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Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutMay 27, 2016

Dry Heat and Slow Living, by Guest Blogger Amanda Saurin

By Amanda

Amanda Saurin of AS Apothecary blogs today about Cypress, her home-from-home and a place she picks and distills some of her most important flower and botanical oils. I went to one of Amanda’s perfume workshops this weekend, it was even… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 25, 2016

Why you need to know about Everlane

By Jane

It’s an interesting time in fashion, as big brands struggle to keep up with the smaller more agile independents, which are often run by entrepreneurs with little or no experience of the fashion industry. Gone are the days when starting… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 22, 2016

Who won? The Results Of Our Protected Species Competition

By Amanda

We had some AMAZING design idea suggestions for our Protected Species competition last week, you really are a clever and generally fabulous bunch of readers. We gave Protected Species co founder Anne Muir all the results, she mulled over all… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 17, 2016

Tonal Layered Dressing with Carina Hildebrandt (and Judi Dench)

By Amanda

I am very aware we write for a number of different style tribes here on TWR. There are those who would love to move into Dover Street Market and dreams of doing a supermarket-style sweep around the store (ahem,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 13, 2016

Giveaway: Protected Species Rainwear! And Thoughts On Women Entrepreneurs

By Amanda

There’s an interesting new feminism narrative happening in clothes, which is focusing less on the end product (although that is still important) and more about who’s involved in the supply chain. Women entrepreneurs make up a big percentage of… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 12, 2016

Marks and Spencer A/W 16/17: What we thought

By Jane

This week was all about press shows as retailers launched their Autumn Winter 16/17 collections and after reading my recent post on M&S we were invited to meet style director Belinda Earl, who was interested to hear what we thought… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 6, 2016

Looking after Summer Skin, with Amanda Saurin and AS Apothecary

By Amanda

This is turning into something of a skincare week. While we wait for the weather to decide if we’re talking summer or (still) winter clothes, lets stick with ensuring we’ve all got our transitional skincare under control. Amanda Saurin, who… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Health & HappinessMay 5, 2016

Are you bikini ready?

By Jane

Last week 90-year-old Irene Carney from Ballina, New South Wales, Australia bought a red, 1950s-style Seafolly polka dot bikini from a The Lady Watego boutique in Byron Bay Australia. The store shared a photo of Gigi Hadid modelling the bikini… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 4, 2016

MV Organics: Extremely Good, Grown Up Skincare

By Amanda

Before I high-tailed it off to sunnier climes recently, I met MV Organic Skincare founder Sharon McGlinchey, who gave me one of her spectacular facials, I’m not sure I’ll ever use any other product ever again. You always feel good… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 3, 2016

Vogues first 100 year old model: Bo Gilbert

By Jane

Harvey Nichols have launched a campaign to celebrate British Vogue’s 100th birthday. Starring Bo Gilbert, the first 100 year-old model to appear in the magazine, this film goes behind-the-scenes at Bo’s photoshoot with renowned fashion photographer Phil Poynter, which will… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 20, 2016

Almost Holiday Shopping

By Amanda

I am holiday for the next few days, somewhere warm and (hopefully) sunny where I will be taking a digital detox and switching off (apart from Instagram, obvs, which is now an extension of my brain). Jane will continue to… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Things We LoveApril 19, 2016

Pore Minimiser: What is it and why do you need one?

By Jane

I talked about the benefits of pore minimiser back in 2010 when I discovered Benefit’s Pore Professional in New York. Not one to gush about products, I couldn’t get enough of its flawless effect. Applied under make up it smooths… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutApril 18, 2016

A Big Moment for Lingerie: Undressed at The V&A and The Body Studio at Selfridges

By Amanda

Last week was quite a big week for lingerie and active/leisure/whateverwear, what with The V&A’s Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear exhibition opening, the brand new Body Studio retail space at Selfridges launching for all things active body related and… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 14, 2016

Fashion Regrets – Buys That Got Away

By Amanda

Do you have clothes that you almost bought? Perhaps a dress you fell in love with, but hesitated buying, only to find it sold out before you changed your mind? Or a pair of shoes that were beautiful but expensive… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 13, 2016

Dear M&S, What We Want Is A lifestyle

By Jane

So the new M&S chief executive Steve Rowe sounds promising, after his first press statement attributed the brand’s declining clothing sales to a lack of style.”We have not been as stylish as customers wanted us to be, we have not… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 6, 2016

Shops Worth Leaving The House For: Dover Street Market

By Amanda

For me, a consumer who has always adored terrestrial shops, whose heart can beat faster at a beautifully arranged window display and who regularly organises retail safaris around new shopping areas of interest, I think things are looking bleak for… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 4, 2016

A great swimsuit from The White Company

By Amanda

The White Company clothes are really stepping up a gear. You remember we mentioned they were worth a second look here, well I recently went to the Summer press day, where I spotted a great, well priced, one piece bathing… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 1, 2016

New Jeans Shapes: What to buy?

By Jane

Buying jeans can be confusing and stressful especially if you’re not really sure what you want. And why oh why do they make the sizing so confusing – I’m 54 and still have no idea what size I am!! The… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Home & GardenMarch 31, 2016

Fashion & Food: Artisanal Craft

By Jane

Remember ages ago we told you about the cult ethnic dress trend made popular by Ukrainian designer Vita KinVita Kin. Previously only sold via her Instagram account, the range is now available on Matches – if you have £1000 to… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 29, 2016

India Amazon Fashion Week: Street Style Shots with Ishtailista

By Amanda

We had such a nice response to the Jaipur street style reports we ran recently, that when photographer Ishtailista mentioned he was going to India Amazon Fashion Week, I asked him to see if he could give us a flavour… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 24, 2016

Perfect Pants from Me+Em

By Jane

Me+Em is a brand I have wanted to like for a while, but it’s never quite lived up to my expectations. Their strap line ‘Intelligent style, now + forever’ ticks all my boxes, and I want to love their pared… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 22, 2016

Iris Apfel makes growing old cool

By Jane

A feature in last weekends How to Spend it in the FT, stated that Iris Apfel made growing older cool – which of course we agree with – but we also like to think there are lots of us who… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Health & HappinessMarch 21, 2016

Jo Fairley, Beauty Guru and The Perfume Society Founder, Tells Us How She Stays On Top Form

By Amanda

It’s National Fragrance Day today, so make sure you spritz a good dose of your favourite fragrance to celebrate. I recently interviewed Josephine Fairley, founder of Green & Black’s, award winning beauty writer and speaker and co founder of The… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 17, 2016

Posh Plimsoles: finally, I buy my summer trainers

By Amanda

So, finally, I’ve selected my summer trainers. After dicking about on the internet considerable research I’ve gone for a Mother black suede Eytys, with chunky off white wedges and no branding anywhere. They have cork inners, tough vulconised rubber flatform… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 14, 2016

Dries Van Noten and all you need to know about A/W 16/17

By Jane

So fashion month is over and we can all breathe a sigh of relief and get on with our lives (what do you mean you were anyway?). Here are the things you need to know about Autumn/Winter 16/17 – velvet,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 9, 2016

Slouch-appeal: the Tilda Swinton Shirt

By Amanda

I had a double whammy of Tilda over the weekend, I saw both A Bigger Splash and Hail Caesar! She is marvellous in both and her wardrobe (by Dior) in the former is extremely covetable, I shall never dress-down… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 8, 2016

Genderless Fashion

By Jane

The idea of genderless clothing is something we have talked about a lot of the last couple of years in the trends world and we are finally starting to see some brands get on board with the idea. Zara tapped… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 7, 2016

Kate Phelan Talks Sense On High Street Shopping, in The Guardian

By Amanda

Just in case you missed it, there was an excellent feature in The Guardian’s The Fashion (issue 6) this weekend, where Kate Phelan, as Topshop’s creative director, explained how she gets dressed, now she’s 50. Turns out, it’s pretty much… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 3, 2016

The New Normal For 50 Plus Fashion

By Amanda

As regular readers know, we attended the first Fifty Plus fashion show held at London Fashion Week recently. What ever we feel about the ageist labels we’re still subjected too or the narrative that puts the focus on age rather… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 2, 2016

Some Beauty Buys for March

By Jane

Our thoughts are finally turning to Spring – giving our skin an overhaul and perhaps getting our legs out sometime soon. Here are a few products that have come to our attention over the last few weeks that are definitely… Read More