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Fashion & BeautyJune 19, 2012

Summer capri pants and J Crew’s Hello World, a happy coincidence

By Amanda

Every summer wardrobe needs a capri pant, if you are a trouser wearer. Choosing the right one can be a touch tricky, mostly where the fit is concerned. The key is to get a nice comfy shape that is definitely… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 18, 2012

Can older women look good with short hair?

By Jane

You know how it is with hair, you always want what you can’t have! Recently I’ve been looking longingly at women (make that girls) with short hair and wondering – could I, should I? Then last week I came across… Read More

Art & CultureJune 17, 2012

Go see this: Polly Morgan Endless Plain at All Visual Arts

By Amanda

Taxidermy lovers that we are here at TWR, we were excited to hear that Polly Morgan had a new exhibition at the wonderful All Visual Arts Gallery in London. We nigh-on skipped to it in fact. A word of warning.… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingJune 17, 2012

Suri’s Burn Book, well-dressed commentary from Hollywood’s Little Sweetheart by Allie Hagan

By Amanda

OK this book isn’t out until September sadly ( as it would be a perfect holiday read) but we’re giving you the head’s up because if, like us, you are addicted to the daily musings of Miss Suri Cruise’s Burn… Read More

Art & CultureJune 17, 2012

Go see this: Henry Moore Late Large Forms at Gagosian Gallery

By Amanda

I grew up with Henry Moore in my life, my dad was a big fan, had books and prints of his work and made many of his own wood ‘carvings’ as we used to call them, inspired by him and… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 16, 2012

Whats new: Resort 2013

By Jane

The only things you really need to know about (if you care) for resort 2013 are colour, pattern, the 70’s and possibly culottes! Florals continue to dominate most collections and with a fabulous take on Romany Gypsy meets garage forecourt… Read More

Health & HappinessJune 15, 2012

Garnier’s Ambre Solaire Measure your Mls campaign with Lorraine Kelly

By Amanda

Hilariously for anyone reading this in the UK, I’m about to tell you how important it is to keep well protected in the sun with a good suncream. I know, laugh along with me as the rain beats down. We… Read More

Health & HappinessJune 14, 2012

Tips my grandmother should have given me

By Jane

Since it seems we are all about amazing older women this week, I thought I’d share these words of wisdom from a series of images created by Madrid based designer Chacho Puebla, his photographer sister and their great aunt. He… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 13, 2012

Nice nails cheer you up: It’s official!

By Amanda

A while ago we met Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, a woman who has picked herself one of the best jobs in the world, that of creative director and vice president of her own company, OPI nails. She is based in Los Angeles… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 12, 2012

Moonrise Kingdom and blue eye shadow!

By Jane

If you haven’t seen Moonrise Kingdom, the new Wes Anderson film, go now, right now – it is quite simply the loveliest, most visually stunning film, I’ve seen in ages. A gentle comedy drama set in the 60’s, about two… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 11, 2012

The best rain coats for a miserable summer

By Amanda

As I write this the rain is pouring down, much as it has all week since her Maj’ got drenched watching the Diamond Jubilee Flotilla. Wales has seen parts of itself washed away this weekend and there’s no sign of… Read More

Things We LoveJune 10, 2012

Seahorses by Tatty Devine

By Jane

We were given one of these seahorse necklaces in our goody bag from the Advanced Style book launch – aren’t they fab? I have long been a fan of Tatty Devine and their eccentric, fun take on jewellery and accessories.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 10, 2012

Advanced Style: book launch party

By Jane

When we heard our favourite blogger and champion of growing old with style, Ari Seth Cohen was coming to London to launch his new book Advanced Style, we were more than a little excited. Having long been huge fans of… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingJune 10, 2012

Advanced Style by Ari Seth Cohen

By Jane

Fashion & BeautyJune 9, 2012

Best natural beauty products:we love Neom Luxury organics

By Amanda

We’ve been talking here at TWR about natural versus hi-tech-chemical when it comes to beauty products, as in which way is best and how to choose. Nicola Elliott, the founder and director of Neom Luxury Organics (one of the nicest… Read More

Health & HappinessJune 8, 2012

MiddleagedSingle.com: date night

By Amanda

So. The Date. Between the speed dating event where we met, and the actual day of the date we exchanged a few emails and texts. If I’m totally honest, there were a tad too many LOLs and smiley faces in… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 7, 2012

Press day round up: Anthropologie for AW12

By Amanda

Since the temperature has dropped about twenty degrees in the last week, it doesn’t seem too silly talking about autumn 2012 ranges, in particular the lovely things we saw at Anthropologie. The bought in ranges for autumn (the ones Anthropologie… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 6, 2012

Granny takes a trip: Annie Phillips

By Jane

Thanks to the increasingly fabulous WGSN Tumblr for alerting us to this collection from new Westminster University graduate Annie Phillips. Has she been secretly using my mood boards? Inspired by old ladies (and a little bit of Meadham Kirchoff) designed… Read More

Art & CultureJune 5, 2012

The British Library: really quite nice once you are inside

By Amanda

Until last week I had never been inside the British Library. I have passed by it on the bus and hurled verbal abuse at its ugliness (topically, Prince Charles was very rude about it) but had never ventured inside. Well… Read More

We Are ReadingJune 5, 2012

London Style Guide (Eat Sleep Shop) by Saskia Graville

By Jane

Home & GardenJune 4, 2012

Cakespiration; garden cakes

By Jane

These days food seems to have almost as many trends as fashion. Perhaps it’s something to do with the fact we constantly share images on social networking and everywhere you look people are up loading pictures of cocktails in jam… Read More

Home & GardenJune 3, 2012

How to make friends at your Jubilee party

By Amanda

So, if like us, you are heading to your street’s Jubilee party today, you might like a few tips on how to make friends, especially if you are new to your street and don’t know too many of your neighbours.… Read More

Middle Aged MumJune 2, 2012

Middleagedmum.com: schools out forever

By Jane

Yesterday at 8.25am there was a knock on the door, just as there has been every day during term time for the last seven years. Since teen son started secondary school, he (then his sister) has walked to school with… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJune 1, 2012

A clever use of cute illustration from Kuntzel+Deygas for Guerlain

By Amanda

Do you remember the terrific opening graphics to the Stephan Spielberg film Catch Me If You Can with Leonardo DiCaprio? The pair who designed them, Olivier Kuntzel and Florence Deygas are renowned French narrative illustrators who have produced this sweet… Read More

Things We LoveJune 1, 2012

Grunwerg drinks servers

By Amanda

We spotted these water servers when we went for our beauty treatments at the spa at One Aldwych (Jane and I won a prize draw at a Handpicked Media event, we never win anything so we were very excited) on… Read More

Art & CultureMay 31, 2012

The Great Gatsby: Bobs and flapper dresses

By Jane

It may seem utterly ridiculous to start talking about Christmas party dressing when the sun is shining and we’ve only just got our sandals out, but if there is one film that is going to influence the Christmas party look… Read More

Home & GardenMay 30, 2012

A neat idea from JW Walls: custom wallpaper printing

By Amanda

Having spent years recording the work of fashion retail visual merchandisers (the UK has the BEST VM creatives, no question) I have often thought there was potential to take some of the creative skills over to the home. I don’t… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 29, 2012

The Louis Vuitton and Yayoi Kusama range

By Jane

The collaboration between Louis Vuitton and Yayoi Kusama is sure to be a love it or hate it thing, so if you are not a lover of polka dots and bright colours, look away now. Marc Jacobs met Kusama in… Read More

Food, We Are ReadingMay 28, 2012

Food by Mary McCartney

By Amanda

Do you need another cook book? Unlikely. But this one’s vegetarian, does that help? I have not got many good veggie cook books in my library and the McCartney girls have almost made a career out of being the most… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 28, 2012

Illamasqua’s Beauty Before Age campaign

By Amanda

We were absolutely thrilled to hear about make up brand Illamasqua’s recent competition Beauty Before Age to recruit older women, mothers and daughters, aunts and nieces and anyone else who is gorgeous at any age as models for its next… Read More