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Middle Aged MumJanuary 25, 2011

Middleagedmum.com: My 70’s style crush

By The Womens Room

There is a girl in my daughters year at school, who is the year 10 style crush. She has all the latest clothes and accessories and knows how to work a look. She is very pretty and has a glamorous… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 24, 2011

Mid-life questions: Can you ever leave your hairdresser?

By The Womens Room

Sitting at lunch with a couple of Grande Dames from the fashion industry, I casually brought up the subject of hairdressers, explaining that I was keen to write a post about how women of our age have often formed a… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Home & GardenJanuary 23, 2011

We love: colour

By The Womens Room

If you are a designer and have to match colours on a regular basis, you will be only too aware of the Pantone colour system. Established in 1963, Pantone have pretty much owned the world of colour since then. Being… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 22, 2011

More Martha moments: wearing scarves.

By The Womens Room

Our more fashion aware readers will know that this season the scarf is back in the fold (sorry, irresistible pun) in terms of trend. It's mostly the fault of Hermés, what with its pop up store in trendy Shoreditch pre… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 21, 2011

We think we are going to love: Boden, Limited Edition

By The Womens Room

Johnnie Boden is quite possibly the poshest person I’ve ever met, apart from my friend Josie, who is so posh her grandmother used to dress in mens clothes, now that is posh! We’ve actually only met Johnnie briefly, a couple… Read More

Health & Happiness, We Are ReadingJanuary 20, 2011

I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron

By The Womens Room

When I heard Nora Ephron had written another book my first thoughts were ‘About time!’. It’s been nearly two years since she wrote I Feel Bad About My Neck, a reflection on growing older and how cheesed off she was… Read More

We Are ReadingJanuary 19, 2011

We love: The Vegetable Garden

By The Womens Room

We are passionate about growing our own vegetables particularly from seed, and love it even more if the seed packets have beautiful illustrations. The Vegetable Garden is a gorgeous loose leaf book from one of our favourite publishing companies Taschen,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 18, 2011

Letting go: this time it’s clothes

By The Womens Room

This week I have been preparing for Jane and my's interview with Semple's Secrets on our favourite dresses. This has involved digging about in the garage for a dress that I need to take with me, which I know is in… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 17, 2011

We love: The Claremont after dark

By The Womens Room

A couple of weeks ago India Knight wrote in her Sunday Times column about how she and her friends were planning various alternatives to old people homes in order to accommodate them in their old age. They ranged from members… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 16, 2011

Our favourite fun on line

By The Womens Room

Shopping on line is dull. No matter how far we've come with this whole web shopping thingy, it's still no where near as much fun to shop on line as it is to browse around a fabulously set out shop… Read More

Out & AboutJanuary 15, 2011

See this: Food Glorious Food

By The Womens Room

Everyone has childhood memories of food, good and bad, be it their mum's cooking, school dinners or being told to 'eat your greens'. Food Glorious Food is new exhibition at the Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, which explores how… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 14, 2011

Shopping with experts: Mackintosh rainwear

By The Womens Room

Another day, another luxury shop opens in London. Sorry to be writing about so many expensive things, if there were some cheaper brands opening stores I would be there like a shot, but it's all about luxury at the moment. … Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 13, 2011

Additional exercise fun from Lucia Nimcova

By The Womens Room

We are indebted to M.A.D Roger, who has just sent us this alternative exercise video to watch. Slightly less strenuous than Tracy's, it is actually a video art work called Exercise by Slovakian artist Lucia Nimcova. We'd like to think… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 12, 2011

The exhausting but sweet Tracy Anderson

By The Womens Room

TWR was invited to talk to the tiny but energetic Tracy Anderson last week, as she has just released another DVD (Total Cardio Workout) and was in town to flog it to the press. Now Jane and I take… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, We Are ReadingJanuary 11, 2011

Style icon: Edith Head

By The Womens Room

We seem to be having a bit of a Hollywood glamour moment here at TWR. We so feel a trend coming on!! Amanda is having a Hitchcock moment and I am, as ever, in Edna Mode mode, if you get… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Home & GardenJanuary 10, 2011

We love: Swarm Home

By The Womens Room

We mentioned Swarm Home indirectly here, when we were talking about loving Anthropologie as a store. Well, just reading through Selvedge magazine this month, it seems Leslie Oschmann has done more than the bags we've seen, she also covers old chairs… Read More

Fashion, Fashion & Beauty, We Are ReadingJanuary 9, 2011

Pictures by Tim Walker

By The Womens Room

We love the work of photographer Tim Walker and his book Pictures, is one of our all time favourite coffee table books. His recent work for the Mulberry S/S2010 ad campaign has all his trademark over the top eccentricity and… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 8, 2011

Shopping with experts: LN-CC

By The Womens Room

This doesn't look like the coolest new shop in London, does it? Situated on the street Jane describes as 'what used to be the frontline of the drugs trade in Dalston', it doesn't even have a nice entrance, let alone… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 7, 2011

Something nice to watch with an afternoon cup of tea: Scott Shumann from the Sartorialist

By The Womens Room

Here's something inspiring for a rainy, winters afternoon. It makes us proud to be part of the blogging community and determined to get out there and shoot some fabulous older women in 2011. We know you're out there!… Read More

Art & Culture, Fashion, Fashion & Beauty, We Are ReadingJanuary 7, 2011

Storytelling through fashion

By The Womens Room

Biodegradable dress by Helen Story Dress made of pins by Susie MacMurrayOver the holidays I went to a great exhibition at the Royal Academy called Aware: Art Fashion Identity. It examines how artists and designers use clothing as a means… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingJanuary 6, 2011

Hitchcock Style by Jean-Pierre Dufreigne

By The Womens Room

Are we fed up of tailored 60s dresses and Mad Men styling yet? If not, then Hitchcock Style, by Jean-Pierre Dufreigne is a gem of a book for inspiring ways to wear a fitted pencil skirt, tailored two piece suit… Read More

Art & Culture, Fashion & BeautyJanuary 5, 2011

Style Icon: Wallis Simpson

By The Womens Room

It may soon be time to hunt out that string of pearls you know you have somewhere in the attic, as the Wallis Simpson look is about to become big. Our favourite (or not so favourite, depending on your view)… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 4, 2011

Tom Ford’s Summer show 2011

By The Womens Room

You might remember we talked about Tom Ford's ultra secret Summer 2011 show back in September. Well, here is the show in all its glossy, glamourous glory. Now obviously we're not for one minute suggesting that these are clothes you… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 4, 2011

Best retail fun of 2010

By The Womens Room

As always there's been a lot of 'best new shops of 2010' round ups on retail and fashion blogs this week, which I always love to read to check I haven't missed anything. Looking back on the year, I think… Read More

Home & Garden, Out & AboutJanuary 3, 2011

We love: Butlers Emporium

By The Womens Room

In an attempt to get out of the house in what seems like the longest stretch of Sundays /bank holidays ever, yesterday I made the whole family go on a day trip to Hastings and St Leonards. I had heard… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 2, 2011

My favourite Christmas present: A foot massager

By The Womens Room

This has the feel of a slightly tragic post and I can hardly believe I'm sharing this with you, but my favourite Christmas present this year was a Homedics shiatsu foot massage machine. Doesn't that sound like something out of… Read More

Middle Aged MumJanuary 1, 2011

Middleagedmum.com: New Years resolutions for all at Middleaged Towers

By The Womens Room

In the run up to New Year, I thought it might be helpful for all here at Middleaged Towers if instead of me gently suggesting things that may make our lives more pleasant/ me nag less in 2011, I might… Read More

Health & Happiness, Out & AboutDecember 31, 2010

We love: friends with boats

By The Womens Room

Sometimes there are advantages to age. By the time you have reached 40/50/60 there is a slight chance you might have saved up and acquired your dream purchase; nice house, holiday home by the sea, a boat, or better still,… Read More

Health & HappinessDecember 30, 2010

Something for the New Year: Zumba

By The Womens Room

The week between Christmas and New Year is a great time for planning life enhancing/body changing activities for the year ahead. That is, after you have finished off that bottle of Baileys, eaten the rest of the Quality Street and… Read More