Fashion & Beauty

If you work in the fashion industry you will probably already be a big fan of The Sartorialist, the amazing street style blog, featuring beautiful photographs of stylish, real people from all over the world. The blog has been listed by Time Magazine… Read More

Our current fav Limited dress from M&S, tops stores only This week The Women’s Room was given a preview of the new Portfolio range from Marks & Spencer, aimed at 40plus women and out in March 2009. Hurrah to M&S… Read More

The Sunday Times today is full of stylish women over 40. Really, it is. Amazing eh? Well not to us, obviously, we know how talented and fabulous we are, but it is a pleasant change to see that the leading… Read More

    We’re not quite sure what the opposite of style icon would be, but Barbie is definitely it. Astonishingly, the plastic princess has reached the age of 50 without a wrinkle or fat roll and has taken, according to… Read More

  While we’re on jewellery can we point you in the direction of some fabulous credit crunch sparkle that both costs very little and cheers you up? New Look has a range called Limited Edition which is better made and… Read More

  Pearls: Coco Chanel loved them and recommended seven strands, real or costume. Ours are definitely going to have to be fake, but since there are some beautifully made high street  alternatives around, that’s ok. Pearls are ageless, in fact,… Read More

  Talk about understanding your customer and her guilty secrets.   Net-A-Porter is one of our favourite designer websites for fashion porn (that’s looking at beautiful designer clothes on line that we are probably not going to buy). Owner and founder… Read More

    Christmas is definitely coming early for vintage clothing fans this year, 19 days early to be precise, on the 6th December at Wembley, when the legendary costumier Angels will hold its first ever sale to the general public of excess… Read More

French brand Comptoir des Cotonniers was bought recently by Fast Fashion, the same company that owns Uniqlo and it’s rolling out stores all over, so look out for one coming your way soon.   The reason we love it is… Read More

Veteran fashion photographer Bill Cunningham takes photos of people on the street in New York for the fashion pages on the New York Times. We’ve long been fans of his work, shooting real people looking everyday-great. We loved these recent… Read More

We get a wee bit cross here at the Women’s Room about the lack of good role models for older women.  We are practically invisible in magazines, particularly the high end fashion ones, it’s as if we should not even… Read More

Just in case anyone doesn't know what the wonderful Rei Kawakubo from Comme des Garcons and Dover Street Market looks like, (see previous post on Comme and H&M) she's one of us. Born in 1942, she's a stylish older woman, rarely seen… Read More

Shirt dress, £199.99, Comme des Garçons for H&M   If you love the deconstructed, non fashion style of Comme Des Garcons but cant quite justify the designer price tags, get yourself along to Hennes on November the 13th. Rei Kawakubo has… Read More

The individual, unconventional and eclectic style and taste of Iris Apfel is an inspiration. She and her husband founded the textile firm Old World Weavers in the fifties. They sourced fabrics from all over the world using old original looms… Read More

Rejoice! A subject for which age is totally irrelevant- perfume. In fact we think that age may be a real benefit when deciding on how to smell, as only when you are seasoned with experience can you pull off some… Read More

We love the Queen here at the Women’s Room, she’s one of our favourite dressers, mostly because she’s one of the only woman in the UK that really has an original dress sense. OK, so she’s been a little stuck… Read More

 While we’re on the subject of catalogues, the stupendously glamorous Hermes winter offering dropped through the letter box recently. Heaven knows why since we don’t own a single item, but the catalogue is thick with beautiful images and looks impressive… Read More

Christian Louboutin launches the 8 inch heel,claiming it to be the highest heel on the high street. Victoria Beckham is pictured wearing 5 inch Antonio Berardi boots,which are weighted under the toe, forcing her weight forward and downwards so that… Read More

Women of any age are always on the hunt for the perfect pair of trousers, but as we get older, the hunt for a great fit becomes almost a holy grail. Extra layers of fat, less than beautiful thighs and… Read More

We’re really loving Jaeger at the moment because at last there is a brand that understands how to be older, chic and sexy. The Women’s Room was at the recent S/S09 catwalk show and wanted everything. CEO Belinda Earl really… Read More

We think the wardrobe department at Eastenders must have a great time dressing the iconic June Brown. Dot Cotton continues to inspire us with her quirky colour combinations, on trend Liberty style prints and classic fully fashioned cardigans, accessorised with… Read More

Photographer Andrew Zuckerman’s new book and video on Wisdom is a fantastic project where a whole bunch of older, successful individuals come together to pass on great stuff they’ve learnt. Good idea, but what makes this truly terrific is the… Read More

On the subject of eccentric glamour, The Women’s Room spoke to Simon Doonan, creative director of New York’s hippest department store, Barneys, who is a stylish 50 something. He’s just written a book on…. Eccentric Glamour! His life is a… Read More