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Fashion & BeautySeptember 21, 2009

Shopping with experts: John Smedley knits

By The Womens Room

We went to the newly refurbished John Smedley store in Brook St, London this week. Smedley is 225 years old as a brand, which in fashion years is staggeringly ancient. It has a terrific heritage (the long-john is named after John… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 20, 2009

We love, or do we? the new COS website

By The Womens Room

We love everything about COS, the clothes are just perfect for our age group. Beautifully designed, subtle colour palettes, good quality fabrics and all reasonably priced. Which is great if you live in London, certain parts of Europe and most recently Birmingham,… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutSeptember 19, 2009

Coming soon: Anthropologie London

By The Womens Room

Do you remember we told you about how fabulous the American retail Anthropologie was? Well the brand's first store opens in London's Regent Street on Oct 23rd…we can't wait. We walked past it today and even loved the stylish hordings….roll… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Home & GardenSeptember 17, 2009

Shopping with experts: Cabbages & Roses

By The Womens Room

Who knew Epsom salts were the cure for everything? Cabbages & Roses apparently, who were kind enough to give us a giant size packet of them to celebrate the brand opening in six Jigsaw branches around the UK from this… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 15, 2009

Shopping with experts; Uniqlo

By The Womens Room

In a bizarre twist of fate that I promise I didn't plan, I discovered Ines's damson trousers while shopping with my sister in Uniqlo on Friday. Well, I'm sure they are not actually Ines's as hers are probably Chanel or YSL… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 11, 2009

Style icon: Ines de la Fressange

By The Womens Room

It is rather far fetched to have Ines de la Fressange as a style icon for The Women's Room, since she clearly comes from another planet: bonkers long legs, super skinny despite having two kids, innate atyle and access to… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 5, 2009

Shopping with experts: Jaeger

By The Womens Room

We know these are all black, but they are future classics We are totally into Jaeger at the moment because it ticks all our boxes for what we want out of clothes (well nearly all the boxes….). We're into buying… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 4, 2009

The Womens Room guide to wearing leather

By The Womens Room

It seems that leather is back for Autumn Winter 2009/10 and we find it a little worrying. Don't get us wrong we have rocked the leather look with the best of them, but we were younger then. As you know… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 25, 2009

We love: Brogues

By The Womens Room

We have always loved a mans shoe, the more masculine and classic the better. Luckily for us the androgynous look is very key for Autumn/Winter, not that we actually care, as we would have worn them anyway, but it does… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 24, 2009

Buy this: Ally Capellino for the Tate

By The Womens Room

The pencil case is £24.47 and the satchel is £35.23 The passport bag is £19.57 We love a good pencil case here at The Women’s Room and the one Ally Capellino has designed for The Tate shop, in traditional 16oz… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 20, 2009

Shopping with experts: East

By The Womens Room

The East design team from left Laura Thompson, Penny Oliver and Francine Seward After we told you about the improvements in East's summer range, the design team, headed by product director Penny Oliver, invited us in to take a look at the company's… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutAugust 19, 2009

We love: Madeleine Vionnet

By The Womens Room

If you are in Paris between now and the end of January take a trip to the at the Les Arts De Coratifs to see the stunning Madeleine Vionnet, puriste de la mode, exhibition. This major restrospective devotes two floors to… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 18, 2009

Shopping with experts: the new modern Ghost

By The Womens Room

There are a couple of brands going through something of a revamp currently, old favourites that have been through hard times and have now started to shine again. One is East (more of that on Thursday) and the other is Ghost.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 16, 2009

Style icon: Felicity Green

By The Womens Room

As part of the day job, we met Felicity Green, the inspiring fashion editor who gave Biba her first break and was influential in exploding 60s fashion onto the world via The Mirror Group, where for twenty one years she… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 14, 2009

Shopping with experts: biker boots at Kurt Geiger

By The Womens Room

Strangely, just as we were loving watching The Thomas Crown Affair on its tenth anniversary and admiring Rene Russo in her biker boots, Kurt Geiger was busy designing a brilliant range of biker-inspired boots for autumn. Perfect timing! The… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 12, 2009

Shopping with experts: Sue Barrett’s denim style

By The Womens Room

Sue Barrett, wearing her Lee dungaree-type playsuit in denim worn with a Topshop lace layered bolero (this season), we totally want the fabulous dungarees but she wont part with them Buying denim as you get a wee bit older… Read More

Fashion, Fashion & Beauty, We Are ReadingAugust 10, 2009

Shoe Design by Rachel Jones

By The Womens Room

Our friend Rachel Jones has just written a beautiful and informative book on shoes. Rachel is very good at shoes; as well as being a trend forcaster for shoes she also design’s her own label Rae Jones Shoes, which are… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 9, 2009

Coming soon: Jill Sander for Uniqlo

By The Womens Room

We cant quite explain how excited we are about this fashion collaboration. Jill Sander is one of our favourite designers, despite the fact we have never actually bought anything from her collection, as it is so hideously expensive!But a girl can… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 3, 2009

We love: Jak and Jil

By The Womens Room

If you work in fashion or simply just love fashion (especially shoes) you will love this blog. Featuring beautifully shot photos of editors, stylists, designers, photgraphers and all round fabulous fashion people, blogger Tommy Ton captures the glamour and luxury of fashion. Some of the shoes… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 30, 2009

Buy this: Orla Kiely bag for Maggies charity

By The Womens Room

One of our favourite designers Orla Kiely has produced a limited edition bag and purse, designed exclusively for Maggie’s charity, a support centre for the crucial weeks after a cancer diagnosis. TV presenter Kirsty Wark and singer Shaleen Spiteri came… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 28, 2009

The Women’s Room guide to dressing inappropriately

By The Womens Room

The comments from Sue on our post about how to dress casually got us thinking about dressing age appropriately. Sue is a great example (sorry Sue to single you out) of ignoring the rules and creating your own individual style,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 24, 2009

The Women’s Room guide to dressing casually

By The Womens Room

Dressing casually as you get older is a fine art. Fashionable casual clothes tend to be aimed at the younger market and cheaper casual wear can often be of dubious quality. We find sticking to well made (probably slightly more… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 23, 2009

Style Icon: Tanya Reynolds

By The Womens Room

The Women's Room was out to lunch this week with a couple of very stylish ladies, Antonia and Tanya from Proportions London. They are both at the cutting edge of fashion, designing and selling mannequins to the biggest fashion… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 22, 2009

We love: Magazyn

By The Womens Room

As we continue to struggle with the concept of fast fashion and objects that simply don't stand the test of time, we are increasingly attracted to brands who create well designed product, that's built to last. Belgium retailer Magazyn claim their… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 21, 2009

Buy this: DKNY’s Cozy

By The Womens Room

Do not be fooled by this over youthful styling, the Cozy is a genius garment perfectly suited for the 40plus woman. A long time ago when The Women.s Room worked in a hot and hormonal fashion office selecting shapes and styles… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 19, 2009

Style Icon: Jo Whiley (even tho’ the BBC is dropping her)

By The Womens Room

What person from the BBC thinks it's a good idea to remove one of the coolest, most musically informed women on the planet (that would be Ms Whiley) from her morning slot on Radio One because she is too old?… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 16, 2009

There are clothes out there for us: honestly!

By The Womens Room

The feature in the Daily Mail this week by Viv Groskop, really got us thinking and we have had many conversations among ourselves and with our friends in the fashion industry about the challenges facing both customers in this age… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 15, 2009

Just say NO

By The Womens Room

Looking into the wardrobe some mornings feels like the above image, a mountain of stuff we no longer love, never liked that much in the first place or can't remember buying. We need to work on Buying Better and so we… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 13, 2009

We are in the Daily Mail!

By The Womens Room

Viv Groksop, championing women's rights to look fashionable after 35 in the Daily Mail The Women's Room is in the Daily Mail today (Monday 13 July), quoted as an expert on the over 35 market, It is our first big… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Things We LoveJuly 12, 2009

Rimmel Sun Shimmer

By The Womens Room

Don’t get us wrong, we are not advocating the WAG/Jordan orange look, but there are certain occasions when lily white meets pale lilac is not a good look. Some outfits or events require a little light colour on the legs… Read More