One of the reasons we find it hard to find things we like when we go shopping, is our love of Marni. How can possibly shop on the high street when we have found our fashion Nirvana!
Founded in 1994… Read More
In this Saturday’s Times LUXX magazine, the veteran writer on all things fashion and good taste Lucia van der Post wrote a good article on why she’d never go near a range of clothes ‘aimed at the older women” (we… Read More
Getting teenage girls interested in sport after compulsory lessons at school finish is tricky, getting mothers of teenage girls interested in sport is even more challenging, but Sportsister.com, the website about sports for women is trying to do just… Read More
Hats Off is a feature length documentary profiling 93 year old Mimi Weddell. Named by New York magazine at age 90 as one of the “50 Most Beautiful People in New York,” Her full-time acting career only began at age… Read More
Now this is what we call useful science. Marks and Spencer is selling (from March) a pair of pants that will actually reduce your cellulite. I kid you not.
The Anti-Cellulite Thigh Slimmer underwear range contains a secret chemical ingredient… Read More
Introducing Dr Fanny Anny P.H.D (university of Life)
Monday Morning Divorce
Dear Dr Fanny, Every Monday morning, when my husband and I return to our respective workplaces and independent lives I vow to call a lawyer and sort out a… Read More
Last week the British Medical Council released a report indicating that depression in the over 40s is on the increase. The Women’s Room asked Sandy Lewis, 45, who is a sufferer from the disease, to give us some insight.
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Tilda gets our best dressed woman award at the Oscars. Wearing Lanvin separates, a slick or red lipstick and over size bangles, she looked effortlessly stylish, Oscar worthy glamorous and most of all, true to herself.
We love the 47… Read More
Barbara Hulanicki at Topshop
The Women’s Room has been going to fashion shows for decades and although we always get excited about a new season, we are definitely past the breathless excitement stage that we used to feel when first… Read More
Personally I don't give two hoots about going out of the house without a scrap of make up. Ok I don't look great and prefer at least a dash of red lipstick and some eyebrows, if Im completely honest,… Read More
‘Where are my headphones?’ I ask the breakfast table Monday morning.
With age comes the ability to lose things. I can come through the front door, put my car keys down and three seconds later forget completely where I put… Read More
We can’t help it, we have a middleagecrush on Iggy Pop.
He shouldn’t even be alive he’s been so bad, what with all the drugs and wicked goings-on but he looks pretty good and he's just appeared, wearing very little (as… Read More
Its day four of the first week in 15 years that I have had to think of absolutely no-one except myself. Well, ok, there is middleagedad.com, but he’s a grown up and despite being male he can actually fend for… Read More
What is it about sport that makes people think they can forget what they are wearing? The marathon is coming up, and consequently the number of runners out along the Thames tow path has increased and the stuff they… Read More
When we came up with the idea of the Women’s Room, there was never any dispute about what we were aiming to do, who our readers were or what we were going to write about. We mulled the idea over… Read More
So, back to Iceland and the lovely Elm, a group of three Icelandic women, Erna, Lisbet and Matthildur (hence the name) who are ‘women designing for women’ and selling rather well now in the UK. The clothes have been brought… Read More
We cant pretend we are envious of Michelle Obama's lifestyle and the enormous changes she will have to navigate her family through in the coming years. Because lets face it when your husband is running the country and potentialy holds… Read More
Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland's new women Prime Minister
We have recently discovered a delightful new Icelandic range of womenswear called ELM, more of which in a couple of posts. Until discovering this lovely new collection we, as well as… Read More
If like us, you feel children should be brought up to appreciate good design, take them along to the Kids Modern show at Dulwich College this Sunday. The show brings together the best children's furniture, fashion and accessories from over 50 designers… Read More
photo taken from The Women who are redefining 50 in The Sunday Times
It’s been a good week for older super-models. Marie Helvin looks great as the new face of Marks &Spencer’s Portfolio range and now Jerry Hall is… Read More
One of our dearest friends brought us this T shirt back from a recent trip to New York and it reminded us how much we love the Golden girls. You can still catch re-runs on You Tube or cable. We love the… Read More
The Women's Room is in a quandary over fur. With all this cold weather comes the desire to keep very snug and there’s nothing quite like a bit of vintage fur to do the trick. We’re not talking ubiquitous… Read More
Ok Monday was great fun, an unexpected gift of a snow day, families had fun together, strangers struck up conversations, everywhere was buzzing and a great time was had by all.
By Tuesday it was all a distant memory as we got… Read More
It helps to be born gorgeous, which Emmylou clearly was (although she is suspiciously wrinkle free for a 62 year-old) but we so totally love the way she rocks grey hair. She seems to have gone from grey to nearly… Read More
Photograph by Martin Parr
Several years ago we predicted a return the old fashioned UK based holidays of our childhood (we didn’t write the Womens Room then, so you'll have to trust us on this one!) In fact we felt so… Read More
Vivienne Westwood and Madonna both consider themselves style queens, but where Madonna is trying to hold back the years by constantly referencing how young she looks, the original Ms Westwood is attempting to forge a new path for older… Read More
Probably more of a guilty pleasure as we shouldn't really be watching TV at 5.30 in the evening, but Come dine with me, is essential viewing. Five Amateur chefs attempt to wow each other with their culinary skills in order to… Read More
An update on yesterday's teen taming post, today saw the best example yet of how to make a teenage child very, very happy. It goes like this….
7.30 am and Middleagemum.com picks her way carefully through the piles… Read More
St Pauls from the air by Jason Hawkes
The Women’s Room is proudly based in London, which even after nearly a quarter of a century of crowded tube travel, the congestion charge, complicated recycling rules, extortionate cappuccino prices,… Read More
An article in the Guardian G2 last week, featuring advice from posts on Mumsnet on how to handle toddlers, got me thinking. There often isn’t a great deal of difference when dealing with teenagers. Some of the issues may have changed but… Read More