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Fashion & BeautyMay 23, 2014

Wedding dressing dilemmas

By Jane

It’s that time of year when young people start getting married (are they insane?) and we are required to pull out all the stops, outfit wise. Personally, I find nothing more stressful than pulling together a “dressed up” look. A … Read More

Home & GardenMay 22, 2014

Messing about with flowers at Designers Guild with Thoughtful Flowers

By Amanda

I met two very stylish women at the Designer’s Guild store in The King’s Road this week, founder Tricia Guild (left above) and Juliet Glaves (right) of Thoughtful Flowers. Both are brilliant with colour and form and as a sort… Read More

Health & HappinessMay 21, 2014

See this: Orange is the New Black

By Jane

Just when you think you have binge watched every great TV series there is, along comes another one and before you know it, you are losing whole evenings in the persuit of “just another one before bed.” I found out… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 20, 2014

What Jo Fairley did next: The Perfume Society

By Amanda

When beauty guru Jo Fairley does something new, it’s worth checking it out. Jo, you may remember, was responsible for launching Green & Black and The Beauty Bible, as well as being an award winning beauty journalist. Now, together with… Read More

Things We LoveMay 20, 2014

Cicada Books Illustrated Journals

By Amanda

We just love these cute and very stylish illustrated journal note books by Cicada Books, run by Ziggy Hanaor, which are perfect for stashing tips, recipes and notes on the subjects of Gardening, Cooking and Nature. I’ve got the… Read More

Health & HappinessMay 19, 2014

Your Hormone Doctor by Leah Hardy & Susie Rogers

By Jane

We were really excited when we heard about this new book written by Leah Hardy and Susie Rogers. Your Hormone Doctor is an honest, witty and really useful for women on how to de-stress, sleep better, re-ignite their sex lives,… Read More

Art & CultureMay 16, 2014

Lund, in Sweden, my new favourite place.

By Amanda

Regular readers will know how keen we are on all things Scandinavian, from TV drama to interior style, we really do have a crush on the area. So it was not exactly hard to say yes to Gudrun’s Sjödén’s recent… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 15, 2014

Middle-aged dad’s guide to summer dressing

By Jane

As the weather begins to warm up (she says optimistically) and our thoughts turn to summer dressing, I thought it might be time for a few words of advice for the men in our lives, on how to approach the… Read More

Things We LoveMay 15, 2014

Perfume review: Bella Bellissima

By Amanda

What with the Beauty Project and the excellent Fragrance Lab and the evening lectures on looking Hot at 100, I feel as if I’ve been living at Selfridges recently. I returned again last week to meet Bella Crane, founder and… Read More

Home & GardenMay 14, 2014

Partying away in A Pea Green Boat

By Amanda

It’s definitely party week here at TWR, or party prep anyway…. A lovely and very useful website has come to our attention from TWR reader Julia (did you read the excellent feature she wrote recently on Womenomics, using, ahem, us?).… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingMay 13, 2014

Why Fashion Matters by Frances Corner

By Jane

Francis Corner Head of the London College of Fashion shares 101 reasons why fashion is not only the most immediate and intimate form of self-expression, but a billion dollar industry which has an increasing influence on lives and industries around… Read More

Health & HappinessMay 13, 2014

Positive aging: Laugh with us, not at us

By Jane

There is no doubt that older people are becoming increasingly more visible in the media, which can only be a good thing. But recently I’ve come to question the way that a recent number of adverts tend towards ridicule. Are… Read More

Things We LoveMay 12, 2014

Stoxbox: the answer to your tight drawer nightmare

By Jane

My tight drawer is a bit like my pan cupboard. Pull one out and they all come tumbling down, causing me to shout and swear and vow to sort it out the next time I have time to really tidy… Read More

Home & GardenMay 12, 2014

Summer decorating ideas

By Jane

There’s nothing I love more than a special occasion that requires major house decoration. In fact sometimes I think I enjoy the preparation more than the party itself. I’m always on the look out for interesting ideas and new companies,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 9, 2014

A couple of nice dresses to buy from John Lewis

By Amanda

I am indebted to DisneyRollerGirl for highlighting the Antoni & Alison dresses that have been designed for John Lewis to celebrate the retailer’s 150th anniversary. Sadly by the time I clicked on the links on her post, most of the… Read More

Art & CultureMay 8, 2014

In conversation with Polly Leonard, founder of Selvedge magazine

By Amanda

I went to Sweden last week, as a guest of Gudrun, with Polly Leonard, founder of everyone’s favourite textile magazine Selvedge. She was very good company and gamely agreed to a quick on-the-hoof interview for TWR while we sat drinking… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 7, 2014

Five things you need to know about the Met Ball

By Jane

Well you don’t actually need to know anything about the Met Ball as I’m sure you have more interesting/important things to think about today. But just in case you happen to be going to a red carpet event in the… Read More

Things We LoveMay 6, 2014

The Fragrance Lab at Selfridges Beauty Project

By Amanda

Fragrance Freaks, attention please! There is an interesting experiment happening as part of Selfridges Beauty Project that you should take note of. Trend forecasting agency The Future Laboratory has collaborated with design studio Campaign and fragrance manufacturer Givaudan to construct… Read More

Novels & Biogs, We Are ReadingMay 6, 2014

A Curious Career by Lynn Barber

By Amanda

I love reading anything by journalist Lynn Barber. I’d never want to be interviewed by her as she sounds hugely terrifying, but she’s a brilliant writer with a formidable reputation for not pandering to her subjects, however famous they are.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 6, 2014

Gudrun Sjödén’s 40 years in fashion

By Amanda

In contrast to the more familiar melancholic vibe we sometimes associate with Sweden, the designer Gudrun Sjödén is about as cheerful an individual as it’s possible to meet, which comes over loud and clear in her clothes designs. She is… Read More

Home & GardenMay 5, 2014

Succulents are having a moment!

By Jane

Succulents have long been firm favourites of mine. I love their weird almost Jurassic shapes and colours and the fact they need little or no attention. They grow like wildfire and are easy to divide up and re-distribute into a… 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

Middle Aged MumMay 1, 2014

Middelagedmum.com: you said what?

By Jane

Ok, I’m going to come right out and say it – when it comes to speaking correctly – I’m a snob, a terrible snob. There, I’ve said it and as someone who lives in possibly the most politically correct borough… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 30, 2014

An update on the classic white shirt, from Hobbs

By Amanda

I can’t speak for the rest of the country’s Hobbs stores, but the Covent Garden flagship has been recently refurbished and it’s now good to shop. It’s very open and light, with clothes laid out on beautiful leather topped tables… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 29, 2014

Iris Apfel gets dressed for Matisse

By Jane

Octogenarian Iris Apfel shares her love of Matisse and how her style has been inspired by his work. I want to live in her Palm Beach home, arrange things all day and try on lots of outfits! The Matisse Cut-Outs… Read More

Things We LoveApril 28, 2014

House of Hackney double faced wrapping paper

By Amanda

Exciting stationery news, fellow paper-fans! House of Hackney does a beautiful double sided, print wrapping paper that makes wrapping presents even more fun. The richly decorative prints are fabulously juxtaposed; teal ferns with butterscotch leopard print, blowsy gothic florals with… Read More

Health & HappinessApril 28, 2014

Nice smells makes you happier and smarter- fact!

By Amanda

Never say we don’t bring you facts backed by science here at TWR. This is no beauty-fluff site where we just say ‘lovely!’ a lot when talking about things beauty-related. Oh, ok, maybe we do a bit. But today’s post… 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

Things We LoveApril 25, 2014

Gay Geranium lipstick from No7

By Amanda

I was drawn to this lipstick by the story surrounding it. Frst launched in 1956, this cheery Gay Geranium colour way has been in action as a top performing lipstick colour for Boots ever since. Which makes her four years… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 24, 2014

Fashion Revolution, Who Made Your Clothes?

By Amanda

Today is the first anniversary of the Rana Plaza catastrophe in Bangladesh, when 1,133 people, mostly women, died while making clothes for western fashion brands, many of whom didn’t even realise their clothes were being made in such unsafe, sub-human… Read More