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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

Art & CultureOctober 22, 2015

Best of Frieze: Art & Outfits

By Jane

My turn to share my favourite take aways from Frieze – drawn towards colour, texture and strange arty style, I have no idea who the art is by, as I just snapped away intuitively- enjoy. Save… Read More

Art, Culture & Craft, We Are ReadingOctober 22, 2015

Perfume, A Century Of Scents

By Amanda

One of my favourite women involved in fragrance is Lizzie Ostrom, who as her alter ego Odette Toilette runs enjoyable and informative scented events. Lizzie has been extremely generous with her time and encouragement over We Wear Perfume and we… 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

Things We LoveOctober 20, 2015

Palette London’s Bespoke Nail Colours

By Amanda

This is a clever idea, a bespoke nail colour service for those moments in life when getting the right coloured nail polish is absolutely essential, I’m thinking weddings mostly, but I can see a case for trend forecasters wanting to… 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

Home & GardenOctober 16, 2015

The best bedlinen can’t be judged by thread count, says The Secret Linen Store

By Amanda

We have a guest post today from Molly, co founder of the Secret Linen Store, who is keen to tell us about thread count…and there’s a bit of a treat at the bottom of the post. Over to you Molly….… Read More

Art & CultureOctober 15, 2015

Weekday Women: Carmen Herrara

By Jane

It’s art week here at the Womens Room; both Amanda and I will be visiting Frieze and I have been researching up and coming exhibitions for new seasons colour influences – yes people I am in A/W 17/18 already! I… Read More

Art & CultureOctober 14, 2015

See This: Hans Unger at The Highgate Society

By Amanda

It’s a big week for art in London, what with the ticket-of -the-week event that is Frieze (contemporary art) and Frieze Masters (older stuff), contemporary and decorative art fair Pad and all manner of additional exhibitions opening to piggy back… Read More

Out & AboutOctober 13, 2015

Boris Buono and the Ibiza Food Studio

By Amanda

So, Ibiza! After years of wondering, I finally got to go recently. What a gorgeous place it is, I will be going back as soon as I can, its gentle, easy-going vibe and faint hint of 70s hippydom is right… Read More

Home & Garden, We Are ReadingOctober 12, 2015

Terrariums, Gardens Under Glass by Maria Colletti

By Amanda

You know how we love a terrarium, in fact we’ve been talking about them since the beginning of last year, so we were very excited to see this new book from Maria Colletti on the subject. It doesn’t disappoint, if… Read More

Out & AboutOctober 12, 2015

How to buy a car

By Jane

Just what is it about cars that divides the sexes? Is it just me or does the very thought of buying a new car make you want to bang your head on the table and moan “I don’t care which… 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

Art & CultureOctober 8, 2015

Good Heavens! Is This A Feminist Pirelli Calendar?

By Amanda

When I first read that Pirelli (yes THAT Pirelli) was producing a calendar that featured no nudes and (shock!) some of our most beloved women (Patti Smith, Tavi Gevinson, Yoko Ono, Amy Schumer and Serena Williams among them) I thought… Read More

Food, We Are ReadingOctober 7, 2015

A Modern Way To Cook and Eat by Anna Jones

By Amanda

I direct you to today’s main post on Spiralizers, which might help you understand why I love this book so much, it has saved me a lot of money. I’m indebted to TWR readers and occasional contributor Julia Little, who… Read More

Home & GardenOctober 7, 2015

For anyone thinking of buying a spiralizer….

By Amanda

I LOVE a kitchen gadget. My cupboards are overflowing with them and its a habit I blame on my mum and dad, who enticed me with their groovy electric carving knife in the mid 70s (possibly the coolest thing to… 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

Things We LoveOctober 5, 2015

Elemental Herbology

By Jane

Elemental Herbology is one of those skincare ranges that makes you feel good about yourself – in that way that you feel when you’ve made a healthy vegetarian meal and not only is it good for you, it’s also delicious.… Read More

Art & CultureOctober 5, 2015

What Older Actresses Did Next…with Inside Amy Schumer

By Amanda

OK so I’m going to start this post today with a big warning sign, since it is Monday morning and you all may be a bit sleepy, THERE ARE RUDE WORDS IN THIS VIDEO, the F word is used a… 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

Things We LoveOctober 1, 2015

Pommade Divine, your new ‘keep by your side’ cream

By Amanda

Attention womenfolk, we have a good new ‘heal all’ cream to tell you about, Pommade Divine. Well actually it’s not new at all, this particular brand has been going since 1800, although it disappeared for a bit in the 80s.… Read More

Middle Aged MumOctober 1, 2015

Middleagedmum.com: The 3.00am Call….

By Amanda

It’s is just after 3.00am on Tuesday morning, three days since we returned youngestson excitedly to his rented flat, along with four of his mates for Year Two of university. The phone by our bed starts to ring. Middleagedad awakes… 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

Home & GardenSeptember 28, 2015

Books and box sets: M Train and Narcos

By Jane

Last weeks Autumn Equinox marked the official end of the summer and as the nights draw in our thoughts turn to books and box sets, as we anticipate cosy nights by the fire. The highly anticipated sequel to one of… 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