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Things We LoveJanuary 21, 2015

Perfume review: Á la rose by Maison Francis Kurkdjian

By Amanda

If you are a rose lover, then pay attention to this new fragrance by Maison Francis Kurkdjian, which is an exquisite blend of the two roses rosa damascena and rosa centifolia. Á la rose is a light bright rose that… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 20, 2015

Smizing, from Simon Doonan

By Amanda

// Love this for a cold and grim Tuesday morning, forget those expensive eye creams and ice packs (and I’m not even going to mention hideous surgery), smizing is the new instant under eye bag removal concept, from visual merchandising… Read More

Home & GardenJanuary 19, 2015

The day Todd Selby came to visit

By Amanda

I promise this is the last post for a while on MAD and his Selfridges Bright Old Tthings project, but I couldn’t NOT tell you about the day Todd Selby (of The Selby blog) came to take photos of the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 17, 2015

Weekend Woman: Jo Malone

By Amanda

Did anyone else hear the inspiring Desert Island Discs this week featuring Jo Malone? Jo is one of our TWR perfume heroines. Everyone knows Jo Malone, it’s hard to overestimate the influence Jo has had on our fragrance buying habits,… Read More

Things We LoveJanuary 16, 2015

Rush Salon Styling Collection at Marks & Spencer

By Amanda

This is a lovely new range of semi-professional hair styling products from luxury London based hair salon collective Rush, which has collaborated with M&S to produce a very well priced collection. Two years in the making, the range is deliberately… Read More

Art & CultureJanuary 16, 2015

Punk attitude at any age: Bruno Wizard

By Jane

Hanging around the edges of the punk/indie scene in the late 70s/early 80s, I was and still am, fascinated with the people who were brave enough to follow their principles at any cost and make a true commitment to an… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 15, 2015

Universal Works, perfect for a mid life change of career for Middleagedad

By Amanda

As part of the Selfridges Bright Old Things programme, Middleagedad has had to be ‘press-ready’ in terms of his daily outfits, as there have been photo shoots to attended and parties to be seen at. What he wears has suddenly… Read More

Health & Happiness, Middle Aged MumJanuary 14, 2015

Middelagedmum.com: In praise of walking

By Jane

When ever I visit friends and family outside of London I am surprised by how much they use their cars. They do it because they have to or because they can – a journey to the shops simply involves pulling… Read More

Out & AboutJanuary 13, 2015

What to buy from Bright Old Things at Selfridges

By Amanda

As you can imagine, I have been spending an inordinate amount of time in Selfridges recently, what with MADs stint as a Bright Old Thing. This isn’t good for me, there are way too many tempting treats within its walls.… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 12, 2015

Restorative Living

By Jane

I don’t know about you, but the medias obsession with salads, green juice and new work out regimes accompanied by the smug hash tag #cleanliving is getting right on my nerves and if I have to read another detox diet… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 10, 2015

Weekend Woman: Joni Mitchell

By Amanda

Blimey, what a week for grown ups in the press, indeed, what a start to the year! First Joan Didion, then Bright Old Things at Selfridges, and now news of Joni Mitchell for Saint Laurent. I absolutely ADORE Joni, always… Read More

Out & AboutJanuary 9, 2015

Selfridges presents Bright Old Things

By Amanda

It’s been a very exciting week at the Barnes branch of TWR, due to Middleagedad’s involvement with Selfridges Bright Old Things project, which launched yesterday. As MAD’s assistant I helped him put in his window (below) which happened all day… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 8, 2015

Style & Literary Icon: Joan Didion

By Jane

I love Pheobe Philo for all sorts of reasons, not least because she designs wearable clothes for real women and has heralded a movement towards simple lines and pared down styling. Chosing the iconic writer Joan Didion as the face… Read More

Food, We Are ReadingJanuary 7, 2015

Bread by Dean Brettschneider

By Amanda

This is not a book you may want to consider if you are going carbs-free for the January period but when you come back into the fold, Bread is a lovely book for anyone who loves to bake. With over… Read More

Home & GardenJanuary 7, 2015

Eat Your Books, a Q&A with co-founder Jane Kelly

By Amanda

I put Eat Your Books up on Monday as a Things We Love feature. Shortly after, co founder Jane Kelly made contact and she sounded so fabulous I felt we needed to know more, so we did a quick email… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 6, 2015

Joyceland

By Jane

It’s that time of year when you start to think you’d like to change your life. Maybe live off gird in the Highlands, run away with the circus and become an acrobat, or in my case go and live in… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 5, 2015

Welcome to 2015, hopefully filled with more stylish and clever older women

By Amanda

Ooh it’s tough getting back to work after a long break, isn’t it? We do hope your festive holiday was fun, we enjoyed ‘unplugging’ from all things digital (although we were still pottering about on twitter and Instagram) and return… Read More

Things We LoveJanuary 5, 2015

Eat Your Books

By Amanda

I can’t decide if Eat Your Books is a bonkers or brilliant idea. The online website collates all your own cookery books, blogs and food mags you subscribe to and allows you to search for recipes. So basically, if you… Read More

UncategorizedDecember 22, 2014

Happy Holidays

By Jane

It’s been a great year here at the Womens Room and as usual we have done some interesting things, met some lovely people and hopefully kept you entertained and informed most days of the week. One of the things that… Read More

Things We LoveDecember 21, 2014

Booja-Booja chocolate

By Amanda

This summer in the depths of Pembrokeshire, I discovered how utterly delicious Booja-Booja ice cream was, due to my friend Lindsay having a bit of an addiction to it. I could not believe how tasty and creamy a dairy-free ice… Read More

Health & HappinessDecember 20, 2014

Weekend (Christmas) Woman: Patti sings carols

By Amanda

Yes I know we’ve already had Patti Smith as an inspiring Weekend Woman, but since this is the last WW post before Christmas, we thought we’d put up Patti singing carols. Not only does she sound good, but she’s wearing… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 19, 2014

And the winner is…..

By Amanda

The winner of our Protected Species rain mac comp is Lorraine Tuck, well done Lorraine! The Protected Species team will be in touch shortly. In the end I thought everyone sounded very worthy, so I popped all the names on… Read More

Home & GardenDecember 19, 2014

Last minute Christmas Shopping for the desperate

By Amanda

For those of you who haven’t quite managed to get all your presents bought, wrapped-to-Martha-standards and placed artfully around the bottom of your beautifully decorated tree, we feel your pain. If the thought of heading onto the high street and… Read More

Home & GardenDecember 18, 2014

Alternative Christmas planning: in praise of ‘box set clothing’

By Amanda

Obvs, I’m looking forward to Christmas, of course I am. Nothing pleases me more than having to buy, wrap, hide and then place secretly around the Christmas tree, perfectly pitched presents for my loved ones (yes I still do the… Read More

Things We LoveDecember 18, 2014

Olio Lusso luxury face oil, by Rodin

By Amanda

When I was in New York recently I picked up some of our girl-crush Linda Rodin’s much talked about face oil, as I’d been keen to try it. Beauty industry insiders have been telling me it is excellent at enriching … Read More

Health & HappinessDecember 17, 2014

Silver Surfers: How social media keeps you healthy

By Jane

Theres a section in India Knight’s book In Your Prime about technology and growing older, which perfectly sums up how I feel about people (particularly older people) who refuse to get involved with social media “There is no heroism in… Read More

Food, We Are ReadingDecember 16, 2014

Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin

By Amanda

I was recently given this wonderful and uplifting American cookery book by my friend Kay Gardiner, one half of the magnificent Mason Dixon Knitting. More cooking memoir than recipe book, it is a gentle, funny, charming and highly readable book… Read More

Health & HappinessDecember 16, 2014

New words for old, as we redefine our decades

By Amanda

Coming back from a week away, I’ve just caught up with my blog reading, including the recent This Is 50 post, where photographer Kristin Perers interviewed the eloquent dance critic Judith Mackrell. As well as looking fit and stylish, Judith… Read More

UncategorizedDecember 15, 2014

All I want for Christmas: Beauty must haves

By Jane

I never really like beauty pages in magazines as they seem to be filled with whatever products the editors have been sent that week and the re-hashed versions of press releases just aren’t convincing. I much prefer to read a… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 12, 2014

Win a beautiful Protected Species rain coat, on us!

By Amanda

You may remember we wrote about the Protected Species rain mac and parka back here. I have hardly taken my parka of since I got mine, it is extremely practical -light weight for carrying, smart, snugly dry during downpours and… Read More