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Fashion & BeautyOctober 22, 2009

Coming Later: Anthropologie UK

By The Womens Room

We are off to the opening of the new Anthropologie store in Regent Street today and can barely contain our excitement. One of our favourite shops in the world and thats no exaggeration, as we have visited a lot of… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 21, 2009

Buy this: Wode by Boudicca

By The Womens Room

Graffiti can perfume that turns blue on impact and smells lovely, a perfect starter smell kit for teenagesons Having three teenage sons around the house, smell is something I feel I know quite a lot about. I can tell the… Read More

Health & HappinessOctober 20, 2009

What we would love: a good nights sleep

By The Womens Room

Disturbed sleep is a very real problem in many womens lives. It is also an unpleasant (one of the many) symptom of the peri menopause. We have tried various ways to get a full eight hours, but have begun to… Read More

Home & GardenOctober 19, 2009

The Women’s Room review of: Frieze (part two)

By The Womens Room

So, for us, the two highlights of Frieze were only slightly connected with art. Firstly, the food at this fancy fair is a cut above normal exhibitions, we stopped for a cake at Gail's artisan bakery and were overwhelmed with… Read More

Middle Aged MumOctober 18, 2009

Middleagedmum.com: the changing room

By The Womens Room

I have finally worked out why I hate shopping. It isn't the browsing, or the fact I cant decide what I want, or I don't know what suits me, or even cost (well it often is that, but I try… Read More

Out & AboutOctober 17, 2009

The Women’s Room review of: Frieze (part one)

By The Womens Room

Possibly our favourite Frieze artwork, the floating squirrel (he was kept in the air by magnets, very clever), The works is called The Universe is Immobile, by Agnieszka Kurant Smart art fair Frieze opened in London this week and we… Read More

Health & HappinessOctober 16, 2009

New New Yorker: The dinner party

By The Womens Room

Oh it’s all very fabulous in NYC but I am reeling from the shock of a Saturday night in the suburbs. It was Real Housewives of New Jersey stuff at the magnificent home of Michelle, her husband Big Tony and… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Home & GardenOctober 15, 2009

We love:Dominic Wilcox

By The Womens Room

One of Dominic Wilcox's lovely modern ink stamps On the eve of the fancy London art fair Frieze, the Women's Room would like to bring you our own top tip on an artist we love. His name is Dominic Wilcox and… Read More

Health & HappinessOctober 14, 2009

We still love: Ab Fab

By The Womens Room

When we watched this first time round we thought it was funny but we didn't actually identify with it. We were too young and probably more in tune with Bubble, than Eddie and Patsy. Watching the early episodes again (it… Read More

Health & HappinessOctober 13, 2009

Happy Birthday The Women’s Room!

By The Womens Room

Happy Birthday to us! We are one year old today. Since we started back in October 2008, right as the economic crisis took hold, we have been acquiring readers (that would be you guys) at a rate of knots. Thank you… Read More

Home & GardenOctober 12, 2009

We Love: Postcards from Battersea

By The Womens Room

Another shameless plug for one of our friends. We cant help it if we know so many fabulously creative and talented people! Sarah is a trend researcher, who researches and writes about textiles and materials. She has an amazing eye… Read More

Home & GardenOctober 11, 2009

We love: proper butchers*

By The Womens Room

Recently, The Women's Room found itself exhausted and needing to buy supper for four hungry men in Mayfair. Too much time spent looking in shops and not enough planning a trip to the supermarket meant we were faced with shopping for chicken… Read More

Home & GardenOctober 10, 2009

Readers kitchens: Dinah from Hammersmith

By The Womens Room

Who: journalist Dinah Hall Where: Hammersmith What do you do in your kitchen and who with? I cook with Nigel Slater and feed his heterosexual look-alike, my husband, whose cooking skills sadly bear no resemblance whatsoever to my culinary hero. When our… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 9, 2009

We Love: Swishing

By The Womens Room

Ok, remember you heard it here first. Pop up is over, its all about swapping !! Tuning into our make do and mend mentality, we have decided instead of going shopping, we are now going swishing.Actually we have been attending… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 8, 2009

Style Icon: Barbara Louis

By The Womens Room

We have mentioned Stylelikeu before, as we love the video footage of real people talking about their own individual style. From time to time they feature the most fabulous, older, slightly eccentric individuals who are an inspiration to us. We… Read More

Home & GardenOctober 7, 2009

We love: Christoph Neimann

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Christoph Neimann We are big admirers of illustrators here at The Women's Room, we love Rob Ryan and hope everyone is loving our new picture of us by young artist Levanah Gates (in the top right corner of the… Read More

Home & GardenOctober 6, 2009

Readers Kitchens: Louise from Kensal Rise

By The Womens Room

Who: Trend Forecaster, Louise Where: Kensal Rise What do you do in your kitchen and who with? Although I have a large sitting room, the kitchen seems to be the only place where I hang out with my friends and family… Read More

Health & HappinessOctober 5, 2009

Simple Pleasures: Writing with fountain pens

By The Womens Room

Colours from The Writing Desk's coloured ink selection Life as a 40pluser takes you to some interesting places and this weekend The Women's Room found itself at the Writing Equipment Society's annual show in Kensington Town Hall. We were there with Amanda's… Read More

Fashion, Fashion & Beauty, We Are ReadingOctober 4, 2009

Bag by Susie Draffan and Sue Huey

By The Womens Room

We seem to have so many friends writing books at the moment, we don’t have much room left on our coffee table!! This time our mates Sue and Susie have come up with the essential insight into the world of… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 3, 2009

We love:The Timberland Boot Company

By The Womens Room

It's been quite week for new launches, what with +J and now we discover that one of our favourite looking stores in London, The Timberland Boot Company (up market stylish sister of the Timberland brand) has started to sell womens… Read More

Home & GardenOctober 2, 2009

Modern dillema: to tumble dry or not?

By The Womens Room

We've been having an ongoing debate here at the Womens Room about one of the more important things in life. To tumble dry or not? I am dead against them and love to peg out and Amanda is in two… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 1, 2009

+J for Uniqlo: here’s what we thought

By The Womens Room

So, we joined the very civilised queue at the Westfield store and had a good long rummage through the +J range for Uniqlo. Our verdict? It's fab. Oh! that all collaborations between brands /retailers/whoever were as good as this.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 1, 2009

A reminder: +J at Uniqlo

By The Womens Room

The Jil Sander/ Uniqlo collaboration goes on sale today, and The Women's Room will be battling the queues to bring you the news and Best Things To Buy information as soon as we can. We will be down in the Westfield… Read More

Health & HappinessSeptember 30, 2009

New New Yorker: A just-moved to New York Brit dishes on life in the Big Apple

By The Womens Room

Today we introduce the first in our new series of letters from New York. One of our dearest friends (who just happens to be a writer) has recently moved to NYC and brings us an inside view of life in the big apple. My Sex… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 29, 2009

We hate: Silly Styling

By The Womens Room

And while we're at it Nicole, can you get your window dresser to straighten the stripes? Better still get them to take them off. We've been ranting a bit here on TWR about daft, over-the-top-ness when trying a little bit… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 28, 2009

Trend Alert: Jade is the new red!

By The Womens Room

As we have said before, colour is a great way to add interest to an otherwise dull outfit and something it's easy to get away with as we get older. We have never been fans of high maintenance WAG nails,… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingSeptember 27, 2009

Sharp Suits by Eric Musgrove

By The Womens Room

This post is just a good excuse to show you a beautifully dressed and rather handsome looking man, which we are hoping might cheer up your day. Should you like the way men look in suits, then can we suggest… Read More

Food, Home & Garden, We Are ReadingSeptember 26, 2009

Battenberg Britain by Nigel Cassidy and Philippa Lamb

By The Womens Room

Do you secretly long for a Fray Bentos Steak pie, love a Vesta curry, think there is nothing better than a fish finger sandwich followed by a slice of Arctic Roll? Then you must have been a child in the… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 25, 2009

Shopping with experts: Yasmin Le Bon for Wallis

By The Womens Room

I have had it up to my non-botoxed brows with celebrity designer collaborations. If I was a designer in fashion today I'd be dead pissed off to find some flaky singer with a dodgy line in prom dresses could get… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 24, 2009

We Love: Fashionistable

By The Womens Room

There are more than a few great street style blogs out there, but very few who feature many people over the age of 30 (with the exception of our beloved Sartorialist of course). So we were delighted to find Fashionistable, by… Read More