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Fashion & Beauty, Home & GardenJanuary 10, 2011

We love: Swarm Home

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We mentioned Swarm Home indirectly here, when we were talking about loving Anthropologie as a store. Well, just reading through Selvedge magazine this month, it seems Leslie Oschmann has done more than the bags we've seen, she also covers old chairs… Read More

Fashion, Fashion & Beauty, We Are ReadingJanuary 9, 2011

Pictures by Tim Walker

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We love the work of photographer Tim Walker and his book Pictures, is one of our all time favourite coffee table books. His recent work for the Mulberry S/S2010 ad campaign has all his trademark over the top eccentricity and… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 8, 2011

Shopping with experts: LN-CC

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This doesn't look like the coolest new shop in London, does it? Situated on the street Jane describes as 'what used to be the frontline of the drugs trade in Dalston', it doesn't even have a nice entrance, let alone… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 7, 2011

Something nice to watch with an afternoon cup of tea: Scott Shumann from the Sartorialist

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Here's something inspiring for a rainy, winters afternoon. It makes us proud to be part of the blogging community and determined to get out there and shoot some fabulous older women in 2011. We know you're out there!… Read More

Art & Culture, Fashion, Fashion & Beauty, We Are ReadingJanuary 7, 2011

Storytelling through fashion

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Biodegradable dress by Helen Story Dress made of pins by Susie MacMurrayOver the holidays I went to a great exhibition at the Royal Academy called Aware: Art Fashion Identity. It examines how artists and designers use clothing as a means… Read More

Art & Culture, Fashion & BeautyJanuary 5, 2011

Style Icon: Wallis Simpson

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It may soon be time to hunt out that string of pearls you know you have somewhere in the attic, as the Wallis Simpson look is about to become big. Our favourite (or not so favourite, depending on your view)… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 4, 2011

Tom Ford’s Summer show 2011

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You might remember we talked about Tom Ford's ultra secret Summer 2011 show back in September. Well, here is the show in all its glossy, glamourous glory. Now obviously we're not for one minute suggesting that these are clothes you… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 4, 2011

Best retail fun of 2010

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As always there's been a lot of 'best new shops of 2010' round ups on retail and fashion blogs this week, which I always love to read to check I haven't missed anything. Looking back on the year, I think… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 23, 2010

Readers Reviews: Jeanne Piaubert Radical Firmness Serum

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So, how are we all doing? All presents bought and wrapped? Turkey/nut roast ready to go? Relatives quietly enjoying a sherry in the front room? No? Join the club. While you wonder what on Earth possessed you to invite the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 15, 2010

Party dressing: Can I wear my Uggs?

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Natural fur waistcoat from Zara £139.00. Available on line. I love Hadley Freeman in the Guardian, she makes me laugh with her Ask Hadley page, which this week considered the possibility that buying a new dress for the Party Season might… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 13, 2010

We love: nerdboyfriend.com

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We are indebted to TWR reader Lorna for telling us about the wonderful nerdboyfriend.com, a blog refreshingly devoid of any words/details of who writes it/about page/titles/anything. Instead it is a picture guide to how celebrity men used to dress pre stylists….(there's… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 12, 2010

We love: a designer bargain

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We were recently invited to Bicester village, the amazing designer shopping outlet we have blogged about before. The marketing team invited some of their favourite bloggers to go shopping for the day and we got to hang out with the… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutDecember 10, 2010

We love: Timney Fowler

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Sue Timney and Grahame Fowler met at the RCA in 1979 and went to on to set up the successful print design company Timney-Fowler. The company's signature black and white graphic style was popular worldwide and led to collaborations with… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutDecember 9, 2010

Street shots: Japan….ginko trees, hats and art classes

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More photos from Tokyo, this time looking at how the Japanese love a bit of nature-admiring. By total accident, MAD and I discovered a celebrated stretch of ginko trees in Tokyo that were the centre of attention for their show… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 7, 2010

TWR street shots: Japan

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Last week Amanda managed to avoid the freezing weather by being in Japan as part of the day job, where it was a bit warmer and sunnier. This season the Japanese have all gone crazy for padded coats; super lightweight… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 6, 2010

Christmas present wish list: for the men in your life

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Buying Christmas presents for men can be a nightmare, especially if they are designers or aesthetically obsessive. Don't even think about buying them technology or clothes, as they will have very strict rules about acceptable brands/colours/ shapes etc. And forget… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 1, 2010

We love: Mint Velvet for summer

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I know it seems totally crazy to put this summer dress up now, as the icy wind of winter whips us into a frenzy of woolly layering, but as we keep telling you, fashion works in weird ways. For the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 29, 2010

Christmas wish list: Ormonde Jayne’s Gold Creme

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The festive window at the new Ormonde Jayne store There's a nice new shop in Sloane Square for perfume lovers, Ormonde Jayne, the perfumery created by Linda Pilkington. It is the second stand alone store for the brand, which has… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 27, 2010

Style icons from Arcadia: Gordon Richardson

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This is Gordon from Topman, where he is design director. We LOVE Gordon’s style, every time we see him he is rocking a completely new look and it’s always brilliantly executed. At Arcadia’s press day last week it was -unusually… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 22, 2010

Something to make you smile on a Monday morning!

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This advert for a fashion outlet village in Sicily, shows how the local villagers lives will change after the mall opens. Now we know where we want to retire!!… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 21, 2010

Style icons from Arcadia: Yasmin Yusuf

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While at the Arcadia press day this week, we bumped into Yasmin Yusuf, design director of Miss Selfridge. She is a vintage hippy chick at heart (we think) and always look good so we like to check out what she's… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 20, 2010

We love: Hilary’s jewellery

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Fashion Editor of the Daily Telegraph, Hilary Alexander, has to be one of the most hardworking fashion editors in the industry. She is also reputed to be very nice and is an excellent Tweeter – assuming she actually does it… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 19, 2010

We love: Wallis for spring 2011

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It was Arcadia press day this week and we were thrilled to see Wallis looking so VERY on trend for next summer (possibly more than some of the hotter younger labels in the Arcadia stable, but we'd better not say… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 17, 2010

Christmas wish list: Rae Jones bags

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Our lovely friend Rachel has gone and done it again. Not only does she make gorgeous shoes, she has now designed a beautiful bag range. We are loving this toffee coloured doctors bag, because lets face it, a girl can… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 17, 2010

We love: Adorn London

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The Marni brooch, £165 we're soooo putting this one straight on our Christmas list…. We met up with Adorn London's lovely founder Juliet Hutton Squire recently and were bowled over by her enthusiasm and knowledge for all things jewellery orientated. Being… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 15, 2010

When trends go wrong……

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……and you end up with a lot of the same thing. Amanda's teenagesons used to love a lumberjack shirt, I reckon all three of them were buying into the trend for about 18 months, consequently when I took stock of… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 14, 2010

We love: Ralph Lauren 4D

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This week luxury fashion brands and journalists gathered together to discuss the future of the industry at the International Herald Tribune conference, The Future of luxury. We followed the conference on Twitter and at times it felt like we were… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Home & GardenNovember 13, 2010

Martha Moments: magazine boot trees

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I have more pairs of boots than is good for me, I am happy to hold my hands up to this fact and I am often wracked with guilt at the appallingly uncaring way I treat them. Having spent what… Read More

Art & Culture, Fashion & BeautyNovember 12, 2010

Does fashion care?

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This weeks Channel 4 programme Dispatches exposed the terrible working conditions of workers in the UK garment industry and really got us thinking. Early in my career as a designer I went to India and saw children working in factories,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 11, 2010

We love: Grossmith perfumes

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When Amanda's MAD decided he wanted to retire early and become an artist, I tried to think positive thoughts about him being happy and creatively fulfilled and not 'Oh dear, I wonder if this means less money for clothes?' I… Read More