What to wear right now: the white shirt
From Patti Smith to the supermodels wearing oversized white shirts in the Peter Lindbergh photos of the early 90s, there is no doubting the white shirt’s style credentials. When I interviewed ...
Style For All Ages
Style inspiration for women of all ages – from fashion expert, journalist and author Alyson Walsh. Advice on how to feel chic, comfortable and confident in your clothes, interviews with women of style and substance and all the latest fashion news.
Weatherproof your Wardrobe: Margaret Howell for Barbour
British summertime is back – cue the familiar grey drizzle and welcome return of denim into my life. Much as I enjoyed the glorious weather, by the end of the heatwave I’d exhausted all my wardrob...
Drift sea glass jewellery: perfect for beach-lovers
There’s a vintage jar in the bathroom at That’s Not My Age Mansions that is full of small shells, fragments of sea glass and teeny-tiny polished pebbles. This beach treasure is a memento o...
Madonna: Like an Icon – at 60
The music industry has never been kind to the older woman, says Lucy O’Brien. Female artists are expected to disappear gracefully, but Madonna, as ever, continues to buck trends.
The heatwave continues – bring on the Super Shirt
In typical British style, we’re all a bit ‘over’ the heatwave. One of the warmest summers on record and we’ve had enough of it.
Bolder and Braver: Why wardrobe confidence increases with age
While life’s happiness curve is U-shaped (hooray, I’m 54 and on the up again), I would suggest that personal style follows a continuous, upward trajectory. I’m not bragging when I say that I’m...
Where to find a good kaftan
Every summer, I operate a two-tier kaftan system: cotton versions that go over a wet bikini on the beach (try Boden and Zara for these), which get softer and better with age, and the posher kaftan dre...
Women over-50 are visible, at last!
When I started That’s Not My Age, 10 years ago, I wanted to start a conversation about age and style and the visibility of older women. In my mid-40s at the time, I was not going to buy into any...
Georgina Goodman’s elegant new sneakers
‘Do platforms look elegant now? I’d say not,’ footwear designer Georgina Goodman asserts of the fashion world’s move from skyscraper heels to stylish flats, ‘they no longer feel exclusive.
Casual Glamour: what to wear for a relaxed summer event
“The ticket says ‘dress glamorous,'” came the text message from my friend about a red carpet event in London. At the last-minute, I’d been drafted in to take her twin teenage d...
Faff-Free Summer Style
Summer is a time when faff-free dressing comes into its own. No-one wants to be hitching, hoicking and overheating.
Fifty-something models: Caroline Labouchere for The Modist
Only a few months ago, I was wondering where all the fifty-something models were, and questioning why we’re still seeing such an age gap, so it’s great to see Caroline Labouchere acing The Modist...
