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Fashion Regrets – Buys That Got Away

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 Read More

Weekday Women: Carmen Herrara

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 Read More

See This: Hans Unger at The Highgate Society

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 Read More

The importance of clutter #2 and more things to see in February

Clutter and collecting are officially having a moment. You may remember we first mentioned it back here at Frieze Master’s and when Paul Smith showed us how he worked best surrounded by inspiring ‘stuff”. Well now London is awash with… Read More Read More

Mother and Daughter artists: Michele Deiters and Bibi van der Velden

During Frieze week a while back I got to meet Dutch mother and daughter sculpting team Michele Deiters and Bibi van der Velden, who had a small show at The Couture Lab in London (it’s on until Nov 8th). Both… Read More Read More

Catalogue of Exquisite Recipes by Valeria Napoleone

I have to confess I haven’t even SEEN this recipe book, it might be rubbish, although I doubt it, but I have something of a girl-crush on the exotic sounding Valeria, who not only writes cookery books, but also is… Read More Read More

Dare to Wear by WOW and Sue Kreitzman

Last Wednesday as the mainstream art world gathered to view what was on offer at Frieze, over in a church crypt in St Pancras, an alternative exhibition was going on. Wandering in from the hubub of the Euston Road, it… Read More Read More

Colourful Crow: artist Nancy Crow at the V&A

Nancy Crow is an artist who happens to use quilting as her means of expression. As a by-product of her success she has dragged the often nightmarishly twee world of patchwork quilting into a new era, one where artistic aspiration… Read More Read More

Go See This: William Klein and Daido Moriyama

BIG art week in London this week, what with Frieze London and the new Frieze Masters shows opening and lots of galleries doing the art equivalent of putting on their best frocks. More on Frieze later but firstly add the… Read More Read More

Things to do with excess marmalade: marmalade martinis

You remember I said I had to get reading glasses? And what fun it was going to be to buy new eyewear? Well turns out it was fun, while it lasted. I bought beautiful new Tom Davies glasses, which I… Read More Read More

Art and fashion get together

It’s all about art here in London this week, as the Frieze Art Fair is on until Sunday. Look out for Amanda’s pics of the stylish clientele later in the week. Our favourite brand in the world (did we tell… Read More Read More

We love:Dominic Wilcox

One of Dominic Wilcox's lovely modern ink stamps   On the eve of the fancy London art fair Frieze, the Women's Room would like to bring you our own top tip on an artist we love. His name is Dominic Wilcox and… Read More Read More