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Home & Garden, Out & AboutMay 30, 2014

The Cocktail Gardener talks plant powered cocktails with The Women’s Room

By Amanda

Cocktails mixed with flowers and gardening? Does that sound like the perfect combination in our quest to learn how to mix an interesting cocktail? The delightfully grown up Lottie Muir is the Cocktail Gardener and we caught five minutes of… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutMay 2, 2014

Jigsaw’s Duke Street Emporium- a great grown up store to shop

By Amanda

Jigsaw has opened a really lovely new store near Selfridges, on Duke Street, just far enough off Oxford Street to have that calmer, more boutique-y vibe that’s more preferable to shop. We’ve been quite excited about Jigsaw getting a revamp,… Read More

Out & AboutApril 25, 2014

Hackney from the air

By Jane

A little bit of a self indulgent post today. Regular readers will already know that I think that Hackney is the centre of the universe. My friend Debora and I always comment when visiting other London Boroughs, “it’s very nice… Read More

Out & AboutApril 21, 2014

See this: The Advanced Style Documentary

By Jane

Bit of a late post today – due to technical difficulties and the bank holiday! If you are in London and a fan of the wonderful Advanced Style blog, you might want to get tickets for the special screening at… Read More

Art & Culture, Out & AboutApril 14, 2014

That Boro exhibition at Somerset House, close up

By Amanda

I promised images of the Japanese Boro exhibition by Gordon Reece and Philippe Boudin when it opened, so here they are. The show is extensive and inspiring and I’d recommend a trip to Somerset House, where it’s on in the… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Out & AboutApril 10, 2014

See this: The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier

By Amanda

Attention fashion people, sewers, fans of consumer culture and arty-folk. The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier, From Sidewalk to Catwalk at the Barbican is a MUST SEE exhibition. Beautifully executed, extensive (around 165 garments), socially ahead of its time… Read More

Out & AboutApril 2, 2014

See this: Phyllida Barlow DOCK

By Amanda

Breaking news…Amazingly, older women artists can still do great things! You may remember we have a bit of a thing about how women in art are represented (ie, very badly). Well, here’s a bit of good news on that front.… Read More

Out & AboutApril 1, 2014

The power of two: double acts

By Jane

Last weekend’s Vogue Festival hosted some really interesting talks and I managed to take in a fascinating debate on taste with Grayson Perry, Jasper Conran and Lilly Allen, as well as listening to Alexandra Shulman interview Jack McCollough and Lazaro… Read More

Out & AboutMarch 4, 2014

See this: WOW

By Jane

300 speakers and performers from around the world will take part in more than 120 events at Southbank Centre’s annual WOW – Women of the World festival 2014 which starts tomorrow and ends on Sunday. The festival is now in… Read More

Out & AboutFebruary 25, 2014

Meeting Cressida Bell and a few things to buy from Heals

By Amanda

We were invited to meet the designer Cressida Bell at Heals last week, she of the innovative cake design book we wrote about so enthusiastically here. She was trying to teach us how to do her amazing decorative designs on… Read More

Out & AboutFebruary 19, 2014

Tiger, my new favourite store

By Amanda

Oh my, Tiger! The Danish home and lifestyle retailer Tiger is absolutely my new favourite shop. Heading from one Fashion Week show to another on Monday, I stumbled upon the new-ish (it opened in August 2013) Tottenham Court Road Tiger… Read More

Out & AboutFebruary 13, 2014

Le Meridien’s Longitude cocktail bar in London’s Piccadilly

By Amanda

Regular readers will remember I have pledged this year to ensure we can all make an assortment of good cocktail by the end of 2014. Before we start to become experts in making our own ‘house’ cocktails, it’s vitally important… Read More

Out & AboutFebruary 6, 2014

Humans of New York

By Jane

One of the many great things about living in a city is the weird and wonderful people you encounter on a daily basis. It teaches you tolerance, fosters an interest in the human race and encourages you to see the… Read More

Out & AboutJanuary 9, 2014

See this: August: Osage County

By Jane

Having watched the deeply depressing Hope Springs, starring Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones, over the holidays. I had forgotten just how brilliant an actress Meryl Streep is. In a time when youth is the holy grail in Hollywood it’s… Read More

Out & AboutDecember 19, 2013

Go See This (quickly): The New Craftsmen Garage

By Amanda

Back in June, one of our readers Deborah Thomas tipped me off about The New Craftsmen Garage pop up store in Mayfair, where her lovely bags from Doe Leather were for sale. I managed to NOT go two or three… Read More

Out & AboutDecember 17, 2013

The Twelve Days of Christmas -expressed in the medium of knitting

By Amanda

I know I’ve mentioned Creation Knits in Barnes before, but it keeps on getting better with its window displays, I really HAVE to show you what its done for this Christmas because I think it’s the best thing since the… Read More

Out & AboutDecember 13, 2013

Grenson and The Women’s Room Christmas Pop Up, a sneak peek at the store

By Amanda

Not been to our Christmas pop up yet? Here’s what you are missing, it’s on until Saturday 14th December, and tonight (Friday) it’s late night shopping until 8.30pm. With Gin X G-Lab. What are you waiting for? At the Tim… Read More

Out & AboutDecember 11, 2013

The Women’s Room and Grenson’s Pop Up Christmas Shop

By Amanda

Tomorrow we open our first ever pop up Christmas shop with those fabulous people from Grenson’s Shoes. Today we will be bossing people around organising the layout of the store and making all the beautiful goods we have selected look… Read More

Out & AboutDecember 9, 2013

Liberty of London

By Jane

Liberty is a very special department store and alongside John Lewis is my favourite in London. The amazing Tudor interior, eclectic assortment of merchandise and often eccentric staff, make it a special space to shop and in my younger days… Read More

Out & AboutDecember 4, 2013

Grenson and The Womens Room Pop Up Shop

By Jane

We are really excited to putting together our very first pop up shop in collaboration with the lovely people from our favourite footwear brand Grenson. The three 3 day event will run from the 12th until the 14th Dec at… Read More

Out & AboutNovember 22, 2013

Alternative Christmas Gift Guide: Indytute and Hackney Hampers

By Jane

If like me, you have have particularly fussy, creative types to buy for at Christmas, you might want to check out The Indytute. Featuring brilliantly inspired lessons and workshops in everything from blues guitar, divine tassel making, swing dance, to… Read More

Out & AboutNovember 21, 2013

The best Christmas windows are at John Lewis and Peter Jones

By Amanda

There’s been lots of attention paid to the big retailers’ Christmas Adverts this year, I think blogs have a LOT to do with this as of course we’re all posting the best ones and providing an excellent add-on marketing experience… Read More

Out & AboutNovember 20, 2013

A grown up gap year by Julia Little

By Jane

Julia Little is one half of our favourite shoe brand Grenson and when she told us she was taking a trip to Vietnam, we were keen to hear about it. She was kind enough to write us a post to… Read More

Out & AboutNovember 19, 2013

Dear Mickey Drexler (of J Crew), Instagram is a good thing!

By Amanda

POST UPDATE Good news, we got a response, from Mickey’s Social Media Manager in the US, the charming sounding Lucy Laucht, who told us “We do actually allow (and encourage!) customers to take phone pictures and instagram in our stores. … Read More

Out & AboutOctober 14, 2013

The return of Aqua Manda and an afternoon spent with the Rebel Cake and Perfume Club

By Amanda

If you were called (ahem) Amanda and were a teenager in the 70s, there was a very high chance that you’d find a bottle of Aqua Manda bath oil or perfume in your Christmas stocking or birthday present pile. It… Read More

Out & AboutOctober 7, 2013

Best Of Britannia

By Jane

In it’s second year, Best of Britannia is a showcase for the increasing number of people who make things in the UK. Be it hand crafted footwear, chocolate, motor bikes or music and films, the show brings together the very… Read More

Out & AboutSeptember 30, 2013

How to be a vintage rock goddess if you are Stevie Nicks

By Amanda

Tis quite hard to concentrate on writing blog posts today as it’s only one more sleep before our Women Of Substance Salon! and much organisation is going on behind the scenes to make sure the evening is awesome for all… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 6, 2013

Advice on how to be a funny woman, from Funny Women’s Lynne Parker

By Amanda

I met Lynne Parker, founder of Funny Women last week at the Arianna Huffington Third Metric evening (more on this in a later post) and we got on splendidly. I have at least one girlfriend who would have made a… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 5, 2013

The Dogs Trust Honour Awards

By Jane

Becoming a dog owner has been one of the best decisions I have ever made. Not only has it made me exercise every single day and shown me what loyalty and unconditional love means (soppy I know – but dog… Read More

Out & AboutAugust 2, 2013

We love: Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine

By Amanda

Did you all watch the Woody Allen two part documentary on last week? (part one, part two.. sorry, iPlayer only works in the UK) I grew up absolutely adoring Woody Allen and for years I wanted to be Diane Keaton… Read More