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Fashion & BeautySeptember 9, 2013

See this: Fabulous Fashionistas on C4

By Jane

Award-winning director Sue Bourne has made some heart warming and poignant documentaries over the years ( we suspect she may be our age) with My Street (where she told the stories of the people in the London street she had… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 4, 2013

Hammond & Co at Debenhams, AKA a reason to chat to Patrick Grant

By Amanda

Last year middleson had to buy his first proper work suit for a year long internship in a real job and what a painful process it was. Well priced suits in nice fabrics with a decent cut are hard to… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 3, 2013

Win a handbag from Village England with Precious London

By Amanda

So here we are at the cusp of autumn, next bank holiday not until Christmas, it’s depressing coming back from holiday isn’t it? Well here at TWR we thought we might try and cheer up those post holidays blues, not… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 25, 2013

See this: Meet The Perfumers at Harrods

By Amanda

Just a quick note for all perfume fans, Harrods is running an excellent month of events around perfume from now until mid September, including interviews with renowned noses and fragrance house owners. I went to the opening talk with the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 23, 2013

Autumn colour inspiration

By Jane

Transitional and Pre-Fall are words used by us fashion sorts, in an attempt to explain those in between times when the unpredictable weather means we just don’t know what to wear – make that almost all the time then! As… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 21, 2013

Ankle socks for the over 40’s?

By Jane

As you know, we always encourage our readers to dress exactly as they please – age appropriate or otherwise. Who are we to judge – although Carole Vordeman might want to think about moving away from the bandage dresses at… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 16, 2013

Two late summer and two early autumn buys from Zara

By Amanda

Fessing up, Zara is size-ist, so really I should start this post with a rant… Dear Zara, women come bigger than size 16, so deal with it please. And no you don’t really do size 18…try finding a style that… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Home & GardenAugust 14, 2013

A visit to Merchant & Mills in Rye

By Amanda

We’ve written about the wonderful haberdashery and sewing brand Merchant & Mills before, but last week while on a trip to Rye I got to visit the shop and readers, Middleagedad nearly had to throw a bucket of cold water… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 12, 2013

Three late summer buys from: Gap

By Amanda

Yes Gap, again. But I couldn’t resist telling you about these lovely leopard print, pony-skin finish slip-on sneakers which are £39.95. Now the fashion forward of you will have already bought a pair of leopard print sneakers (Jane) but not… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 7, 2013

We love: Playing in Diane’s closet

By Jane

Last Summer my best friend, daughter and I went on a little road trip in Conneticut. We had heard Diane Von Furstenberg’s country home was somewhere near where we were staying and were fascinated to see if we could find… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 2, 2013

Buckitt bags on Kickstarter, an update

By Amanda

A little while ago we wrote about our friend Rachel’s Buckitt Bag launch on Kickstarter. For those of you who don’t know how Kicktarter works, Rachel has to raise the money for her bags over a limited period of time,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 1, 2013

We love: Ethnic jackets from Lisa Taylor

By Jane

Ethnic jackets are having a bit of a fashion moment – although personally we have always been fans of the eccentric textile lecturer look – and it’s all due to Isabel Marant, the queen of boho chic, who is known… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 29, 2013

A few things to buy from Levi’s Made & Crafted

By Amanda

We are fans of the understated Levi Made & Crafted range of contemporary casual clothes and it’s great to see that the collection has moved out of the poky confines of the Levi Vintage store near Carnaby Street into its… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 25, 2013

We love: Tracey Neuls Shoes

By Amanda

How much do we love Tracey Neuls? We met her last week, having been admirers of her lovely shoes and beautifully crafted displays in her two London stores for a while and she turned out even better than we’d hoped… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 18, 2013

The Buckitt Bag: one bag everyday

By Jane

We have to admit to being a little bit biased about the launch of the new Buckitt Bag, as the designer Rae Jones is a mate of ours – remember her great footwear range – and having recently moved into… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 17, 2013

A few things to buy from Jaggy Nettle

By Amanda

I’ve been meaning to write about Scottish designers and online retailers Jaggy Nettle for ages. It all started with my fabulous orange Harris Tweed Hi-tops, which I bought last year and absolutely adore. The awesomely named company concentrates on making… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 15, 2013

Street Style: Fatigue Florals at Hampton Court Flower Show

By Amanda

I shot this fabulously stylish woman at Hampton Court Flower Show last week, as we both queued up to get in to my favourite floral event of the year -it’s much better than Chelsea as you can buy the plants,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 2, 2013

Fake tanning and Liberation Day

By Jane

I have to admit to being a little bit dubious when I went to meet Alyson Hogg, the founder of Irish tanning company Vita Liberata. Not because I have anything against fake tan, Hell no, I’m Scottish and ginger and… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 28, 2013

Style Icons: Solange and Stella Jane

By Jane

Ever since I saw Solange’s video for Losing You, I have had a huge girl crush on both her music and her style. I love the way she mixes print and colour and has her own unique style – or… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 27, 2013

Street Style: Arty dressing at the Venice Biennale

By Amanda

I was in Venice last weekend for the Art Biennale and so I took the chance to shoot a few stylish exhibition attendees. It was gloriously sunny (remember what that’s like?) so I concentrated on women who had got that… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 25, 2013

Older models: Jenni Rhodes, looking good in Zara

By Amanda

Last week I was doing some work with MA fashion journalism students at the London College of Fashion and was thrilled to see that one of them, Ana Rosado, is working on a final project that’s a fashion magazine for… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 19, 2013

Marni Denim Edition, while we are talking about denim

By Amanda

While we are talking denim, how lovely is this new Marni Denim Edition collection, coming for Autumn 2013? Posh denim at its best, available from Marni stores world wide. We can but dream… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 19, 2013

New ways to sell: Selfridges Denim Studio

By Amanda

Selfridges has opened a new Denim Studio and increased the size of its denim floor until it’s the size of Ireland, or something like that (the world’s largest dedicated denim dept, to accurately quote the press release). The reason this… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 12, 2013

H&M and Isabel Marant

By Jane

So Isabel Marant is to be the next H&M collaboration and unless you were on a desert Island yesterday (or don’t use the internet) you will have heard the whole world (well fashion people anyway) waxing lyrical about how fabulous… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 11, 2013

Street style: how to look glamourous in a kaftan and an all-in-one

By Amanda

Demonstrating that style definitely has no age limit, I came across these two gorgeous women modelling for Jeannie McQueeny last week and they looked absolutely stunning in their kaftans and all-in-ones. Genie (mostly) makes heavily embroidered and bejewelled kaftans… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 10, 2013

Birkenstocks are back!

By Jane

Have they ever been away I hear you cry and why on earth would we give up on quite possibly the most comfortable footwear ever invented? Even when they introduced the not quite so comfortable, toes post and one straps… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 7, 2013

Two things to buy from Gap

By Amanda

Back in the day, Gap used to be fabulous. Light years before Uniqlo took over cheerful casual dressing, Gap had everything you needed for stylish weekend dressing plus a splash of Californian cheer. Original supermodels looked chic in the capris,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 4, 2013

Street style: dressing for a chilly summer

By Amanda

One of the first spring Hammersmith Vintage Fairs back in April saw some of the stall holders looking beautifully styled in maxi lengths. If the chilly weather carries on, it might be worth thinking about a maxi dress as a… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 31, 2013

Iris and Duro at the zoo

By Jane

A little contemplation for a Friday, with our favourite 90 year old Iris Apfel and British designer Duro Olowu, as they took a stroll through London Zoo. “She and her husband Carl are like my second parents,” says Olowu. See… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 28, 2013

Style Icon: Alexandra and Pippa Small

By Amanda

I was taken to Chelsea Flower Show last week by the lovely team from Gudrun Sjõdén and we had a fabulous time. While there I was introduced to the sisters Pippa and Alexandra Small. Pippa as you may all know,… Read More