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Fashion & BeautyMarch 21, 2012

Big pants: shapewear by Matalan

By Amanda

It’s all about pants today, big, good value ones at that. Oh, the glamour. Recently I was in a Matalan store for the FIRST time ever, on a supermarket retail safari with fellow retail geeks (on a Sunday too, talk… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 20, 2012

Style icon: Catherine Baba

By Jane

Catherine Baba is an Australian stylist and fashion consultant living in Paris, who has worked for Chanel, Givenchy, Balmain, Ungaro, Dazed, Vogue and Vanity Fair. Baba is renowned for her retro glamour and personal style and is regularly seen riding… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 19, 2012

Good value beauty: Etat Pur

By Amanda

‘Good value beauty’ you say, with a sceptical hint in your voice, ‘don’t you guys always pick the expensive stuff to love?’. Well, yes dear readers, we have been fortunate at TWR to have been offered some beautiful but stonkingly… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 15, 2012

The Printed Square by Nicky Albrechtsen

By Amanda

A gorgeous little book came through the post this week from Thames & Hudson, The Printed Square by Nicky Albrechtsen, all about handkerchiefs. You might remember we wrote about Nicky and Fola Solanke’s book Scarves last year, this one is… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 14, 2012

Orla Kiely for Uniqlo

By Jane

March is all about the designer collaboration it seems, and for once it’s designers we love. Two of our favourite brands Uniqlo and Orla Kiely have teamed up this time to produce a range of t shirts and shirts, featuring… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 10, 2012

Marni for H & M: what did we think?

By Jane

On Thursday morning Amanda and I were up bright and early in order to be at Westfield for the madness that was predicted to be the launch of the Marni for H & M collection. I have to admit to… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 5, 2012

We love all things Danish, including Bruuns Bazaar

By Amanda

Is anyone else missing The Killing and Borgen from their weekends? We loved Call The Midwife and Homeland is shaping up nicely, but there’s a big hole in our Saturday nights now we don’t have a Danish drama to follow… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 4, 2012

How to wear printed trousers

By Jane

As I’m sure you are aware, the Marni for H & M collection drops (fashion retail term!) on Thursday, which is making me more excited than is healthy for a woman my age, who should quite frankly realise that there… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 1, 2012

Perfume review: Blood Concept and Romantina

By Amanda

I have been immersed in beauty trends for a couple of weeks as part of the day job and jolly interesting it was too. Naturally there was perfume involved and I enthusiastically stuck my nose into a multitude of new… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 28, 2012

We Love: Uniqlo and Laura Ashley

By Amanda

It’s not the same as the Jil Sander collaboration by a long shot, but Laura Ashley at Uniqlo is extremely pretty and is a nice floral at an affordable price. We’re having a bit of a floral moment here at… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 27, 2012

Fashion and Flowers by Jil Sander

By Jane

The announcement that designer Raf Simons is to leave Jil Sander, had the fashion world speculating that he may be about to become John Galliano’s successor at Christian Dior, in Milan over the weekend. At the helm of the understated… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 26, 2012

Time to buy your swimming costume (really…)

By Amanda

I know you are going to think I’m mad, but it’s time to think about your swimming costume for this year….well ok I might be a TAD early, but not by much. You know that when you really want to… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 24, 2012

The joy of shellac nails (and Ted Baker’s Beauty Spot)

By Amanda

It’s taken me a while to learn about shellac nails and now I’ve had my first shellac manicure, I’m wondering what I’m going to do with all my ordinary nail polishes, as clearly the only way forward is shellac. Lisa… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 22, 2012

We love: Tweeting gloves from Etre Touchy

By Amanda

My husband thinks he has lost a part of me to Twitter, whenever we go out together now he claims I ignore him in favour of my virtual friends…and he is right. I used to talk to him on train… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 21, 2012

Trend alert: Blue

By Jane

Blue is one of the few colours I very rarely wear, as it always feels a little conservative! But recently I have been ‘feeling’ blue in a big way, especially when I spotted these images from Milan on the Stylesight… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 20, 2012

Twiggy turns designer for Marks & Spencer

By Amanda

So, you know how we feel about celebrity ‘designers‘. When M&S invited us along to meet Twiggy and see her new collection (launched 12th April on line) we were sceptical, expecting the usual famous face at the front of a… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 19, 2012

J Crew to open a shop in London

By Jane

One of our favourite collections at New York Fashion week was from J Crew. We have mentioned before how much we love J Crew’s unique blend of qulaity casualwear and key fashion items, and I particularly like their use of… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 17, 2012

Way to go Zelda

By Jane

We were sad to wake up to the news that one of our favourite style icons Zelda Kaplan, had died yesterday. 95 year old Zelda was a regular on the New York social scene, telling New York magazine in 2010,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 16, 2012

We Love: As Know As

By Amanda

This weekend I popped along to look at Scoop, a new trade exhibition for top end women’s clothing, as research for the day job. I spotted As Know As, a Japanese brand I was vaguely aware of from my trips… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 13, 2012

Colour inspiration for a Winters day

By Jane

Summer seems such a long way away and the novelty of snow has so worn off, so I thought I’d share a few of the images that have inspired my colour mood boards for Spring Summer, to hopefully brighten up… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 12, 2012

We love: Levi’s Vintage and Made & Crafted (again)

By Amanda

I have been looking for a T shirt like this one from Levi’s Vintage range, bought in the Made & Crafted store, for ages, one with a vintage-y feel, with lingerie style trim details in cotton lace and made from… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 11, 2012

Vintage prints from Samantha Sung and Toast

By Jane

A while ago I met the very lovely Mary Norden at a dinner party. Mary is the home and food editor of Red magazine and is effortlessly stylish. She was wearing a retro style print dress, which looked both vintage… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 10, 2012

Charles Dickens 200th anniversary: a reason to paint your nails

By Amanda

This week I’ve been listening to a lot about Charles Dickens on Radio Four and the more I hear about him the less I like the man. He could write a great story but his behaviour towards his wife (he… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 8, 2012

We Love: Poplin PJs and Nightshirts

By Amanda

A friend of ours, Lucy Archibald, has just started Poplin, a small company making beautiful (and bang on trend) pyjamas and night shirts out of gorgeous cottons and silks. Piped in contrast trimmings they all look highly covetable and there’s… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 6, 2012

Snow shoes (and a bit of taxidermy) from F-Troupe

By Amanda

If, like us, you woke to a snowy wonderland this weekend, you might like to know about the sale of stylish tweed and rubber galoshes still on at F-Troupe. I’m not really sure such a functional word as galoshes really… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 5, 2012

Onesies: Just say no!

By Jane

When it comes to appropriate occasions to wear lounge/sleep wear, opinion seems to be divided into two camps. Those who thinks it’s fine to lounge around all day, wearing loose fitting fleece/flannel and microfibre garments, designed for sleeping in, versus… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 4, 2012

Vintage Fashion Guild, a gem of a site for vintage knowledge

By Amanda

We are indebted to TWR reader Dinah Hall, who told us about this absolute gem of a website for anyone interested in Vintage clothing or fashion history. The Vintage Fashion Forum is a site dedicated to helping both buyers and… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 3, 2012

Style Icon: Miss Piggy

By Jane

Sometimes we women are a bit witchy (well make that a lot, in my circle of friends) and all seem to be thinking the same thing at the same time! This week, it seemed to be all about make up… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 31, 2012

Anita’s Vintage Fashion Fair – keeping warm with style

By Amanda

At Anita’s Vintage Fair in Notting Hill on Sunday, there was a distinctly chilly nip in the air and many of the vintage ladies were sporting layers to keep out the cold. Thick woollies and scarves were on show, with… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 30, 2012

Advanced Style on Bobbies Style Buzz

By Jane

The up and coming documentary featuring the fabulous ladies from the Advanced Style blog, is causing quite a stir in the US, with the Today programme devoting a morning slot to style tips for the over 75’s. The Advanced Style… Read More