HELEN MIRREN DAZZLES AT CANNES

Actress Helen Mirren was in town last week for Cannes Film Festival, looking absolutely radiant in a number of floor length gowns by some the world’s best designers. Helen always looks so elegant and graceful, she has a timeless beauty that is so rarely untouched. It’s a shame that the youth of today will grow [...]

FLORAL FABULOUS

If you havent read SAGA magazine this month you wont have seen their fabulous spread on the floral trend. At any age, women should still be groomed and make an effort with their appearance. We can still look sexy at sixty ladies! I’ve copied the article below for you to see the spread and how [...]

NOT JUST FOR THE YOUNG AND FABULOUS

Last Monday saw the yearly Met Gala in New York City hosted by the wonderfully talented Anna Wintour and Oprah Winfrey, looking radiant in their designer gowns.  How lovely does Oprah look in her navy blue ruffled floor length gown? And Anna, editor of fashion magazine Vogue, was dressed by Chanel. Diane Vin Furstenburg looked [...]

TIME FOR A LITTLE ROMANCE

My husband works for a well-known hotel chain so one of the perks of his job is to receive free nights at the company hotel across the UK. So to inject a little romance back into our busy schedules I hinted at a break up in sunny, Scotland. Edinburgh to be exact and were all booked for [...]

ADVANCED STYLE

I came across the great blog called Advance Style where an artist called Debra takes photographs of women on the street with a great sense of style. What do you think? Which is your favourite look? Take a look at Advanced Style and read the great interviews that Debra has with the women she photographs. These [...]

SPRING TIME = SPRING CLEAN

Now that the clocks have gone forward that means one less hour in bed, and one less hour for me to be wrapped up in my chenille dressing gown. Spring has arrived and that also means a big cleanout of my ever expanding wardrobe. Every year is the same. I stand staring at my wardrobe, [...]

TWIGGY HITS FASHION WEEK

Here is Twiggy at Stella McCartneys catwalk show front row, proving she still has what it takes to mix with the fashion pack. Fresh from shooting her new Marks and Spencers summer campaign the model looks radiant. Twiggy, if you didn’t know has released her own bed linen collection.  For over forty years, Twiggy’s timeless [...]

INTERVIEW WITH SANDY VERDON

The brains behind Hobb’s new label, NW3, creative director Sandy Verdon talks to Red Magazine through her style favourites What are your must-haves for spring? With the resurgence of denim, I love the workwear-inspired styles from Twenty8Twelve. I’ll wear them with tomatoe red brogues from Hobbs, which will take me through to summer. What about [...]

HOW TO DRESS LIKE YOUR DAUGHTER AND GET AWAY WITH IT

New York fashion week in February kicked off the spring and summer trends, but some of the season’s hottest looks can be daunting. Neon brights, graphic prints – they look fabulous on supermodels on the catwalk, but they’d look ridiculous on you, right? Wrong. You can wear those tricky trends at any age, just make [...]

MAKING DRESSING A LITTLE EASIER

One of the easiest outfits you can wear is a dress. Throw a dress on and all you have to worry about is what shoes go with it…unlike a trouser/top combo which causes me many stresses in the morning before I even have time to have my decaf coffee. Marks and Spencer are a fail [...]