New website to watch: Sarah O’Keefe Shop
Locked-down in the middle of a pandemic may not seem like the best time to start a new business but Sarah O’Keefe, 54, is a perennial optimist. Furloughed from one of her day jobs and working ...
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.
The joy of clothes you can move around in
Freedom of movement is important to me. I’ve always worn shoes and sneakers I can run for the bus in; dismissed armpit-bothering tops and up-yer-bum trousers.
Subscriber giveaway: Win a beautiful scarf from Heti’s Colours
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Styling your way out of lockdown – and the importance of rituals
This week in lockdown… I have given Mr That’s Not My Age a half-decent haircut (with a pair of Boots’ cheapest Salon Performance scissors) and whisper it am now contemplating a DIY t...
LOVE this: Davina McCall’s menopause sweatshirt
Earlier this year, TV presenter Davina McCall was trolled online for appearing on The Masked Singer in a figure-hugging dress that she was deemed far too ‘wrinkly crinkly’ and ...
Ask Alyson: How can I get back my fashion mojo?
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This summer I’ll be dressing like Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) in The Dig
If you like The Detectorists, you’ll love The Dig. A dreamy film based on the true story of the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk; on the brink of the Secon...
How to wear a midi skirt in mid-winter
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Loafer love-in
Just when I was beginning to wonder if I’ll ever wear smart shoes again, along comes a limited edition collection of loafers well worth swapping my stompy boots and Birki’s f...
I can’t be the only one craving cosy and comforting winter style
It’s natural to want to feel cocooned and cosy at this time of year. But on perma-lockdown in the middle of a global pandemic I’m all over clothes that give me a great big hu...
Talking Sustainable Style with Designer Alice Early
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Gentlewoman style at its finest: Fran Lebowitz
We all need a laugh right now and the new Fran Lebowitz series Pretend It’s a City by Martin Scorsese, on Netflix, is a delight. The writer and raconteur is hilarious on what she loves an...
