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Fashion & BeautyJune 14, 2016

A Grown Up Floral at Mother Of Pearl

By Amanda

Hard to believe, I know, but it’s sale time again. It is happening quite early for fashion because it’s (yet again) not been a great season, what with us all cutting back, getting nervous about Europe and, well everything else… Read More

Art & Culture, Fashion & BeautyFebruary 2, 2016

Street Style from Jaipur Literary Festival, by Ishtailista, Part Two

By Amanda

Street Style photographer Abhimanyu Singh Rathore has shot some terrific images from the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival for us this year. Today we’ve got scarves, chandelier earrings, pattern and layers. Do check Abhi’s fantastic Ishtailista blog out, as there are… 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 & BeautyApril 14, 2015

Guest post: introducing Feather & Bone

By Amanda

We love it when we can support indie stores (on and off line!) and designers, so when Rebecca, co-founder of LUX FIX got in touch to suggest we look at one of their favourite designers for grown up women, Feather… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 10, 2015

Weekend Woman: Joni Mitchell

By Amanda

Blimey, what a week for grown ups in the press, indeed, what a start to the year! First Joan Didion, then Bright Old Things at Selfridges, and now news of Joni Mitchell for Saint Laurent. I absolutely ADORE Joni, always… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 8, 2014

Alternative party dressing for those who don’t really do Party-Ready

By Amanda

I know we are all supposed to be excited at the idea of the party season being upon us and you all know I’ll use any excuse to enthusiastically mix a good cocktail, but I absolutely loathe the idea of… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 2, 2014

Grown up dressing from Sunspel

By Amanda

Listen up womenfolk (and menfolk in this instance), we’ve found a great new brand that is worth checking out. Well, when I say ‘new’, Sunspel is actually a grand old lady of 154, the brand launched in 1860, but recently… Read More

Art & CultureNovember 6, 2014

Gap, Sofia Coppola and the Christmas ad

By Amanda

I’m running slightly behind this week, so until I get my act together later today and while we’re on the subject of brand festive marketing, take a look at this new Christmas Gap advert, directed by Sofia Coppola. Do you… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 19, 2014

Weekend Woman: Patti Smith

By Amanda

Just because it’s Patti, really. She’s one of my all time life heros and her book Just Kids was an amazing read. I first started to really love Patti when she played at a Benetton press gig in Paris I… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 13, 2014

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

By Amanda

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

Fashion & BeautySeptember 29, 2014

Style Icon: Mary Wall

By Amanda

I bumped into this very stylish woman on Sunday morning outside the Royal Academy, we were both queueing for the Anselm Kiefer exhibition. I asked if I could take her picture as I thought she looked amazing -she looked like… Read More

Art & CultureSeptember 17, 2014

Jungle’s Grown-up Dancing Dudes

By Amanda

Who said young people had all the moves? This is Shepherds Bush based, modern soul band Jungle’s newest video, with two grown up blokes dancing like demons. Dad dancing this is not. proving what we already knew- that grown-ups can… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 20, 2014

Older models, another success: Angelica Huston for Gap

By Amanda

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

Fashion & BeautyAugust 18, 2014

How to buy the best jeans, with Jean Stories

By Amanda

Oh, Jeans Stories, you are a clever idea, I wish I’d thought of you. Instead two clever American girls, Jane Herman Bishop and Florence Kane got there before me. Both Jane and Florence are denim experts who have practically invented… Read More

Things We LoveMay 6, 2014

The Fragrance Lab at Selfridges Beauty Project

By Amanda

Fragrance Freaks, attention please! There is an interesting experiment happening as part of Selfridges Beauty Project that you should take note of. Trend forecasting agency The Future Laboratory has collaborated with design studio Campaign and fragrance manufacturer Givaudan to construct… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 30, 2014

An update on the classic white shirt, from Hobbs

By Amanda

I can’t speak for the rest of the country’s Hobbs stores, but the Covent Garden flagship has been recently refurbished and it’s now good to shop. It’s very open and light, with clothes laid out on beautiful leather topped tables… Read More