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EventsSeptember 24, 2013

Women of Substance Salon update

By Jane

Next Tuesday is shaping up to be the best night out of the year – no pressure there then – as we are now officially sold out for our Women of Substance Salon. We are super excited/nervous and looking forward… Read More

Things We LoveSeptember 23, 2013

Anna Lou of London

By Jane

Remember back in April I posted about my increasing love for costume jewellery? Well I have been on the hunt for some affordable versions ever since. Zara have a well priced range but the quality isn’t great (a friend has… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 23, 2013

Treasure-Hunt shopping at TK Maxx

By Amanda

You, dear reader, are either going to be the type who loves (me) or hates (Jane) the idea of shopping at TK Maxx. For me it’s highly enjoyable, top end rummage-retail, just like shopping in a jumble sale, charity shop… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 20, 2013

Nice to meet you, Atelier Raptus & Rose!

By Amanda

Regular readers may remember our post on the Venice Biennale, where I snapped a few stylish art goers back in the early summer. The last image on the post was of a group of lovely models who I thought may… Read More

UncategorizedSeptember 19, 2013

Simon Doonan: Fashion and Madness Bedfellows

By Jane

Simon Doonan, the British-born Creative Ambassador-at-Large to New York based store Barneys, joined NYFW creator Fern Mallis this week for a conversation on his latest book; The Asylum: A Collage of Couture Reminiscences … and Hysteria. Our New York correspondent… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 18, 2013

One or two things to buy from Stills

By Amanda

In between watching shows at London Fashion Week on Friday, my friend Angela suggested we divert via Harvey Nichols (I know, tough one) to look at Stills, a Dutch brand she is currently working with. Stills has been going a… Read More

Home & GardenSeptember 17, 2013

Witches are the new Vampires

By Jane

If you are already worrying about what you are going to do when Breaking Bad finally ends for ever (how good was it last night? I actually gasped – twice!), you might want to take a look at American Horror… Read More

Things We LoveSeptember 17, 2013

Houndworthy

By Jane

As all you stylish dog owners out there will know there are so many websites for dogs it’s a mine field when it comes to finding products that are right for your hairy best friend. They for the sublime to… Read More

Home & GardenSeptember 16, 2013

Buy this: Sugru

By Amanda

A quick post this morning to ensure you all know about the marvellous multi-fixing thing that is Sugru. I could have you all wrong and you may all have loads of it in your cupboards already. My hunch is that… Read More

Art & CultureSeptember 13, 2013

Finding Vivian Maier

By Jane

Hailed as one of the greatest 20th Century photographers along with Diane Arbus Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson, I posted about Vivian Maier a couple of years ago. Nowness recently featured some of her unseen experimentation with film, which has… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 12, 2013

A few things to buy from Toast- particularly if you’re a gardener

By Amanda

All this talk of fashion week has us quite exhausted already, even before we’ve decided what to wear (hope you all saw Jane’s beautiful Solar System Tatty Devine necklace on our Instagrams yesterday?) Where once I would have invested in… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 11, 2013

Let the fashion circus begin………….

By Jane

As we prepare for London Fashion week (surely it can’t be that time already) and the circus that takes place inside and outside the shows, I increasingly find myself questioning the way the industry works. Oscar De La Renta recently … Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 10, 2013

Real women looking awesome at Hammersmith vintage fair

By Amanda

The first Hammersmith Vintage Fair of September always marks the beginning of autumn for me, there’s a real ‘back to school’ feel amongst both stall holders and customers. We haven’t had a fair since June so there’s lots of new… Read More

Health & Happiness, We Are ReadingSeptember 9, 2013

The Granny Alphabet by Tim Walker

By Jane

Tim Walkers new book The Granny Alphabet is a tribute to his own Grandma Kathleen and Gamma Louis and features 26 images of older women, with accompanying poems by Kit Hesketh-Harvey and illustrations by Vogue illustrator Lawrence Mynott. A lovely… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 9, 2013

See this: Fabulous Fashionistas on C4

By Jane

Award-winning director Sue Bourne has made some heart warming and poignant documentaries over the years ( we suspect she may be our age) with My Street (where she told the stories of the people in the London street she had… Read More

EventsSeptember 6, 2013

The Women’s Room Salon with Hattie Fox Flowers

By Amanda

We’ve had some lovely images through from Hattie Fox, founder of That Flower Shop, who is kindly producing buttonholes (and showing you how to make them) at our Salon, Women Of Substance. These are some of her inspiration photos and… Read More

Things We LoveSeptember 5, 2013

TM Lewin women’s shirts

By Amanda

When we were buying middleson’s first suit, we ended up buying his shirts from TM Lewin, as the brand did a great quality shirt in a 4 for £100 offer and all have lasted very well. By coincidence, the brand… Read More

EventsSeptember 5, 2013

Women of Substance: The Women’s Room’s first ever Salon

By Amanda

Just in case you missed this on Monday…..(we’re very excited, tickets are selling fast, so don’t miss out). We are beyond excited to announce we will be hosting our very first Women’s Room Salon on Tuesday 1st October. Titled, Women… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 4, 2013

Hammond & Co at Debenhams, AKA a reason to chat to Patrick Grant

By Amanda

Last year middleson had to buy his first proper work suit for a year long internship in a real job and what a painful process it was. Well priced suits in nice fabrics with a decent cut are hard to… Read More

Things We LoveSeptember 3, 2013

Astalift Light Analysing Moisture Foundation

By Amanda

Do you remember we wrote about the Astalift Jelly Aquarysta recently? It’s a very good hydrating gel that everyone I speak to who uses it seems to like a lot. It’s that clever Fujifilm Japanese technology, odd though it seems… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 3, 2013

Win a handbag from Village England with Precious London

By Amanda

So here we are at the cusp of autumn, next bank holiday not until Christmas, it’s depressing coming back from holiday isn’t it? Well here at TWR we thought we might try and cheer up those post holidays blues, not… Read More

EventsSeptember 2, 2013

The Women’s Room Salon: Women of Substance

By Jane

We are beyond excited to announce we will be hosting our very first Women’s Room Salon on Tuesday 1st October. Titled, Women of Substance, it will take place in the soon to be opened Ace Hotel, Shoreditch, where some of… Read More

Novels & Biogs, We Are ReadingSeptember 2, 2013

Now You See Me by Lesley Glaister

By Amanda

Recommended by the lovely Sam Baker, this is a lean, beautifully written tale of bleakness that I couldn’t put down. Now, I have to dash as I’ve got the rest of Lesley Glaister’s books to read. Now You See Me… Read More

Things We LoveAugust 26, 2013

Perfume review: Iris Prima by Penhaligon’s

By Amanda

Now this I love, a fragrance house that has tried to recreate the smell of ballet rehearsal rooms, sweaty shoes and all, in a good way, obvs. Just like the smell of old books and libraries, the inside of my… Read More

Health & HappinessAugust 26, 2013

We’re on Holiday!

By Amanda

We are on our annual holiday, just for a week, back Monday 2nd September with some quite exciting news. So have a good break, we certainly will and see you soon. J & A … Read More

Things We LoveAugust 25, 2013

Perfume review: Boadicea The Victorious – a feminist’s fragrance?

By Amanda

Since we’ve been talking a lot recently about the rise of feminism #3, it’s made me think about what perfume a woman could wear to make her feel stronger, more empowered and ready to face the battle of being female… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 25, 2013

See this: Meet The Perfumers at Harrods

By Amanda

Just a quick note for all perfume fans, Harrods is running an excellent month of events around perfume from now until mid September, including interviews with renowned noses and fragrance house owners. I went to the opening talk with the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 23, 2013

Autumn colour inspiration

By Jane

Transitional and Pre-Fall are words used by us fashion sorts, in an attempt to explain those in between times when the unpredictable weather means we just don’t know what to wear – make that almost all the time then! As… Read More

Home & GardenAugust 22, 2013

Alastair Hendy’s Homestore in Hastings, experential retail at its best

By Amanda

What is it with the Hastings/Rye area that encourages such wonderful stores? Last week it was Merchant & Mills from Rye, and while there Carolyn tipped me off about Alastair Hendy’s amazing Homestore in Hastings. It was another ‘bucket of… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 21, 2013

Ankle socks for the over 40’s?

By Jane

As you know, we always encourage our readers to dress exactly as they please – age appropriate or otherwise. Who are we to judge – although Carole Vordeman might want to think about moving away from the bandage dresses at… Read More