Fashion & Beauty

Way to go Zelda

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We were sad to wake up to the news that one of our favourite style icons Zelda Kaplan, had died yesterday. 95 year old Zelda was a regular on the New York social scene, telling New York magazine in 2010,… Read More
Things We Love

Red Accessories

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I love these red accessories from St John, shown on the catwalk in New York this week. Red lipstick is also having something of a fashion moment too, although for me, it is always my ‘go to’ colour (gosh, I… Read More
Art & Culture

MASSIVE girl crush: Madonna

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If like me, you lament the lack of positive female role models for our daughters generation, and for some reason you haven’t seen footage of Madonna’s performance at Sunday’s Superbowl (don’t you read the side column of shame!?). Then make… Read More
Fashion & Beauty

Onesies: Just say no!

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When it comes to appropriate occasions to wear lounge/sleep wear, opinion seems to be divided into two camps. Those who thinks it’s fine to lounge around all day, wearing loose fitting fleece/flannel and microfibre garments, designed for sleeping in, versus… Read More
Middle Aged Mum

Middleagedmum.com: flawless

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Over the last couple of years, a number of new words have entered my vocabulary. Descriptions such as flawless complexion, oily T zone, even coverage, luminescence and defined contours, have become part of everyday kitchen table conversation in our house… Read More
Things We Love

COS Orange trousers

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If you haven’t already bought a pair of coloured trousers, then what are you waiting for? Orange is just not going away and these slim fit trousers are a lovely shade of tangerine. They are smart, but have a slight… Read More
Health & Happiness

Style Icon: Beatrice Wood

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Beatrice Wood moved to California In her early forties, after a succession of failed artistic careers (most notably as an actress) and an annulled marriage.  After buying a pair of baroque plates with a luster glaze and trying to unsuccessfully… Read More
Art & Culture

Style icon: Yayoi Kusama

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Yayoi Kusama’s is Japan’s most prominent contemporary artist. Her paintings, sculptures and installations revolve around her obsession with infinity, pattern and repetition and she is well known for her use of polka dots. A true creative, she has struggled with… Read More
Art & Culture

The Joy of Books

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While traditionalists lament the demise of the book, creatives are coming up with new ways to display, sell and re-invent them. Bookshelf Porn is a lovely Tumblr site, dedicated to showcasing the best images of bookshelves and is a great… Read More
Art & Culture

We Can Be Heroes

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Anyone who went clubbing in the 80’s will love the crowd funded book, We can Be Heroes. A collaboration between writer (and former clothes designer and singer from Blue Rondo a la Turk) Chris Sullivan and photographer Graham Smith, the… Read More
Home & Garden

Frugal flower ideas for January

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If you are experiencing the January blues and missing the added sparkle that Christmas fairy lights brought to your house, pop out now to your latest petrol station and buy some flowers, because believe it or not, garage forecourt flowers… Read More
Health & Happiness

A feminist future?

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Yesterday over breakfast, while reading the paper, I said to teen daughter ‘you should be glad you’re not a 15 year old girl in Afganistan’, ‘why’ she replied, and I told her the hideous story of the young girl, tortured… Read More
Things We Love

They’re Real by Benefit

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Having lush eyelashes  becomes a thing of the past as one gets older and mascara becomes more a necessity than ever. I find it increasingly difficult to find one that doesn’t make me look like a wannabe glamour model/Kardashian and… Read More