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Fashion & Beauty, Out & About, We Are ReadingJuly 11, 2010

See this: Horrockses Fashions

By The Womens Room

Horrockses Fashions was one of the most respected ready-to-wear labels of the 1940's and 50's in the UK. Founded in 1946 it focused on production of high quality womens day, evening and beach wear and house coats and was famous… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 10, 2010

Shopping with experts: Preeti bags and bangles

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We are indebted to TWR reader Kathryn, who told us about these gorgeous bags and bangles from Preeti. Made in India from printed cotton fabrics with so much colour they almost sing at you, the bags have strong wool handles… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 9, 2010

Trend alert: The midi

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Images from Style.comAs we speak the fashion editors around the world are scratching their heads and pondering the major question on every self respecting fashionistas lips this week, how can we re-invent midi skirt? What ridiculous name can we conjure… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 8, 2010

Middleagedad gets a make-over at Wolsey

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TWR recently went to the Wolsey press day, not one we would normally have gone to, but we'd heard a rumour that the brand was giving its middleagedad look something of a makeover. Wolsey is one of the oldest… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 6, 2010

Middleagedad.com: things are looking up, sartorially speaking

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Things are looking up clothes-wise, for Middleagedad. We are seeing lots more attention being paid to his sartorial needs and we are talking both the deeply cool and on-trend MAD and MADs who find they are quite happy with the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 4, 2010

Shopping with experts: Freedom jewellery at Topshop

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We’ve got a bit of a thing for jewellery at the moment, first it was the Jewels of the Kalahari, today it’s Freedom jewellery at Topshop. After four hours spent with teenage godaughter in Topshop’s changing room on Saturday, I… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 2, 2010

Ladies of the Kalahari get beading….

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TWR has been tipped off about some GORGEOUS jewellery by our friends Francesca and Lorna, who thought it was right up our street. Jewels of the Kalahari is a collaborative venture between two UK based jewellery experts and the Bushmen… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 1, 2010

Top knots: Hair do or don’t?

By The Womens Room

The top knot has been on our radar for some time now, because as you know we like to think we are at the cutting edge of fashion and beauty. But if we’re honest, we have been watching the young… Read More

Art & Culture, Fashion & BeautyJune 23, 2010

Trend alert: androgynous

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Our fabulous fashion designer friend Mark recently told us his current favourite song is Tightrope by Janelle Monáe (featuring Big Boi) and at first, we thought it sounded a bit like the kind of thing we might be yelling at… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 20, 2010

TWR street shots: Fashion Maketh Woman

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When we attended the Intelligence Squared Fashion Maketh Woman debate this week, we were impressed with the lovely ladies from the audience we saw wearing fabulous outfits. Here's a few of our favourites. We loved the casual chic-ness of… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 18, 2010

Shopping with experts: Avery Fine Perfumery

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As regular readers will know, our bench mark for a great shop is 'does it make our hearts beat faster? 'meaning, when we go in, are we so excited by what we see or experience that our hearts literally start… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 17, 2010

So not a good look: Julian McDonald

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After a good few years (we are not saying exactly how many!) in fashion, Amanda and I have more or less got a handle on how it all works. There are many many aspects of the industry we love and… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 16, 2010

We love: The Perfume Studio

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Now this is a nice idea from The Perfume Studio, a perfume you can make specifically to suit your tastes and then if you want you can even name it after you. I guess if it’s good enough for Sarah… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 14, 2010

Off to the races: what to wear to Royal Ascot

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Royal Ascot, that excuse for wearing marvelous hats and very smart clothes, starts on Tuesday and we will be looking forward to seeing pictures of the fashion on show. Doubtless those that are going to this very British of institutions… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 12, 2010

The perfect sun hat from La Chapellerie Ganterie

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While in Nice last week we found this clever and stylish sun hat design by La Chapellerie Ganterie. We talked about smart hats before, but sun hats are a different beast. This one is genius for two reasons; 1) It… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 9, 2010

Trend alert: Cargo Pants

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So it seems everyone at Grazia has moved on from the the Whistles silk harem trouser to the cargo pant. (note, when talking about current fashion trends, one must always use the singular. As in, the orange tight, the wooden… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 5, 2010

We love: Hub

By The Womens Room

It’s rare these days to find a street full of small independent local shops, especially in London. Most areas are over run with Starbucks and the like, making it virtually impossible for local shops to survive. It’s also rare for… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 31, 2010

We love: Patty Hewes sunglasses (now available at Kurt Geiger)

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Series 3 of Damages has now finished and middleagedad and I are bereft. Glenn Close as wickedly ruthless Patty Hewes has had us riveted to the screen for the last few weeks, mostly because of the storyline but also because… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 31, 2010

Kurt Geiger’s desert shoe boot is back

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Anyone wishing they had bought Kurt Geiger's desert shoe boot last season (we showed them on Sarah a while ago in the grey) might be interested to know that something very similar and just as nice is coming out in June… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 28, 2010

We love: Whistles trousers

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Trousers are having a bit of a fashion moment this Spring Summer. And we are not talking about just any trousers. Oh no, we are talking peg legs harem pants, 70’s wide legs and dropped crotches. If all these fashion… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 27, 2010

Just what we need, a £30 million Louis Vuitton Maison

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There's been much trumpeting in the press about the new luxury Louis Vuitton store opening today in London's Bond Street. TWR went for a quick pre opening tour and marvelled at the lacquered surfaces (Aniegre and Alfromosia wood), shiny shelves (gold titanium plated… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutMay 26, 2010

New New Yorker: Summer drags on

By The Womens Room

Something weird happens to the streets of NYC when the sun comes out. A giant drag queen descends from the sky and blows a puff of magic gas all over town. Helplessly, women of all ages succumb to this gas and… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 25, 2010

We love: John Rocha’s padded trench at Debenhams

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This might sound a bit bonkers as a post- as I write, the sun is beating down on us and temperatures are hitting mediterranean heights- but this John Rocha padded trench from Designers at Debenhams for this autumn looks like… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 23, 2010

TWR Streetstyle: Mary and Jessica

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While out at aurumn press days last week, we came across two stylish MDs, Mary Homer (above), MD of Topshop and Jessica Seaton (below) MD of Toast. Both were wearing print tunic shaped dresses worn with coloured tights and cute… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 22, 2010

Trend alert: one colour dressing

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We are more than a little obsessed with Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned (wife of the new owner of Harrods), after reading about her in the Guardian this week. Her look is part Princess Grace, part Eddie Bouvier from Grey Gardens.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 21, 2010

We love: Toast for Men

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Piedmont jacket £285 Antique stripe shirt £79 In what can only be described as great news for middleagedads everywhere, Toast is launching a menswear range this autumn. Made up of clothes that are nicely stylish, but in a low-key-no-one-down-the-pub-will-laugh way,… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutMay 20, 2010

Something for the weekend: The Concise Dictionary of Dress

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One of our mates, Joyce highly recommends we see The Concise Dictionary of Dress, both for the unique and inspiring installations and the chance to look round the fascinating Blythe House, the home of the V & A's vast archive collections… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, We Are ReadingMay 19, 2010

Palm Springs style by Vanessa Friedman

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This photo thanks to Wayneford’s posterous Anyone in need of design inspiration for the 35plus market would do well to grab a copy of French photographer ç’s book Palm Springs 1960, out recently. The book is full of well-heeled ladies… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 15, 2010

TWR streetstyle: Angela

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TWR caught up with Angela this week during an ELM sample sale, where she was frantically busy selling stuff. Angela can sell anything to anyone so it's not surprising that TWR had to fall back on a couple of the Useful… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutMay 14, 2010

We love: Our Patterned Hand

By The Womens Room

As you know we are big fans of fabric and haberdashery shops and are always on the look out for new and interesting places to add to our list of favourites. For a while now we have been bemoaning the… Read More