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Fashion & BeautyOctober 29, 2015

Up close with Peruvian Connection

By Amanda

Years ago, back in the mid 80s, I regularly received the Peruvian Connection catalogue and its colourful and complex ethnic designs looked deliciously different from all those power suits and massive shoulders we were wearing. I loved it. Mail order… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 26, 2015

Jigsaw is back

By Jane

Remember back in the day when shopping in Jigsaw was like shopping in COS and managed to bridge that gap between High St and Designer brands, with the right blend of fashion and classic items in great quality fabrics and… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutOctober 23, 2015

The Best Of Frieze: Final round up

By Amanda

Our final 2015 Frieze post, with a round up of interesting outfits that weren’t really a trend, more individually fabulous. First up, remember I mentioned furry texture being a bit of an art trend on Monday? It’s also turning up… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 21, 2015

Best of Frieze Fashion: trousers and casual tailoring

By Amanda

Back at Frieze, the second big clothes story after capes was the abundance of beautiful, easy-tailored trousers, mostly worn with trainers. It’s the ‘gentlewoman styling’ we’ve been talking about (well, along with everyone else) recently, that lovely, pared-back-but-still-elegant take on… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 20, 2015

Get Cosy with Cashmere

By Jane

Remember back in June when I posted about Athleisure being a “thing”. Well this is the time of year when it really comes into its own. Think big open fires, candles, tonal cashmere layers, slippers and comfy jogging bottoms. This… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 19, 2015

The Best Of Frieze Fashion: Capes and Textures

By Amanda

Our Frieze Fashion annual round up gives such a good insight into what women (and men) are really wearing. Yes, I know they are affluent examples, but I love looking for inspiration here and will be posting all week about… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 9, 2015

S/S16 Daniela Gregis

By Jane

Daniela Gregis has long been a favourite designer of mine – if only I could afford her beautiful billowy textile lecturer/ sophisticated Italian woman strolling down a Milanese street, collections. Like many of my favourite designers she doesn’t follow trends… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 6, 2015

Carine Roitfeld for Uniqlo

By Jane

At last a Uniqlo collaboration with an older woman -ok she’s a stick thin, insanely glamorous fashion editor, but isn’t fashion all about aspiration? 61 year old Carine Roitfeld, founder and editor-in-chief of CR Fashion Book, Harper’s Bazaar global fashion… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 2, 2015

Dries Van Noten: House & Garden Inspiration

By Jane

I have long admired designer Dries Van Noten for his individual talent, refusal to follow trends and ability to remove himself from the celebrity obssessed fashion world. The fact that his S/S16 collection is ticking all the fashion boxes for… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 30, 2015

Trend Alert: S/S 16 Maximalist

By Jane

It’s fashion month (again) – which may or may not mean something to you, but for me it means I have been immersed in what we will or will not be wearing in summer 2016. This season it’s the Italians… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Health & HappinessSeptember 29, 2015

Smartening Up Your Salute To The Sun

By Amanda

Is it just me or is buying interesting yoga clothes very hard work? I appreciate this is a ridiculous modern day issue, but I’ve been doing yoga for about twenty years and I’ve yet to find a brand that make… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 25, 2015

More indigo fabulousness from DYPT

By Amanda

Our recent post on Bleu Anglais’s Chinese indigo prints was very popular, so when one of our readers (hello Shelley) told us about her brother Simon Mark’s lovely indigo printing business DYPT, based in India, we couldn’t resist featuring his… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, UncategorizedSeptember 24, 2015

Hope: A new fashion Brand for the over 40s

By Jane

It’s not everyday (or any day tbh) that a new range that’s aimed at the over 40s launches. So when an email popped into my inbox asking if I wanted to talk to Nayna McIntosh the founder of new brand… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 23, 2015

Upscaled Boden With The Icon Collection

By Amanda

At the Boden press day for autumn 2015, there was real excitement over the Icons Collections, an upscaled, limited edition range of clothes that have a vaguely vintage (mostly 70s) feel about them. The fabrics used are more expensive (although… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 22, 2015

LFW S/S16: One to Watch, 1205

By Jane

It’s that time of year again when fashion’s great and good showcase what we are going to be wearing six months from now. A label that stands out as one to watch for those of us who are not so… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 18, 2015

Trend Alert: Statement Earrings

By Jane

Ever since I saw the below left image on Style.com (RIP), I have been slightly obsessed with A. Big earrings and B. the woman wearing them. After much Googling and Insta stalking and I finally found out that she is… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 17, 2015

A very good raincoat from &Other Stories

By Amanda

Earlier this week I accosted someone on the tube. I don’t do this very often, but the woman I grabbed was wearing the very best raincoat I’d seen for ages (possibly since this Protected Species one) and I could not… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 7, 2015

We Wear Perfume launches today!

By Amanda

Sooo… After months of fiddling about and sniffing more fragrance than is good for a girl, project perfume is finally here….We Wear Perfume is my new perfume site, a sister to TWR but sitting separately (you can jump thorough directly… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 4, 2015

Dear Finery London, this has to stop……

By Amanda

Dear Finery London, Look, we’re going to have to break off our relationship. I’m sorry but we just can’t go on like this. It’s not you, you’ve been wonderful, too wonderful in fact, it’s all my fault, I just can’t… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 2, 2015

Storytelling with clothes: a trip to Devon

By Amanda

This weekend I went to Devon to see my 83 year old dad and his (very slightly) younger sister, my aunt. We do very little, just sit around my aunt’s kitchen table reminiscing, eating Cornish pasties (my aunt makes the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 26, 2015

Buffalo #standforsomething

By Jane

Love everything about this film which illustrates how the 80s defined the idea of street style – still as relevant today as it ever was.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 25, 2015

Autumn clothes research: inky-navy is my new black

By Amanda

There’s something interesting going on over at The White Company, the colour navy blue…..Founder Chrissie Rucker is famous for her strict colour edits of white, cream, black and grey in both her clothing and bedlinen, which makes for a very… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 17, 2015

Advanced Style: Men

By Jane

Ari Seth Cohen from Advanced Style has turned his attention to older men in his latest film released last week on Nowness.com. The fabulous peacocks of Manhattan are as unique,inspiring and a tiny bit barking mad as the women of… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 12, 2015

A few long lasting summer jackets to consider

By Amanda

It’s been a glorious summer so far for not really needing a jacket. Well, at least it has been in lily-livered London, where we are protected from more bracing weather-patterns, but I’m off to Wales this weekend where I know… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, UncategorizedAugust 11, 2015

Buy These: Converse’s New Chuck Taylor All-Star II

By Jane

As a long time fan of Converse, I finally gave up on them a couple of years ago when I decided they were not only really cold in anything less than a heat wave and then they were too hot,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 10, 2015

Perfume review: 4160 Tuesdays, with Sarah McCartney

By Amanda

‘Project Perfume’, which has been keeping me as busy as a Labour Party leadership candidate for months, is nearly ready for launch. Exciting! Well, it is if you like perfume. It’ll be run by me (Amanda) as a sister blog… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 7, 2015

Transitional Trouser Lust

By Amanda

A quick post to inform you of some terrific trousers from Whistles. I’ve loved my wide leg denim trousers from the brand (these ones) and last week I saw someone wearing a pair of cut off orange trousers with frayed… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 6, 2015

How to extend the life of your sundress

By Amanda

I saw this wonderfully dressed woman, above, on the train when it was hot and she looked immaculate despite the searing heat and being mid-commute on a London train. She kindly allowed me to take her picture while I admired… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Health & HappinessJuly 31, 2015

Natural skin care with a botanist bent : AS Apothecary

By Amanda

When I first started emailing Amanda Saurin, founder of the niche AS Apothecary natural skincare brand, I realised I wanted her life. On our first exchange she’d had just got back in from picking roses at Glyndebourne (where she has… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutJuly 30, 2015

Iris, The Film, is out

By Amanda

Remember we mentioned there was a film coming on Iris Apfel by Albert Maysles? Well it opens this week in the UK, we saw the preview recently and LOVED it. We all know Iris can dress, but the film shows… Read More