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We love: Bill Cunningham in the New York Times

Veteran fashion photographer Bill Cunningham takes photos of people on the street in New York for the fashion pages on the New York Times. We’ve long been fans of his work, shooting real people looking everyday-great. We loved these recent… Read More Read More

Simple Pleasures: A nice cup of tea and a sit down

'Three hundred small pleasures make people happier than one magnificent one.' Daniel Gilbert professor of psychology Harvard University. In these credit crunchy times and as we get a bit older (no-ones come up with a suggestion yet, so older it… Read More Read More

Save the Date

Shirt dress, £199.99, Comme des Garçons for H&M   If you love the deconstructed, non fashion style of Comme Des Garcons but cant quite justify the designer price tags, get yourself along to Hennes on November the 13th. Rei Kawakubo has… Read More Read More

The perfect perfume

Rejoice! A subject for which age is totally irrelevant- perfume. In fact we think that age may be a real benefit when deciding on how to smell, as only when you are seasoned with experience can you pull off some… Read More Read More

Style icon: The Queen

We love the Queen here at the Women’s Room, she’s one of our favourite dressers, mostly because she’s one of the only woman in the UK that really has an original dress sense. OK, so she’s been a little stuck… Read More Read More

Middleagedmum.com: Saturday night in

The fire is lit, its raining outside and really really cold. The X Factor is about to come on, we’ve made popcorn and 14 year old son is going to a party. ‘Wouldn’t you rather stay in with us and… Read More Read More

middleagedmum.com: half term with Sixth formers

There are a pair of scarlet satin high-heeled shoes at the bottom of our stairs on Saturday morning. I am the only resident female in our house, “Are those yours?” says my husband, a little wistfully. They are not, which… Read More Read More

We Love: The School of Life

At last, somewhere to go to learn how to get the best out of life…why didn’t we think of this idea? The delightful Sophie Howarth, who was previously a curator at the Tate Britain, has set up what she calls… Read More Read More

The Perfect Trousers: Maria Grachvogel

Women of any age are always on the hunt for the perfect pair of trousers, but as we get older, the hunt for a great fit becomes almost a holy grail. Extra layers of fat, less than beautiful thighs and… Read More Read More

Dressing with experts: Jaeger

We’re really loving Jaeger at the moment because at last there is a brand that understands how to be older, chic and sexy. The Women’s Room was at the recent S/S09 catwalk show and wanted everything. CEO Belinda Earl really… Read More Read More

We love: Persephone Books

This summer we discovered an amazing publishing house cum book shop in Londons Lambs Conduit Street. Persephone Books prints “mainly neglected fiction and non-fiction by women, for women and about women”. Nicola Beauman, who founded and still runs the company,… Read More Read More

Cool old dudes in great clothes: The Wisdom Tapes

Photographer Andrew Zuckerman’s new book and video on Wisdom is a fantastic project where a whole bunch of older, successful individuals come together to pass on great stuff they’ve learnt. Good idea, but what makes this truly terrific is the… Read More Read More

Style Icon – Irene Williams

The Women’s Room launches in a crazy week. Just as the main cash artery to sartorial satisfaction is severed, we come along with a blog about how to stay stylishly dressed and sane when you’re no longer 24 and look… Read More Read More