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Fashion & BeautyNovember 20, 2009

Shopping with experts: The Dresser

By The Womens Room

Tucked away in an (until recently) very unfashionable part of London just off the Edgware Road is a gem of a dress agency called The Dresser. It is really a posh second hand cothes shop that sits within easy reach of some very… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Home & GardenNovember 19, 2009

Shopping with experts: alternative Christmas shopping

By The Womens Room

This year we have two rules regarding Christmas shopping; we are only going to buy really interesting, original presents and we are not going to be shopping on the high street. This doesn't entirely rule out our favourite departments stores… Read More

Middle Aged MumNovember 18, 2009

Middleagemum.com: moth frenzy

By The Womens Room

I am not normally taken with violent outbursts, however over the last year I have had a moth infestation in my wardrobe that has driven me to the brink of acceptable behaviour and beyond. Last year I pulled out my winter… Read More

Middle Aged MumNovember 17, 2009

Middleagedmum.com: The gig

By The Womens Room

I love music, I always have, I have been a mod, a punk, a soul girl, a rockabilly, a new romantic and a 'Madchester' Adidas wearing raver. I have no shame, I love the music, therefore I adopt the look… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 16, 2009

Shopping with experts: Trenery

By The Womens Room

One for our Australian readers today (or those about to visit) the launch of the new Trenery range, an off-shoot of the successful Country Road brand which we have admired on the few occassions we've visited that part of the… Read More

Health & HappinessNovember 15, 2009

If only life was like this: Grocery store musical

By The Womens Room

You know we love a musical here at the Womens Room, there's nothing like singing your way through life to lift your spirits and turn even the most boring situation into a celebration. So obviously we loved it when someone pointed… Read More

Health & Happiness, Home & GardenNovember 14, 2009

Simple pleasures: a nice pencil

By The Womens Room

Felissimo's 500 pencils are issued at 25 a month over 20 months Nerdy? Us? Only when it comes to stationery. Our nice friends at Howies pointed out this beautifully presented blog penciltalk.org on all things pencil related and now it's… Read More

Home & GardenNovember 13, 2009

Readers Kitchens: Carol from Stoke Newington

By The Womens Room

Who: Design director, Carol Where: Stoke Newington, North London What do you do in your kitchen and who with? I watch my husband cook and play table tennis with my two children. I love the fact it's big enough to… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutNovember 12, 2009

We love: the Marmite pop up store

By The Womens Room

At the bottom of Regent Street, close to Piccadilly Circus, there is a tiny pop up store dedicated entirely to Marmite. We both love (Amanda) and hate (Jane) Marmite here at The Women's Room, so we'll be sticking labels on both sides… Read More

Health & HappinessNovember 11, 2009

The rise of the lipstick entrepreneurs

By The Womens Room

According to to an article in the FT last week, the recession is accelerating the growth of a new generation of "lipstick entrepreneurs", who will reshape society and change the way people work. The report from the Future Laboratory predicts… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutNovember 10, 2009

Hanging out with the girls at Tobias and the Angel

By The Womens Room

A selection of the Christmas fairies from Tobias and the Angel A few years ago I spent a rediculous amount of money on a hand made Christmas fairy to hang on our tree. I got it from Tobias and The Angel in… Read More

Fashion, Fashion & Beauty, We Are ReadingNovember 9, 2009

Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverant Iris Apfel by Eric Boman

By The Womens Room

Iris Apfel has long been one of the Womens Room favourite Style Icons. We are fascinated by her eccentric style, amazing use of colour and complete refusal to conform and dress like an old lady (she’s 88). An exhibition dedicated… Read More

Middle Aged MumNovember 8, 2009

Middleagemum.com: why no one cooks quince any more

By The Womens Room

Quince, best left in a good looking pile rather than cooked I have acquired some odd habits picked up over the years, it's hard not to have, right? when you get to be over 40? One of these odd habits is… Read More

Art & CultureNovember 7, 2009

We love: a period drama

By The Womens Room

We are big fans of period dramas and think there really is nothing better than the combination of drama, romance and beautiful period costumes. Jane Campions new film Bright Star, opens this weekend, stars Abbie Cornish and Ben Wishaw and tells the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 6, 2009

Shopping with experts: knitted dresses

By The Womens Room

Tommy Hilfiger Poppy knit dress, 100% cashmere, £202 As soon as it starts to get colder, I want to wear knits. I stop with the crisp cotton shirts and the acetate lined dresses and want to swaddle in warm woolly… Read More

Middle Aged MumNovember 5, 2009

Middleagedmum.com: you’re going to make it after all

By The Womens Room

Teen daughter spent a great deal of half term sitting on the sofa watching back to back episodes of Friends. One day instead of moaning at her to go out and do something, I rather decadently took half and hour… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Health & HappinessNovember 4, 2009

We love: India’s Posterous

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Doesn't this picture make you want to drop everything and make a cake? India Knight is one of our favourite journos and we were thrilled to discover that she has started a blog called India's Posturous. This cake is on… Read More

Health & HappinessNovember 3, 2009

New New Yorker: Take a walk on the wild side

By The Womens Room

I’ve been meeting lots of aging New Yorkers recently and discovering a very cool and stylish maturing world here in the city of shows, to quote my darling Lou Reed, himself a sexagenerian. That sounds like I’ve met him doesn’t… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 2, 2009

Fashion and technology: Avon’s lipstick USB stick

By The Womens Room

Just after reading Jane's post on combining fashion and technology, I was sent this totally perfect USB stick from Megan, who represents Avon cosmetics, it is the USB stick used to send out info about the company and is, surely, a perfect… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 1, 2009

Fashion and Technology: do they go together?

By The Womens Room

Last week we spent an evening with the insightful team from Dell and a group of other fashion bloggers. They wanted to get our opinion on the link between fashion and technology and also let us take a look at some… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 31, 2009

Style Icon: Diane Keaton

By The Womens Room

Photo by Ruven Afanador for More Although she's often given a hard time by the press about the way she looks (remember the fuss about her Charlie Chaplin outfit for the Oscars? Apparently it is Not Done not to conform… Read More

Home & GardenOctober 30, 2009

We Love: Halloween decorating

By The Womens Room

All images from Martha Stewart We love decorating the house for Halloween almost as much as we do for Christmas. There's a little bit of competition in our community to see who has the most elaborately decorated house and I… Read More

Health & HappinessOctober 29, 2009

Some statistics to think on

By The Womens Room

Picked up a copy of More, our favourite American over 40s mag while in New York. More does a great little page of statistics about older women, this month they were pretty interesting as the mag had commissioned research on… Read More

Middle Aged MumOctober 28, 2009

Middleagedmum.com: Things I thought I would never say

By The Womens Room

Is there some sort of gene that kicks in when you get past 40, that quite simply turns you into your mother? Almost overnight you start complaining in shops, worrying about the bin men, using up left overs and thinking… Read More

Health & HappinessOctober 27, 2009

Simple pleasures: nice words

By The Womens Room

Stayed at the fabulous Ace Hotel in the Garment District while in New York last week and would thoroughly recommend it. Very funky, industrial chic vibe with a dollop of vintage American 50s styling thrown in. Great service and the… Read More

Out & About, We Are ReadingOctober 26, 2009

We Love: Crystal Cove

By The Womens Room

We bought the book, Crystal Cove Cottages some years ago, and taking another look at it recently, made us think about how there are some places in the world, you just know you could live! The Toronto Islands is another… Read More

Home & GardenOctober 25, 2009

Martha moments: Pumpkins

By The Womens Room

Dean & Delucca display of giant pumpkins in SoHo New York It's clearly a very US orientated week this week, what with our New New Yorker posts on what it's like to live in the big apple and the arrival… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 24, 2009

We love: red shoes

By The Womens Room

Ever since we saw Dorothy in her ruby slippers in the Wizard of Oz, we’ve been big fans of red shoes. We are wearing a lot of black at the moment and think red shoes are the perfect compliment to… Read More

Home & GardenOctober 23, 2009

We love: Muji crockery

By The Womens Room

Muiji's new crockery ranges include the chic Hasami range and new additions to Hajuki After nearly 30 years of amassing furniture, crockery, art, and other household stuff, Middleagedad would happily sell the lot on ebay and start again. He has… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutOctober 22, 2009

We love and adore: Anthropologie

By The Womens Room

Of course we loved absolutely everything about the new Anthropologie on Regent Street, in fact we loved it so much we would happily pack our bags and move in. Maybe thats the appeal, it's not just a shop full of… Read More