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Fashion & BeautySeptember 12, 2010

Cycling with Timberland

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More bikes! But this time organised by the nice people at Timberland, who got REALLY lucky with the weather last week when they organised a glorious cycle trip down the Regent's Canal in London without it raining. It must have… Read More

Art & CultureSeptember 11, 2010

We loved: Peggy Mitchell

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Having watched Eastenders from day one (with gaps in the middle when small children took over the 7.30pm viewing slot) I could probably score quite highly if 'the lives and loves of Eastenders characters', were my specialty subject on Mastermind.… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 10, 2010

Style icon: Jane Birkin

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Common law has it that it's best not to meet your heros as they are sure to let you down, well not Miss Jane Birkin, who is one of our TOP style icons and who was utterly fabulous when we… Read More

Art & Culture, Health & HappinessSeptember 9, 2010

Days with my Father

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Following the death of his mother, photographer Philip Toledano decided to document his fathers life. The series of intimate portraits document the last three years of his dads life and illustrate his sense of humour, struggle with dementia and most… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 8, 2010

We love : buying Zara online

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So, at last, we get Zara on line. This is exciting news for anyone stuck in remote outposts with no access to smart shops (hello Lindsey….) as Zara really is a terrific place to buy well made fashionable pieces that… Read More

Home & GardenSeptember 7, 2010

We love: The Great British Bake off

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There is indeed no greater pleasure than a freshly baked cake standing proudly on a cake stand, proving ones domestic Goddess status and filling the house with the divine smell of home making. This of course should be the case,… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 6, 2010

The older ladies of perfume: 40+ fragrances

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Last post on perfume for a while, promise. While we had the hugely knowledgable Roja Dove cornered (poor lamb) at the Harrods gig, we asked him what his favourite 40+ perfumes were. And here they are…. Quelque Fleurs. Houbigant (origin 1912, making… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 6, 2010

More perfume stuff: Roja Dove talks to TWR

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SO, back to perfume. Roja Dove (this is actually pronounced Roger….since this is what MAD is called he’s thinking of changing his spelling) is an encyclopedia of information on perfume, there’s not much he doesn’t know about smell. he… Read More

Home & GardenSeptember 5, 2010

Readers Kitchens: Jill from East Dulwich

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Who: Jill from My Friends House Where: East Dulwich, South East London What do you do in your kitchen and who with? My favourite kitchen activity is listening to a particular radio show on saturday morning (Adam & Joe, r6… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 4, 2010

Something for the weekend: The Perfume Diaries at Harrods

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We are going to slightly OD on perfume in the next couple of posts…..mostly because we've just been walked through The Perfume Diaries exhibition at Harrods with the curator, Roja Dove. If you are a keen perfume fan as I… Read More

Art & CultureSeptember 3, 2010

Something nice to watch with an afternoon cup of tea: Arcade Fire

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Click on The Wilderness Downtown to see hear the latest single by Arcade Fire and view the amazing video. It will actually take you to the street where you lived as a child. Make sure you watch it to the end… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 3, 2010

Autumn/Winter wish list: Camel and brown shoes

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Unless you have spent the summer in outer Mongolia, I am sure you are aware that camel is 'the colour' of the Autumn/Winter season. Of course we realise to some people this will have almost no impact on their lives… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 2, 2010

Something nice to watch with an afternoon cup of tea: Anthony Price and Flake

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We are indebted to the lovely Judith Watt, eagle eyed TWR reader for sending us this to look at. An Anthony Price dress floating about in space looking a Cadbury's flake. Judith was at the shoot for this ad, and… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 2, 2010

We love: More 40+ women in September issues

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Thrilling to see so many 40+ women in the September issues of fashion magazines this autumn. In the US, the big September issues of Vogue (Halle Berry) Elle (Julia Roberts) and Harpers Bazaar (Jennifer Anniston) are using women who are… Read More

Out & AboutSeptember 1, 2010

Simple pleasures: Vintage bikes and bus rides in Suffolk

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Southwold is one of my favourite places in the UK, full of quaint shops, pretty beach huts, cosy pubs and old people ready to tell you off for the slightest thing! It is also full of DFL's (down from Londoners)… Read More

Home & GardenAugust 31, 2010

OMG! TWR in a window

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This Bank Holiday weekend we nipped back to Gelupo to get an ice cream fix and nearly died of excitement, as there, in the window was……can you see? Our review! Laminated and everything. Still the best ice cream, I had… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 31, 2010

Read this: Garb Fest by Lynn Yaeger

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We are indebted to queen blogger disneyrollergirl for finding this Garb Fest article by Lynn Yaeger in the New York Times T2 blog . (and what a nice blog it is too……yet another one for the list.) It's a total gem… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingAugust 30, 2010

Emilio Pucci by Vanessa Friedman

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As the proud owner of an original pair of Pucci leggings and a lover of vibrant colour and pattern, I have long been a fan of the visionary fashion house of Pucci. Emilio Pucci created his boutique on the island… Read More

Home & GardenAugust 29, 2010

We love: sprats at St John, Spitalfields

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Today M.A.D and I went to view the Surreal House exhibition at the Barbican art gallery in London, it was very dull. OK, I know that's a wickedly shallow thing to say, I'm sure lots of people loved it and… Read More

Home & GardenAugust 28, 2010

Gardening Against the Odds: In memory of Elspeth Thompson

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As you know we were huge fans of Elspeth Thompson. Her lovely books and blog were an inspiration to us, and by all accounts she was a very special person. Gardening was one of her passions in life and the… Read More

Home & GardenAugust 27, 2010

Flash post: Martha Stewart does dog clothes

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I'm sorry about this. I JUST couldn't resist. It's a miserable wet day in London, another one. And as we head towards our final bank holiday weekend until Christmas, the forecast is not so good at all. So I thought… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutAugust 27, 2010

Shopping with experts: Covent Garden new stores

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While we were away, a couple of interesting stores opened in Covent Garden. I've not been a big fan of the market area recently, mostly because it's full of tourists (many stores now indicate prices with the VAT tax deducted,… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Middle Aged MumAugust 26, 2010

Middleagedmum.com: takes it to the maxi

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I leave the house feeling 40% Margot Leadbetter, 50% Hattie Jacques and 10% Jo Wiley about to go to a festival. I am wearing a long black maxi dress, Clarks Jesus sandals and a cropped cardigan to cover my… Read More

Art & CultureAugust 25, 2010

Style icon: Chrissie Hynde

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Despite being hard hearted, cynical been-around-the-block-and-seen-most-things fashion gals,we are big romantics here at TWR. Really, we are. So news that the deeply cool rock goddess Chrissie Hynde has been madly in love with a chap half her age and writing… Read More

Home & GardenAugust 24, 2010

Style inspiration: old paintings

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A while ago I started collecting old oil paintings of flowers after I had seen a lovely eclectic collection in a magazine. When grouped together it doesn't really matter what the individual paintings are like, as it's the overall effect… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 23, 2010

Gelupo: the best ice cream in London?

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On Saturday night I was treated to a belated birthday treat, supper at super trendy Bocca di Lupo in Soho, London. However, when we got there the entire street had a power cut and the deeply apologetic restaurant staff decided… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Things We LoveAugust 22, 2010

Pore Professional

By The Womens Room

I am not one for miracle products and I almost never spend ages browsing make up products. But on our recent trip to NYC, I was shopping with a cosmetics obsessed teen and spent far too long in the make-up… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 21, 2010

Shopping with experts: Tom Davies glasses

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I wear contact lenses mostly, needing glasses only to get from the bathroom to bed and back each morning and evening when I take my lenses out. Consequently it is not unusual for me to keep a pair of glasses… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 20, 2010

We love: Orla Kiely perfume

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As our holidays are over, we have started thinking about Christmas. Only joking, of course we haven’t, but if were that way inclined we would almost certainly be putting the new Orla Kiely fragrance range on our wish list. We… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & AboutAugust 19, 2010

Eat, Pray, Love: come and listen to Elizabeth Gilbert speak in London with TWR

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More exciting free things to give away! Do you remember the post on Fashion Maketh Woman, the Intelligence Squared event we went to recently where we took fellow blogger That’s Not My Age? It was a terrific evening and very… Read More