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Fashion & Beauty, Things We LoveNovember 1, 2011

Ila: Give yourself a break

By Jane

I don’t know about you, but I am starting to feel that ‘lead up to Christmas’ stress. Having decorated the house for Halloween and answered the door 200 times, there is just enough time to sit down before preparing for… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 29, 2011

Christmas party planning: Wishwantwear

By Amanda

Are you frantically planning your Christmas party outfits? Nope, us neither, but for those who are thinking about it and anyone who has to do ‘seriously dressed up’, has limited funds and doesn’t want to buy a party dress they… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 23, 2011

Perfume for stationery geeks: Comme des Garcons

By Amanda

When @tamsinblanchard tweeted that the new Comme des Garcons perfume smelled of brown tape and industrial glue, we knew we had to get a sample to test, after all, this could be the smell of stationery in a bottle and… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 22, 2011

Happy Socks

By Jane

Anyone who knows me in real life, knows I’m a huge fan of a coloured tight, a bright sock or a polka dot. So when I discovered Happy Socks in the fabulous fashion emporium Opening Ceremony (in NYC on hols)… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 20, 2011

Style icon: Siobhan Fahey

By Jane

Anyone who was a fan of Bananarama will remember the name Siobhan Fahey. While I wasn’t a huge fan of their music (but did dance to it in the Students Union) I always loved the original band members style, Siobhan’s… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 19, 2011

Frieze 2011 fashion part three: shoes, skirts and trousers

By Amanda

Back at Frieze….. Last year it was all about knee high boots, this year we got more shoes and shoe boots. I just adored the wedges below, worn with Issey Miyake Pleats Please skirts and wrinkled fine cotton coloured socks.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 17, 2011

Frieze 2011 fashion part two: colour

By Amanda

Colour was very evident this year and clearly the whole colour blocking trend is having an effect on our confidence to ‘live it up’ a bit when it comes to brights too, neons, orange and shots of yellow were everywhere.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 17, 2011

Frieze 2011 fashion part one: dresses

By Amanda

Frieze Art Fair VIP day -held on the first afternoon of opening- is a total treat to go to. Yes the art is great, but the clothes! A joy to behold for the 40plus woman. OK, so lots of these… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 16, 2011

Mary Queen of frocks: Where’s the designer?

By Jane

So Cheryl Cole is the latest celebrity to design her own range. She has just launched a footwear collection for the new online shopping concept Stylistpick. Good for you Cheryl, why shouldn’t you, isn’t it every girls dream to be… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 14, 2011

Art and fashion get together

By Jane

It’s all about art here in London this week, as the Frieze Art Fair is on until Sunday. Look out for Amanda’s pics of the stylish clientele later in the week. Our favourite brand in the world (did we tell… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 13, 2011

We love: Old Town

By Amanda

Tipped off by TWR reader Dinah Hall we love the look of Old Town, a reassuringly trend free clothes website selling useful and beautifully made items with a wholesome, slightly nostalgic air. If I tell you that a couple of… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 12, 2011

Style Icon: Joan Collins

By Jane

There is no link to add this video, so you need to click here for a truly fabulous 80’s fashion extravaganza. I’m off to find my shoulder pads, pill box hat and fur stole and to listen to Giorgio Moroder’s… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 10, 2011

Trend Alert: Housecoats

By Jane

So the catwalk collections are over and as part of the day job, I have been trawling through each show, to work out out what’s going to influence the way we dress next summer. Prada is always a hugely influential… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 7, 2011

We love Eileen Fisher

By Amanda

The American brand Eileen Fisher will be more familiar to our US readers (hello Kay, yes we know you live in it!) than our UK ones, but it’s great the brand has opened in London because it totally understands our… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Things We LoveSeptember 30, 2011

At last: COS online

By Jane

This post comes with a warning, it could be seriously detrimental to you finances! Our favourite brand in the whole world, has finally launched online, which means all you poor people who have not been able to savour the delights… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 29, 2011

We shop Marks & Spencer accessories collection

By Amanda

It’s a while since we spent any time in M&S as we’ve been a bit disappointed in the clothes over the last season or two, but things are looking up on the accessories front. We liked the new Westfield Stratford… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 26, 2011

Trend alert: Yellow

By Jane

One of the newest colours to continually crop up on the international catwalks, has been yellow. All shades from palest lemon, though to acid citrus, brightest sunshine and mustard. As lovers of bright colours, we are happy to embrace the… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 24, 2011

Fashion goes to the dogs!

By Jane

Ok, so I know I’m a dog bore, but quite frankly I don’t care, as there is no love like a dogs love, and the world would be a much nicer place if people were more like dogs. They are… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 23, 2011

We love: Carrieles de Colombia

By Amanda

We were tipped off about these gorgeously textural bags Carrieles de Columbia by one of our readers. The Carrieles bag is an historical design dating back over 400 years, In folkloric Colombian tradition, an authentic Carriel should contain no less… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 22, 2011

Spring/Summer 2012 colour

By Jane

As a colour forecaster I spend a lot of time making up ridiculous names for colours and deliberating over subtle shade differences. Why call it blue, when it could be cornflower or duck egg, or green when it could be… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 21, 2011

London Fashion Week new names : Tim Soar Woman

By Amanda

Before the madness of Fashion Week, Jane and I popped along to meet the charming ( and rather dashing, we thought) Mr Soar in his CFE-sponsored studio space in Mare Street. Tim is well known for his great menswear tailoring… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 20, 2011

Inside Story: A sensory fashion fantasia

By Jane

Last week we were invited to the amazing Dennis Severs house in Spitalfields, to an event curated by the lovely Kate Evans, owner of Precious, an up market women’s fashion store, also based in Spitalfields. Kate, former buyer for Harrods… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 19, 2011

London Fashion Week new names: Felicity Brown

By Amanda

New names often struggle to get started in fashion, there are a million hurdles in the way and you have to negotiate them with no experience, fresh out of college. Nightmare. Which is why the Centre for Fashion Enterprise is… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 16, 2011

NYFW: the odd couple

By Jane

I have no internet at home (don’t get me started on Virgin Media’s incompetantcy) so bear with me over the next few days as I blog from friends houses and my ipad! I draw the line at internet cafes, as… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 15, 2011

The last ever +J collection at Uniqlo: here’s what we bought

By Amanda

So, the +J collection by Jil Sander for Uniqlo was launched last week, we shopped it while fighting back the tears and resisting the urge to buy EVERYTHING, because it was the last collection ever. Here’s what we thought and… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 14, 2011

NYFW: Streetstyle

By Jane

The increasing popularity of streetstyle blogs has seen the outfits worn by the attendees of catwalks shows become almost as important as the collections themselves. The fashion editors in particular have risen to the challenge and rock up with a… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 13, 2011

Mary Portas and Clarks -a chance to chat

By Amanda

Blimey, that Mary Portas works hard, last week she was launching Mary Portas at the House of Fraser, this week -Wednesday 15th at 6.30pm-she’s launching her shoe collection in the Clarks store in Oxford Street and would love you to… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 13, 2011

Head & Shoulders is 50!

By Amanda

As you know, we love a hair event here at TWR so when Head & Shoulders invited us to celebrate being 50 this year by practising a couple of ‘hair do’s’ with its creative beauty director Peter Lux (is that… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 12, 2011

NYFW: Jill Stuart

By Jane

New York fashion week started on Friday and for us fashion sorts that means the next three weeks will be spent trawling catwalk images every day, in a desperate attempt to keep up with ‘who’s done what’. If you don’t… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 10, 2011

Fashion’s Night Out: Clements Ribeiro scarf dresses

By Amanda

Yes, we went to Fashion’s Night Out, I might blog later on my views, but to be honest, they are a bit ‘grumpy old bag’ at the moment, lots of nicely dressed young things shopping…..where’s the story in that? So… Read More