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& Other Stories V COS (with a bit of Iris Apfel thrown in)

Listen up people, we have a new favourite shop, & Other Stories. I know we’ve written about it before, but recently it’s absolutely nailed it in terms of very wearable clothes for grown ups and we’ve had some interesting feedback… Read More Read More

Dressing like Barbara (Hepworth)

Yep, I’m still enamoured with Barbara and I’ve been browsing the internet to see if I can Dress Like Barbara…well, dress a bit like Barbara, she was keen on a wrapped and belted jacket being whip thin, but I’m going… Read More Read More

Comfortable underpinning, with Triumph’s Magic Wire

We probably should be starting to talk about winter clothes this week, as that last Bank Holiday week is sort of the end of summer really, don’t you think? But I’m not ready for it yet, even as the temperature… Read More Read More

How to grow old gracefully: Lauren Bacall

The legendary Lauren Bacall sadly died last week at the age of 89 and tributes to her talent and beauty have rolled in from around the world. Reading about her life I was drawn to a portrait of her taken… Read More Read More

Older models, another success: Angelica Huston for Gap

I mentioned earlier this month about how big brands were starting to use older models in their all important September advertising, well looks who turned up in the Gap campaign… The awesome Angelica Huston. The adverts, entitled Dress Normal, are… Read More Read More

Me and my fashionable mum, with a bit of help from Jaeger

Is it me or -hold on tightly to something -are we grown up women actually becoming fashionable? I’ve returned from my holidays to discover we are everywhere in the September editions of the glossies, it’s quite unnerving. Not only is… Read More Read More

Dressing for summer: the perfect kimono jacket

Kimono jackets -currently having a moment in the fashion sun – are the perfect menopausal summer jacket, just look at all that ventilation on the sleeves! Plenty of room for a cooling summer breeze to bring down your hot flush … Read More Read More

Gudrun Sjödén’s 40 years in fashion

In contrast to the more familiar melancholic vibe we sometimes associate with Sweden, the designer Gudrun Sjödén is about as cheerful an individual as it’s possible to meet, which comes over loud and clear in her clothes designs. She is… Read More Read More

A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London and New York by Angelica Huston

A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London and New York, is the memoir of actress and iconic face of the 70’s: Anjelica Huston. To celebrate the release, the 62-year-old hosted a special reading and frank Q&A at… Read More Read More

One thing to buy from Jigsaw – A Christmas bauble in skirt form

High street brand Jigsaw has been off our radar for a while as the last few years have been a bit hit-and-miss in terms of womenswear collections. I used to love Jigsaw back in the day, the very first store… Read More Read More

We are Five! Happy Birthday everyone!

Blimey, time goes fast in the blogging world….Happy Birthday to us because we are five years old this week! Our first blogpost went up on October 13 2008, sounding positively upbeat just as the economic world crashed around our ears… Read More Read More

Miss Magpie Spy’s Limited Edition Prints

We are big fans of illustrator and Fashion Designer, Niki Groom, AKA Miss Magpie Fashion Spy ‘s work. Her unique illustrative style and ability to capture the cultural zeitgeist almost instantly – she draws what you tweet – has wowed… Read More Read More

See This: Suffragettes under Surveillance at Art Under Attack at Tate Britain

Tate Britain’s Art Under Attack is a walk through art that has made people cross enough to deface it. The best bit is how in 1913, those plucky Suffragettes took things to a militant level and attacked art in museums… Read More Read More

Things to see in London this Summer: Club to Catwalk

The 80’s was an exciting time to be creative, as the explosion of the London club scene and offered opportunities for dressing up in the company of a like-minded crowd. Stevie Stewart of BodyMap said “each group of people, whether… Read More Read More

Laurie Anderson and LUCZA give-away

Exciting news…we have two tickets to see Kronos Quartet & Laurie Anderson at the Barbican…. TO GIVE AWAY! I know, aren’t we the big hearted blog! The tickets, which are for 28th June 2013, have been kindly donated by LUCZA,… Read More Read More

J Crew statement trews

Embroidered neon floral trousers in shocking pink (although they look orange to me (but what do I know, I’m just a colour consultant) or neon lemon. What’s not to love? LOVE them, but they are £256.79 (Top Shop will probably… Read More Read More

It’s all about the cat eye!

So it’s time to start thinking about sunglasses as the sun seems to be shining at last. Here in London, sunglasses appear to have taken on a whole new level of importance for stylish folk, as we have adopted the… Read More Read More

Face to face with David Bowie at the V&A

The Bowie exhibition at the V&A is terrific and you must see it if like us, you grew up playing his albums over and over while enduring your parents confused musings on wether he was a boy or a girl… Read More Read More

Our favourite women of 2012

Looking back on the stories that have made the headlines in 2012 its easy to feel a sense of despair when it comes to women’s rights. Whether it’s abortion, rape, or the sexism that appears to dominate our culture and… Read More Read More

Watch this: GIRLS

Created by and starring filmmaker Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture), GIRLS premiered in the US earlier this year and got great reviews. The Hollywood Reporter called it a “brilliant gem” and New York Magazine said it was “remarkably poignant” and “like… Read More 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 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 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 Read More

Buy this: Lyn Harris for Marks & Spencer

Heads up people, we have some useful information for those of you thinking about Christmas presents (you know who you are…). Recently, we were hob-nobbing with some well connected ladies at M&S, who mentioned that Lyn Harris, founder of the… Read More Read More