Know Your Seasonal Style: the not-too-dressed up dress
Introducing Know Your Seasonal Style, a new series for That’s Not My Age. Now I know you’re sick to death of seeing me in that army green jumpsuit so to liven things up a bit I thought it...
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The rise and rise of ageless style: an interview with Kim Winser
Time flies and all that. This month, online retailer Winser London celebrates its fifth anniversary.
Older women on their personal style
From writing as a freelance journalist to blogging as That’s Not My Age, I’m often asked for my thoughts on style and age, what we wear and how it makes us feel. The latest feature on this...
Jacqui Getz New York high school principal and mystery woman from the Know Your Style book launch
When Know Your Style launched in New York City a super-stylish woman caught my eye. Keeping her in my peripheral vision, I drank champagne, worked the room and planned to make my way over to s...
Vogue street style: two older women make surprise London Fashion Week appearance
The Queen made her first appearance on the front row yesterday but guess who made Vogue’s Best Street Style at London Fashion Week list. Ahem.
The best style advice I’ve ever been given
Not wanting to blow my own trumpet, but I’d say that I’m more stylish now than I’ve ever been. 1980s bodycon – been there, done that, bought the tight Lycra T-shirt dress.
Know Your Style: New York Launch Party and making The Cut
We had a wonderful time at the Know Your Style launch party at The White Company’s beautiful Fifth Avenue store. In typical New York-style, the city is carrying on.
Christian Dior and other exhibitions for style-lovers in Paris, autumn 2017
When Mr That’s Not My Age asked if I’d like to go to see the Rolling Stones in Paris, of course I said ‘Oui.’ Secretly pleased at this opportunity to view a couple of must-see ...
The rise of ageless style: why women over 40 want to look good not young
After making the shift from fashion magazines to freelance and the burgeoning online world in the early noughties, I started blogging as That’s Not My Age nine years ago. Before long, I was networ...
Know Your Style, New York launch
New York, I’m coming back. The American launch of my new book will be at The White Company’s gorgeous Fifth Avenue store, on 2 November 2017.
What to pack: travelling in style, all year round
Grace Coddington packs six shirts and six trousers and leaves her address book at home. Patti Smith always takes t-shirts, a black jacket, black pants and her ‘bee socks’ and Joan Didion&...
Talking style on the Robert Elms Show
Whoop! I was delighted to be invited onto the Robert Elms Show (BBC Radio London), yesterday, to talk about Know Your Style.
Talking style at Blenheim Palace Literary Festival
Now, this is a first. My very first literary festival.
Street Style Forever at London Fashion Week
Showing women of all ages doing their own thing is what I want to do more of on That’s Not My Age. And with this in mind I popped along to London Fashion Week, over the weekend.
Know Your Style: the launch party
There are so many lovely photos of friends, colleagues and That’s Not My Age followers, I’m going to run this over a couple of posts. The Know Your Style London launch party was a blast.
Know Your Style by Alyson Walsh: the book launch
I’ve turned into a prepper. No stocking up on baked beans and bottled water or building a bunker at That’s Not My Age Mansions (we don’t have the room); just laying plans for surviva...
Know Your Style – Book Signing with author Alyson Walsh
Let’s kickstart the week with a spot of action. This short video clip contains a selection of Ayumi Takahashi’s images from Know Your Style.
Not long till publication! Know Your Style: Mix It, Match It, Love it
I can’t quite believe I’ve written one book, let alone two. And yet a package arrived last week that confirmed it.
Agnes b: a celebration of 40 years of style
David Bowie wore her leather trousers, she counts Patti Smith and David Lynch as friends, and at 75 she is the president of hip-hop centre La Place in Paris’ Les Halles. How cool is Agnès B?
Intelligent Style: Lyn Slater Accidental Icon
It is wonderful to see Lyn Slater in the latest Mango advert. Lyn is a professor of social studies at Fordham University who I’ve met a couple of times in New York (most recently when ...
This Is My Style: fashion & beauty ideas for all ages
Tired of seeing older models in unflattering, myxomatosis pink eyeshadow and clothes that no one wants to wear (think couture prices or cheap crap), beauty writer Vicci Bentley and I decided to get o...
The Garnered: the style website worth a gander
‘It’s not about price,’ says Anna Garner when I ask how she gathers things for her chic, new website The Garnered. ‘I never want to be drawn to things that are expensive just ...
Street Style Forever at London Fashion Week
What were the grown-ups wearing at London Fashion Week? The all-important, run-around shoe ranged from statement flats and sneakers to au courant kitten-heels.
This week’s style inspiration: grey hair on the catwalk, Oxfam at fashion week and Kristin Scott Thomas
London Fashion Week has started. While I don’t do the whole shebang, I do a few bits and pieces and after being holed up for months writing a book, I’m actually looking forward to getting ...