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Fashion & Beauty, UncategorizedFebruary 23, 2015

Style Icon: Princess Julia

By Jane

As an impressionable young wannabe from the sticks, arriving in London in the early 80s I discovered that the club scene wasn’t so different to Northern clubs I had grown up with. Filled with the drag queens and “weirdos” we… Read More

Out & AboutFebruary 19, 2015

See this: WOW

By Jane

Women of the World returns to the Southbank Centre to mark International Women’s Day on Sunday 8th March. In its fifth year the festival includes a programme of gigs and musical performances created and performed by women Taking place across … Read More

Health & Happiness, UncategorizedFebruary 17, 2015

Growing old in Hackney: The Posh Club

By Jane

As you know, I’m determined to grow old in the city, as where I live now has everything I could want to ensure a happy old age – not least a sense of community, which in inner city London is… Read More

Health & Happiness, UncategorizedFebruary 13, 2015

Ageism in the workplace: things need to change

By Jane

Lately we are seeing lots of positive changes in the way the world views older people. Soon the term anti ageing will be a thing of the past and the fashion industry are using lots of older women in their… Read More

Health & HappinessFebruary 11, 2015

Opening up the conversation around dementia

By Jane

Listening to my aunt tell the the story of my uncle’s heartbreaking illness and eventual death from dementia last year, made me realise that this is a condition that takes away the last years of a persons lives in the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 9, 2015

The BAFTAS: Older stye icons

By Jane

A recent interview in the Guardian with Patricia Arquette, features her thoughts on Hollywood, feminism and ageing in relation to her part in the wonderful film Boyhood where she was required to age naturally over 12 years for her role… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 5, 2015

Middleagedmum.com: In praise of soft

By Jane

Whenever we have friends over for dinner we always end up sitting in the kitchen all night. I light the fire and lots of candles in the living room, but no-one ever quite manages to make the move from the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 3, 2015

Finery: A new brand to LOVE

By Jane

Not since the launch of our beloved COS have I been so excited about a new clothing range. And since COS is not exciting me quite as much as it used to (come back Rebekka Bay – now that Gap… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 30, 2015

Denim Dudes by Amy Leverton

By Jane

We are loving the look of this new street style book, ‘Denim Dudes’ by ex-colleague and friend Amy Leverton. It explores the very best of denim styling from over 80 different denim obsessives and shows how a wide range of… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 28, 2015

Style Icon: Nick Wooster

By Jane

I have been trawling through the latest menswear catwalk collections this week for the day job and have been taken with the number of fabulously stylish older men outside the shows. Obviously they work in fashion so they are bound… Read More

UncategorizedJanuary 26, 2015

Wolf Hall: Why you should watch it

By Jane

If like me you picked up Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall in a book shop/airport many times last year, only to put it down in favour of something less GCSE homework like, then the BBC 2 adaptation of this must read… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 21, 2015

Older street style

By Jane

It’s the menswear fashion weeks at the moment (do they ever end?) and the biggest trend so far is neutrals (bet you feel like you can sleep tonight now that you know that!) for men and women. Doesn’t this older… Read More

Art & CultureJanuary 16, 2015

Punk attitude at any age: Bruno Wizard

By Jane

Hanging around the edges of the punk/indie scene in the late 70s/early 80s, I was and still am, fascinated with the people who were brave enough to follow their principles at any cost and make a true commitment to an… Read More

Health & Happiness, Middle Aged MumJanuary 14, 2015

Middelagedmum.com: In praise of walking

By Jane

When ever I visit friends and family outside of London I am surprised by how much they use their cars. They do it because they have to or because they can – a journey to the shops simply involves pulling… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 12, 2015

Restorative Living

By Jane

I don’t know about you, but the medias obsession with salads, green juice and new work out regimes accompanied by the smug hash tag #cleanliving is getting right on my nerves and if I have to read another detox diet… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 8, 2015

Style & Literary Icon: Joan Didion

By Jane

I love Pheobe Philo for all sorts of reasons, not least because she designs wearable clothes for real women and has heralded a movement towards simple lines and pared down styling. Chosing the iconic writer Joan Didion as the face… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 6, 2015

Joyceland

By Jane

It’s that time of year when you start to think you’d like to change your life. Maybe live off gird in the Highlands, run away with the circus and become an acrobat, or in my case go and live in… Read More

UncategorizedDecember 22, 2014

Happy Holidays

By Jane

It’s been a great year here at the Womens Room and as usual we have done some interesting things, met some lovely people and hopefully kept you entertained and informed most days of the week. One of the things that… Read More

Health & HappinessDecember 17, 2014

Silver Surfers: How social media keeps you healthy

By Jane

Theres a section in India Knight’s book In Your Prime about technology and growing older, which perfectly sums up how I feel about people (particularly older people) who refuse to get involved with social media “There is no heroism in… Read More

UncategorizedDecember 15, 2014

All I want for Christmas: Beauty must haves

By Jane

I never really like beauty pages in magazines as they seem to be filled with whatever products the editors have been sent that week and the re-hashed versions of press releases just aren’t convincing. I much prefer to read a… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 11, 2014

Advice for menopausal skin from Stratum C

By Jane

We are always on the look out for skin/hair care that helps our skin look better (we know its not going to change our lives) so when the lovely people from skin care brand Stratum C asked if we would… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 9, 2014

Helen Mirren for L’Oreal

By Jane

Ok I’m going to come right out and say it. I have a problem with Helen Mirren modelling for L’Oreal. Not because I don’t think it’s a great idea for the beauty brand to use an older model and not… Read More

Health & HappinessDecember 5, 2014

A love story to warm your heart on a cold day

By Jane

“It’s about who you love, that’s the single most important thing”.… Read More

Out & AboutDecember 3, 2014

Dappercap: A stylish cycle helmet

By Jane

I love cycling and living and working in the same borough means I now spend a mere 25 minutes a day cycling to and from my studio – which in London is a rare treat. The only problem I have… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 1, 2014

How to go grey: Stage 2, Panic

By Jane

After my last post I was full of resolve to crack this “going grey” business, as the supportive comments and readers grey hair stories were positive affirmations that this was the right thing to do. My family however were not… Read More

Out & AboutNovember 27, 2014

Alternative Christmas shopping

By Jane

There are a whole host of Christmas fairs and local late night shopping events popping up over London over the next few weeks. Not only are they brilliant for getting you in a festive mood, they are also a great… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 25, 2014

HELLO retailers: It’s time to stop ignoring us!!

By Jane

*Sighs heavily* As we have been saying for six years now – yes, we have blogging for six years – 50plus women are a growing market with money to spend, who are by and large mostly ignored by the fashion… Read More

Out & AboutNovember 21, 2014

Yet another reason why I love Hackney

By Jane

There are many many reasons I love living in Hackney and not least is the community spirit. Many non-Londoners imagine the city to be an unfriendly place where no-one knows their neighbours, but it’s simply not true and as I’ve… Read More

EventsNovember 19, 2014

Vote for us in the National Blog awards

By Jane

After Six (yes six) years of blogging every day – we thought it was time we got a little recognition, so we have entered the National Blog Awards. You can vote for us (please!) by visiting the UK Blog Awards… Read More

Out & AboutNovember 17, 2014

Buy This: Dog About Town

By Jane

I confess I am slightly biased (ok a lot) about this book as Louise Glazebrook is a friend of mine, but if you have a dog (or are thinking of getting one) and live in the city or even a… Read More