Iris Does Dazed
I know we’re in danger of turning into the Iris Apfel fan club here on TWR, but for those of you who don’t buy Dazed & Confused, here’s Iris in her recent spread for the magazine, wearing the Autumn Winter… Read More
Twitter Power against copying culture
This week social networking came into its own to challenge an issue which has been concerning designers for years. Young designer and illustrator Kate Moross took to Twitter to post a photograph of a Topman sweater which looked suspiciously similar… Read More
Frieze fashion 2012: part three
Our final posting from Frieze this year concentrates on shoes. There were lots of studded shoes, gold shoes, colour blocked wedges and shoe boots this year as well as Chelsea boots and brogues, often worn with patterned tights -there were… Read More
Quilt Love by Cassandra Ellis
After the terrific Nancy Crow talk on quilts last week I’m desperate to get sewing again. This lovely new quilt book by Cassandra Ellis is helping me get inspired, with some charming quilt ideas. I love the quilt maps Cassandra… Read More
See these: Tim Walker, Someday All the Adults Will Die, The Little Black Jacket and Hollywood Glamour
It’s a great time for fashion related exhibitions here in London. If you live in, or are planning a visit, over the next few weeks, it’s worth including some culture in your Christmas shopping excursions – I know, I know… Read More
Frieze Fashion 2012: part two
Continuing our Frieze fashion coverage, today we’re showing you skirts. For the last couple of years we’ve seen lots of dresses at Frieze, this year it was much more about skirts and trousers. The average age of women at the… 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
Frieze Fashion 2012: part one
Frieze Art Fair was twice as big this year, what with the new Masters section opening, so plenty of stylish art women to look at. Over the next couple of posts I’ll put up a mix of some of my… Read More
Vintage Cakes by Jane Brocket
Our favourite quilting, knitting and baking blogger Jane Brocket been entertaining us for years with her domestic delights and informative books.
Vintage Cakes is her latest book and combines cake history, vintage style and recipes to suit every occasion, ranging… Read More
Happy Birthday to us and haven’t we come a long way!
Four years ago today we launched the Womens Room with this video – we love it today as much as we loved it then.
We started writing the blog in a time when older women were not front of anyone’s… 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
Dates for your diary: Maison Margiela for H&M and Rae Jones sample sale
The next H&M designer collaboration features the illusive designer Martin Margiela. The collection will hit stores on November the 15th.
First shots by Sam Taylor-Johnson (formerly Wood) of the collection have just been released and very nice they look too.… 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
Old is the new young!
A few days in bed with a fluey type thing has meant my blogging energy is at an all time low – so apologies for today’s post.
Imagine it’s like the testcard but with inspiring images we have collected from… Read More
Witch Hunt by Syd Moore
Essex girl Syd Moore has written another ghost book (you may remember we reviewed The Drowning Pool) and it’s just as gripping and pace-y as her first. Syd teaches us about the appalling way in which women were treated in… Read More
Readers Kitchens: Jeanne from Lillehammer, Norway
We have fabulous readers who are, it turns out, all over the globe! Jeanne made contact with us when we started to go on about loving Skandi style and TV (The Killing, The Bridge, COS…) leaving comments under our posts… Read More
Best of Britannia: G Plan Vintage by Wayne Hemmingway
Last week we checked out Best of Britannia, a brand new showcase for the growing number of people sourcing and making products in the UK.
From the Shetlands to Dalston and remote villages in Wales, Britain is enjoying a resurgence… Read More
Glowing Radiance Face Scrub by Ila
We have written about Ila before and since trying out their products, I have become a huge fan of their Spa range. Made in the Cotswolds with completely natural locally grown ingredients their artisan skin care products smell amazing and… Read More
Note book review: The Guardian and Midori
It’s been a busy month for notebooks (I know how terribly sad that sounds as I write this, but I know there are other stationery lovers out there, I just know there are….)
Perhaps most surprising is the rather lovely… Read More
We Love: The Raging Grannies
We are a bit late to this one, but we love the Raging Grannies reaction to Todd Akin’s ridiculous comments on rape and abortion.
The Raging Grannies are a group of caring older women who endeavour to raise awareness of… Read More
Style Icon: Mary Berry
Remember back in 2010 we told you how much we loved the Great British Bake Off (we like to think we are ahead of the curve here at TWR)? Since then it has gone from strength to strength and become… Read More
A to Z of Hollywood Style by Sinty Stemp
The V&A is having a big exhibition on Hollywood Style this Autumn. It’s already been covered by many of the weekend mags and will be fab I’m sure and very good to look at. But my favourite offshoot of the… Read More
Physics is a girls’ subject: discuss
Physics is having a bad time with girls for A level. I’m not sure it’s doing that well for GCSE either but since that’s all going to change we’ll put that to one side for the moment (Is that… Read More
Madame Gres, Sculptural Fashion at Momu, Antwerp
For those of you who wont have the time to get to Antwerp before February 2013, we’re going to take you around the excellent exhibition Madame Grès, Sculptural Fashion at MoMu, the city’s fashion museum. The show was in Paris… Read More
Remake It: clothes, by Henrietta Thompson illustrations by Neal Whittington
This is a useful book for any budding sewer keen on recycling thrift shop finds or researching designers who put sustainability at the centre of the design process.
Full of ‘how to’ diagrams such as how to convert old jeans… Read More
Middleagedmum.com: #backintheday
In the 70’s there was a cult TV drama called The Survivors. It told the story of a small group of people who survived a plague which had wiped out 99% of the worlds population. They had to live off… Read More
TWR potted guide to Antwerp part two: where to buy the bargains
Last week I was in Antwerp and of course took our Antwerp guide with me. Do go if you get a chance, it’s easy to get to with the Eurostar and our tickets cost £90 return, which is not far… Read More
Supermarket Sarah Wonder Walls: A Guide to Displaying Your Stuff by Sarah Bagner
If, like me, you are more of a maximist than a minimalist and have your own distinct interior style, then this is the book for you.
A celebration of the individual and eccentric, Sarah Bagner (better known as Supermarket Sarah)… Read More
Black and White inspiration
So stripes are the new spots – although personally I will always love a polka dot – and black and white is the new non colour, colour combo for Spring Summer 13.
If you haven’t seen the Diana Vreeland film… Read More
To maximise or minimise? Discussing bra dilemas for grown ups with M&S
Regular readers will remember we are doing a couple of blog posts for the excellent M&S Stories, to delve into some of the issues you all raised on our blog back here. This week we talked to the very excellent… Read More