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Health & HappinessMay 7, 2015

Adventures Before Dementia: Life in the Slow Lane

By Amanda

What happens to a committed clothes girl when she moves away from fashion’s fast lane? We’re back with Bebe in France to find out… It’s hard to believe that it’s exactly a year since I swapped the frantic world of… Read More

Out & AboutMay 5, 2015

See This: Sonia Delaunay and Marlene Dumas at Tate Modern

By Amanda

Womenfolk, drop everything and rush, yes RUSH, to Tate Modern to see these two wonderful exhibitions by artists Sonia Delaunay and Marlene Dumas, which currently sit grandly on opposite sides of the Tate’s exhibition space. I am hoping that one… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingApril 17, 2015

Style Forever by Alyson Walsh

By Amanda

Our mate Alyson Walsh over at the That’s Not My Age blog has written a book on looking stylish forever what ever your age. We love Alyson’s writing here at TWR and this little book is a witty and wise… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingApril 1, 2015

Icons of Women’s Style, by Josh Sims

By Amanda

This is a lovely book, not as I first thought on glimpsing the title, about stylish female icons, but about the actual clothes that have become icons, so the pencil skirt, the trench coat, the twinset, pyjama pants and so… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 23, 2015

Top ten stylish grown up women to follow on Instagram

By Amanda

I’m a bit over Twitter. Once it was where you’d go to find chatty, funny people avoiding deadlines and job lists by kicking the breeze with daft conversations about the Eurovision Song Contest. Now it’s stuffed with brands selling you… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 18, 2015

Gentlewoman styling #2: slouchy trousers

By Amanda

In a completely ironic turn of events, elasticated waist trousers are hot fashion news this season. We seem to have spent a lot of time on TWR saying how we do NOT want to slip into the old cliche of… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 16, 2015

Watch this: Iris Apfel at The Met and Raf Simons at Dior

By Amanda

A couple of fashion film tips for you today, both of which look unmissable and show how style, imagination and creativity are totally unrelated to age. Above is a trailer from Iris, a documentary film by director Albert Maysles, about… Read More

Out & AboutMarch 13, 2015

See this: Savage Beauty at the V&A

By Amanda

Like you need telling….but just incase you’ve been so tied up with The Archers flood that real life has passed you by, the V&A is AT LAST hosting the Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty beauty exhibition that was such a smash… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 25, 2015

More colour from NYFW & LFW

By Jane

I am in fashion week Hell currently, trawling through image after image of what we will be wearing this time next year – I know it’s a tough job but somebodies got to do it. So following on from Amanda’s… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 12, 2015

Style icon: Joni Mitchell

By Amanda

If there was a God and she happened to be female, then surely she’d look like Joni Mitchell in last weeks New York Magazine? Although would God be able to afford Lanvin, which is what Joni is wearing in the… Read More

Things We LoveFebruary 11, 2015

Mini leather satchel, from The Cambridge Satchel Company

By Amanda

I shouldn’t like this because a) it’s a mini leather satchel and I don’t ‘do’ mini handbags, b) it’s pink and (until recently) I’ve not been a pink girl, c) I do not need another handbag, I’m a dedicated back… Read More

Health & HappinessDecember 16, 2014

New words for old, as we redefine our decades

By Amanda

Coming back from a week away, I’ve just caught up with my blog reading, including the recent This Is 50 post, where photographer Kristin Perers interviewed the eloquent dance critic Judith Mackrell. As well as looking fit and stylish, Judith… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingNovember 21, 2014

Coco Chanel: Three Weeks/1962 by Douglas Kirkland

By Amanda

Can we ever get enough of the influential Coco Chanel? I don’t think so and now there’s this wonderful new look at the later part of her life, by photographer Douglas Kirkland, who spent 21 days with her back in… Read More

Art, Culture & Craft, We Are ReadingOctober 7, 2014

Haute Couture Ateliers by Hélène Farnault

By Amanda

This is a gorgeous book for fashion lovers, particularly those that make things and appreciate the art and craft of sewing. Writer Hélène Farnault has gone into the ateliers of the French haute couture houses to interview some of… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingOctober 3, 2014

The Perfume Bible by Josephine Fairley and Lorna McKay

By Amanda

Do you remember the recent post we did on The Perfume Society? Well, the fragrant team behind that great idea, Jo Fairley and Lorna McKay, have brought out an excellent book on the whole subject of perfume, how to buy,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 2, 2014

Celebrity kids on the front row: Froddlers

By Jane

Watching the live streaming of fashion shows can be tricky as on one hand I actually want to see the clothes (for work obvs) but the DM SCOS reader in me can’t help but focus on who’s on the front… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingSeptember 17, 2014

The Biba Years, by Barbara Hulanicki and Martin Pel

By Amanda

Biba fans, there’s a new book out and it’s by Barbara Hulanicki herself, together with Martin Pel. I flipped through it quickly the other day at Waterstones, it looks wonderful .I don’t need to say too much else do I?… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 13, 2014

Weekend Woman: Natalie Massenet

By Amanda

It’s Fashion Week in London, so Natalie Massenet had to be our Weekend Woman this week. Unless you’ve been living in a fashion-free zone for over a decade, you’ll know that Natalie founded everyone’s favourite clothes-lust website, Net-A-Porter, by working… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 23, 2014

Wedding dressing dilemmas

By Jane

It’s that time of year when young people start getting married (are they insane?) and we are required to pull out all the stops, outfit wise. Personally, I find nothing more stressful than pulling together a “dressed up” look. A … Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 7, 2014

Five things you need to know about the Met Ball

By Jane

Well you don’t actually need to know anything about the Met Ball as I’m sure you have more interesting/important things to think about today. But just in case you happen to be going to a red carpet event in the… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 5, 2014

Street shots, San Francisco-style

By Amanda

Last week, I was working in San Francisco and had the chance to observe how older women there dressed and snapped a few for inspiration. First is the super-stylish Emmanuelle Linard, who works for Trend Union, the forecasting site run… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 20, 2014

See this: Hello My Name Is Paul Smith (AKA In Praise Of Clutter)

By Amanda

January is turning out to be culture month for me, as I catch up on all the exhibitions I missed in the madness of Christmas. I would urge everybody with any interest in design or fashion to nip along to… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 16, 2014

See this: Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!

By Amanda

I’d been tipped off about the Isabella Blow exhibition, Fashion Galore! being good and when I visited this week, it didn’t disappoint. I’d advise all fashion girls to take a quick trip over to Somerset House to see it before… Read More

Art & CultureJanuary 10, 2014

Move over Tate: art sneaks onto the high street

By Amanda

An interesting thing is happening in London concerning contemporary art. Where previously we might flock to big museums such as Tate Modern to see work by our favourite artists, now it’s more likely that a gallery such as the Gagosian… Read More

Middle Aged MumNovember 11, 2013

Middleagemum.com: box-set fever and the lost weekend

By Amanda

I have just lost the weekend to the recently released box set of Mad Men 6. I started watching on Friday night and before I knew it, it was Sunday lunchtime. I tried to stop, really I did, but there… Read More

Art & CultureJune 6, 2013

Who runs the World – Girls

By Jane

Occasionally in life you feel you are in exactly the right place at the right time. Be it fate, or luck, or simply good planning, things come together at one time and everything just feels right. It may not last… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 9, 2013

Grown up ways to sell, from Harvey Nichols

By Amanda

As we all buy more online, retailers are working hard to try and figure out how to tempt us back into their stores. The up-side of this is that our demographic (being a bit better off than the student-debt ridden… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 17, 2011

Frieze 2011 fashion part one: dresses

By Amanda

Frieze Art Fair VIP day -held on the first afternoon of opening- is a total treat to go to. Yes the art is great, but the clothes! A joy to behold for the 40plus woman. OK, so lots of these… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 16, 2010

Frieze 2010 fashion part one: clothes

By The Womens Room

At Frieze Art Fair this week we couldn’t help but be impressed with the well groomed ladies that were admiring and buying the art. There was lots of style and a strong trend for very expensive boots and bags….not to… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 6, 2009

Shopping with experts: knitted dresses

By The Womens Room

Tommy Hilfiger Poppy knit dress, 100% cashmere, £202 As soon as it starts to get colder, I want to wear knits. I stop with the crisp cotton shirts and the acetate lined dresses and want to swaddle in warm woolly… Read More