Straightforward summer dresses with sleeves
Things I’ve never worn before no.25: the gingham summer dress.
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.
Three easy colour combos to try
As much as I love bright colours on other women – Caroline Issa, Zandra Rhodes, Linda V Wright, Ana Gimeno Brugada – my own palette is quite restrained. One look in the wardrobe rev...
Why there are no rules on what to wear over-50
I’ve been talking a lot about Ageless Style recently and so thought I would share some of my thoughts. At Stella Live‘s inaugural event the topic was ‘Are There Things a 40-Somethi...
Choosing the right glasses
Stars such as Linda Rodin, Caryn Franklin, Bill Nighy and Jeff Goldblum have all established their specs style. I’m still working on mine… A long-overdue trip to the optician’...
Lesley Manville is getting on with it
Why hasn’t Lesley Manville been featured on That’s Not My Age before? I have no answers.
In praise of the summer flatform shoe
The low wedge or flatform has been one of the breakthrough styles of the last decade, elegantly bridging the gap between structured shoes and trainers. ‘Flatforms have elevated the idea o...
A lifetime achievement award for Joan Bakewell
On Sunday, Joan Bakewell, 86, will receive the BAFTA Television Fellowship Award for a lifetime’s contribution to broadcasting. Often name-checked as the ultimate role model for women in the med...
Easy ways to feel more confident about your style
Personal style is a work in progress. I know, I’ve been working on mine for years.
What Women Wear: Teresa Colonett
Teresa Colnett is a curator at the Fashion and Textiles Museum in London. We’ve met several times at exhibition openings and talks and I’ve always admired her singular style and eye for go...
Wardrobe workout: making the seasonal switchover
These images reminded me how useful it is to have a wardrobe switchover every season. They’re of 43-year-old model Georgina Grenville and they can be found in Toast’s spring look bo...
It’s Fashion Revolution Week
These are some of the women changing the face of the fashion industry. Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey is chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion, Mary Creagh...
Bring on the blazer
Unseasonably warm temperatures aside, now feels like the right time to take winter coats to the dry cleaners and bring on the blazer. This sartorial shift pleases me, no end.
