Style icon: Catherine Baba

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Catherine Baba is an Australian stylist and fashion consultant living in Paris, who has worked for Chanel, Givenchy, Balmain, Ungaro, Dazed, Vogue and Vanity Fair. Baba is renowned for her retro glamour and personal style and is regularly seen riding… Read More

Good value beauty: Etat Pur

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‘Good value beauty’ you say, with a sceptical hint in your voice, ‘don’t you guys always pick the expensive stuff to love?’. Well, yes dear readers, we have been fortunate at TWR to have been offered some beautiful but stonkingly… Read More

Lingerie by Lillian Bassman

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  Lillian Bassman’s photography of women in lingerie from the 40s and 50s, many shot for lingerie company ad campaigns,  is a stark reminder of just how brashly sexual images of women have become today. In Lingerie, published by Abrams… Read More

Orla Kiely for Uniqlo

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March is all about the designer collaboration it seems, and for once it’s designers we love. Two of our favourite brands Uniqlo and Orla Kiely have teamed up this time to produce a range of t shirts and shirts, featuring… Read More

New icons: Bishi and Lianne De Havas

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Birds Eye View was set up in 2003 to support female film makers and promote their work. Their annual film festival celebrates the outstanding contribution of women directors to cinema, which unfortunately didn’t happen this year, due to funding issues.… Read More

A Sort Of Coal: more Danish stuff

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While we are talking all things Scandinavian (see Monday’s post) we haven’t quite finished with Denmark.  Recently the Danish company A Sort Of Coal sent us a very detailed press release on the magical properties of er, sticks. Well White… Read More

OPI and Ovarian Cancer Awareness month

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March is ovarian cancer awareness month and Nail company OPI have collaborated with Ovacome, a charity whose aim is to raise awareness about the symptoms of ovarian cancer, to encourage earlier diagnosis and a better chance of recovery Historically, ovarian… Read More

Waste not: Song Dong

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If you are a lover of stuff and find it difficult to throw things away, you might want to visit the Song Dong installation (which Amanda posted about back in Feb) at the Barbican. You will either run out screaming,… Read More

We love: The Car Aromarizor

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Well here’s a brilliant idea I wish I’d thought of, a high quality perfume dispenser that makes your car smell gorgeous, like an up market version of one of those green pine tree swingy things. The Car Aromarizor plugs into… Read More