See this: Yves Saint Laurent
Frankly there is no better way to see a film than with a glass of procesco in a private screening room at the Soho Hotel, and last week we were invited to do just that by the lovely people at… Read More
Art & Culture
Watch this: 20 Feet from Stardom
The Oscars are this weekend, nominated in the category for Best Documentary Feature is 20 Feet From Stardom, directed by Morgan Neville and if it doesn’t win I will be hurling abuse at the TV.
For anyone who reckons they… Read More
A Brief History of Art Undressed
Following on from Amanda’s insights into Women in Art, last week I went along to the Tate Modern to hear about role of the nude in art.
Part of the Unlock Art series of events, Amanda’s girl crush Linda Bolton,… Read More
Menswear triumph at FAD
FAD (Fashion Awareness Direct) is a charity which aims to provide young people (from 13 – 25) with a realistic insight into what it means to work in fashion. Workshops, industry days and work placement opportunities, allow the young people… Read More
Where Are The Women? Tate and Le Meridien get the conversation started
A while ago you may remember we wrote about Art Under Attack at Tate Britain and how we’d discovered a terrific mini exhibition about Suffragette art curated by artists and academics Olivia Plender and Hestor Reeve. How fabulous then, to… Read More
This is Paper
Check out This is Paper, which sums up the unique way blogs are becoming online shops, magazines and even online recruitments companies and all with a stunning visual sense and attention to detail.
Digital and analog meet to bring together… Read More
Why I love soaps
Soaps have always been part of my life. Back in the 70’s I was a huge fan of the ridiculously camp Crossroads, set in a Birmingham motel, (Alan Partridge would have been a regular) and I watched Brookside religiously for… Read More
Move over Tate: art sneaks onto the high street
An interesting thing is happening in London concerning contemporary art. Where previously we might flock to big museums such as Tate Modern to see work by our favourite artists, now it’s more likely that a gallery such as the Gagosian… Read More
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
It’s been a great year filled with adventure and new experiences, some brilliant old friends and many new ones. The nicest thing about writing this blog is the many amazing people you meet along the way.
2013 has seen us… Read More
We love: Handmade London
Julian Love is a commercial photographer based in Dalston, who specialises in people and lifestyle photography. His latest project Handmade-London brings together some of London’s most interesting crafts people and independent makers. Photographed in their studios and workshops, the subjects… Read More
The Womens Room Christmas 2013 Playlist
The turkey is ordered, the Christmas tree is up and the pop up shop was a great success, so we are finally ready to start enjoying the festive season.
Pop on our play list and try to enjoy the madness… Read More
Middle-aged people featuring in films shock!
Middle age is the new vampire, as a whole host of films featuring *whispers* older people have hit our screens recently.
Enough Said features the late James Gandolfini (I have been working my way through the Sopranos for the last… Read More
Mother and Daughter artists: Michele Deiters and Bibi van der Velden
During Frieze week a while back I got to meet Dutch mother and daughter sculpting team Michele Deiters and Bibi van der Velden, who had a small show at The Couture Lab in London (it’s on until Nov 8th). Both… Read More
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Moonrise Kingdom was one of my favourite films of 2012 and there’s no doubting it’s influence on a whole host of ad campaigns, fashion shoots and colour palettes, with the Orla Keily S/S2014 range featuring Suzy Bishop influenced styling, in… Read More
Furniture at Frieze Art Fair 2013
Sorting out my Frieze photos for next weeks posts, I realised in a few of the galleries had better furniture than art. I don’t know why the furniture was so good this year, but here are a few of the… Read More
Miss Magpie Spy’s Limited Edition Prints
We are big fans of illustrator and Fashion Designer, Niki Groom, AKA Miss Magpie Fashion Spy ‘s work. Her unique illustrative style and ability to capture the cultural zeitgeist almost instantly – she draws what you tweet – has wowed… Read More
See this: Eden
Journalist Louise Quick gave us the heads up on Eden, an interesting film that was released last week on DVD. A gritty, non voyeuristic look at the difficult subject of sex trafficking. It may not be the most easy watch,… Read More
See This: Suffragettes under Surveillance at Art Under Attack at Tate Britain
Tate Britain’s Art Under Attack is a walk through art that has made people cross enough to deface it. The best bit is how in 1913, those plucky Suffragettes took things to a militant level and attacked art in museums… Read More
See this: A Journey Through London Subculture 1980’s to Now
A Journey Through London Subculture: 1980s, is a major new exhibition at the Old Selfridges hotel and is definatley one to see if you were a clubber in the 80’s.
Looking at the similarities between the post-punk era and the… Read More
Finding Vivian Maier
Hailed as one of the greatest 20th Century photographers along with Diane Arbus Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson, I posted about Vivian Maier a couple of years ago. Nowness recently featured some of her unseen experimentation with film, which has… Read More
Middleagedad: A Modern-Day, Arty Stig of the Dump
Today I am interviewing Middleagedad, as he is currently artist in residence at our local Richmond recycling and re-use centre (The Dump as we have always known it). It is the first time Richmond has ever had an Artist in… Read More
Top of The Lake
If you haven’t seen Top of the Lake yet – you are in for a treat.
Written and directed by Jane Campion and filmed in New Zealand, it stars Elizabeth Moss (Peggy from Mad Men), Holly Hunter and Peter Mullan… Read More
We love: Hitomi Hosono’s ceramics
OK, fessing up here, by the time you read this Hitomi Hosono’s little exhibition at The St Pancras Renaissance Hotel Chamber’s Club will be over (it finished on 4th August). Sorry, it’s been a busy month and anyway, we went… Read More
See this: Mirror Mirror at LCF
Thanks to @Spob for alerting us to an up and coming event at the London College of Fashion, which looks right up our street. Mirror Mirror: Representations and Reflections on age and ageing is a two-day event is designed to… Read More
Talking feminism and retail with Fiona Atkins from Townhouse
We’ve mentioned the lovely Spitalfields store-cum-coffeeshop-cum-gallery Townhouse previously, it is the reason we don’t buy everything on the internet, an atmospheric and charming almost-unkown spot that’s always full of new finds, is staffed by experts and has great cake. Due… Read More
Summer in the City: Everybody Street
There’s a certain intensity to living in a city, which is something that you either love or hate. Personally it’s what keeps me living in London and in particular Hackney. I love the strange characters, underground clubs, dodgy alleyways and… Read More
Libertine magazine for ‘Interested Women’
While there are lots of great, lifestyle, culture and food magazines around at the moment, we were despairing of the women’s magazine market – there simply wasn’t a monthly read which made us think and captured our imagination – until… Read More
Style Icon: The Venus Bushfires
Continuing my obesession with African style, The Venus Bushfires is my current girl crush.
Helen Parker-Jayne Isibor, is a singer, songwriter, composer and musician and is also known as The Venus Bushfires. As well as singing, Helen plays variety of… Read More
We love: Lucille Lewin, ceramicist
For those of you older than 30, you may remember that the original Whistles was founded by Lucille and Richard Lewin and for most of the 80s and 90s it was the go-to place for great clothes. Lucille designed her… Read More
Things to see in London this Summer: Club to Catwalk
The 80’s was an exciting time to be creative, as the explosion of the London club scene and offered opportunities for dressing up in the company of a like-minded crowd. Stevie Stewart of BodyMap said “each group of people, whether… Read More