just had to… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 6, 2012

Something lovely for a Friday: Marni menswear inspiration

By Jane

Menwear is having something of a moment, with some of the most recent mens shows in London looking more exciting than we have seen in a while. There seems to be no boundaries when it comes to what designers think… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 4, 2012

Dear British retailers

By Jane

Over the last few months I have been shopping in high street shops more often than I would like. What with finding the perfect prom dress and shopping for teen sons summer trip around Europe (lucky for some), it feels… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 2, 2012

Trend alert: trophy trousers and kitten heels

By Jane

As you already know, this summer and next Autumn TBH, is all about the trophy trouser. Be it coloured, jaquard or printed, no self respecting fashionista will be without a statement trew. So hopefully we have all got over the… Read More

Out & AboutJune 30, 2012

In June I have been mainly….

By Jane

Trying unsuccessfully to make Elderflower cordial, hanging out in Hackney – drinking coffee, eating breakfast, drinking far too much with lovely (mad) friends and loving Rubys secret cocktail bar. Admiring Alexa from afar, shopping with teen son and eating giant… Read More

Home & GardenJune 28, 2012

Objects For Use

By Jane

Objects for Use is a charming shop hidden away in an alleyway at the bottom of Kingsland Road in the heart of Shoreditch. Having spent half her life in Japan and half in Britain, owner Momoko Mizutani has had to… Read More

Art & CultureJune 26, 2012

More colour inspiration

By Jane

Always on the look out for colour inspiration for the day job, I recently stumbled across the lovely Tumblr, Landscape Palettes. The colour palettes are inspired by photographs of landscapes, submitted by anyone who has taken an nice image. You… Read More

Out & AboutJune 24, 2012

L’Atelier: Eat and shop

By Jane

Every time I walk through Dalston another new cafe or shop has opened and it is increasingly turning into an interesting place to hang out during the day as well as party central (if you are 20 something) at night.… Read More

Art & CultureJune 22, 2012

Dig out those shoulder pads and pop on a peplum: Dallas is back!

By Jane

The show that changed the face of TV, the size of our hair, width of our shoulders, the way our young impressionable selves viewed older, rich men, and famously brought the whole nation to a standstill with the question “Who… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingJune 20, 2012

Paul Smith: A to Z

By Jane

Fashion & BeautyJune 20, 2012

When Tavi met Iris: Good Taste/Bad Taste, The Evolution of Contemporary chic

By Jane

Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations at the Met is on my list of must see exhibitions when I visit New York this summer and I would have loved to be able to see the not so impossible conversation between 16… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 18, 2012

Can older women look good with short hair?

By Jane

You know how it is with hair, you always want what you can’t have! Recently I’ve been looking longingly at women (make that girls) with short hair and wondering – could I, should I? Then last week I came across… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 16, 2012

Whats new: Resort 2013

By Jane

The only things you really need to know about (if you care) for resort 2013 are colour, pattern, the 70’s and possibly culottes! Florals continue to dominate most collections and with a fabulous take on Romany Gypsy meets garage forecourt… Read More

Health & HappinessJune 14, 2012

Tips my grandmother should have given me

By Jane

Since it seems we are all about amazing older women this week, I thought I’d share these words of wisdom from a series of images created by Madrid based designer Chacho Puebla, his photographer sister and their great aunt. He… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 12, 2012

Moonrise Kingdom and blue eye shadow!

By Jane

If you haven’t seen Moonrise Kingdom, the new Wes Anderson film, go now, right now – it is quite simply the loveliest, most visually stunning film, I’ve seen in ages. A gentle comedy drama set in the 60’s, about two… Read More

Things We LoveJune 10, 2012

Seahorses by Tatty Devine

By Jane

We were given one of these seahorse necklaces in our goody bag from the Advanced Style book launch – aren’t they fab? I have long been a fan of Tatty Devine and their eccentric, fun take on jewellery and accessories.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 10, 2012

Advanced Style: book launch party

By Jane

When we heard our favourite blogger and champion of growing old with style, Ari Seth Cohen was coming to London to launch his new book Advanced Style, we were more than a little excited. Having long been huge fans of… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingJune 10, 2012

Advanced Style by Ari Seth Cohen

By Jane

Fashion & BeautyJune 6, 2012

Granny takes a trip: Annie Phillips

By Jane

Thanks to the increasingly fabulous WGSN Tumblr for alerting us to this collection from new Westminster University graduate Annie Phillips. Has she been secretly using my mood boards? Inspired by old ladies (and a little bit of Meadham Kirchoff) designed… Read More

We Are ReadingJune 5, 2012

London Style Guide (Eat Sleep Shop) by Saskia Graville

By Jane

Home & GardenJune 4, 2012

Cakespiration; garden cakes

By Jane

These days food seems to have almost as many trends as fashion. Perhaps it’s something to do with the fact we constantly share images on social networking and everywhere you look people are up loading pictures of cocktails in jam… Read More

Middle Aged MumJune 2, 2012

Middleagedmum.com: schools out forever

By Jane

Yesterday at 8.25am there was a knock on the door, just as there has been every day during term time for the last seven years. Since teen son started secondary school, he (then his sister) has walked to school with… Read More