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Everything Christmas at John Lewis & Partners

3 days ago by Midlifechic

You seemed to enjoy our last virtual wander round John Lewis & Partners in May so when I was thinking about my Christmas posts, there seemed no better place to spend a day. It has to be said that they really have become the ki...

Midlifechic Christmas edit – party shoes

4 days ago by Midlifechic

Another short edit from me today - this time I'm looking at party shoes. The best thing about a pair of glittery heels is that they're the easy way to instant glamour. When the phone rings with a spontaneous invitation, all you ha...

Midlifechic edit – partywear from JD Williams

5 days ago by Midlifechic

Well we're in full party mode chez Midlifechic. In fact as we were getting ready for yet another black-tie event on Friday, Mr MC and I concluded that it must be a sign of northern frugality that our dressiest events of the year s...

Christmas Party Wardrobe Planning

1 week ago by Midlifechic

So, continuing on from this week's quick post about party tops, today I'm going to have a longer look at Christmas party wardrobe planning. Thank you for your response to my post on Sunday, it's great to know that so many peop...

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Best advent calendars 2018 – a chance to give and receive

2 weeks ago by Midlifechic

As you know, my approach to Christmas is to get all of the preparation done in November so that from 1st December I can just enjoy the build up. So when people say "it's still too early," I understand but I can't help thinking tha...

Midlifechic Christmas edit – party tops

2 weeks ago by Midlifechic

It's time! As soon as the blaze of bonfire night dies down, for me it's time to look ahead to the next point of light which, of course, is Christmas. So here's the plan. I'm going to bring you quite a few bitesized posts like this...

Small British brands run by women like us

2 weeks ago by Midlifechic

I'm hoping to make this a monthly feature in 2019 because I really want to start focusing on small British brands run by women like us. Why? Well of course it fits perfectly with the Midlifechic ethos that this stage of our lives ...

Everything Christmas at John Lewis & Partners

3 days ago by Midlifechic

Brands that give back – Specsavers and Kidscape

2 weeks ago by Midlifechic

I mentioned last week that I'm thinking carefully about how I can make Midlifechic count. Without changing things too much, I'm going to work more with charities, find brands that have good environmental and social policies and al...

Midlifechic edit – Marks & Spencer AW18

2 months ago by Midlifechic

One of the things that I often hear people say about Marks & Spencer fashion is that there's just too much of it, that it's too hard to know where to begin. So I've spent some time going through the current collection identify...

John Lewis & Partners new women’s clothing collection review

2 months ago by Midlifechic

In my posts about trend and colour, I included some of the press shots from the John Lewis & Partners new women's clothing collection which, it has to be said, are lovely. But then PR shots always are - so what I really wa...

How to wear Hush when you don’t do slouchy

2 months ago by Midlifechic

I'm really pleased that so many of you said you enjoyed my edit of the Inès de La Fressange at Uniqlo collection because I have a few more reviews of individual retailer collections planned over the next few weeks. Today I'm looki...

Inès de La Fressange at Uniqlo Autumn 2018 Review

3 months ago by Midlifechic

It's time - I'm excited to bring you my Inès de La Fressange at Uniqlo Autumn 2018 Review. Yet again they've identified Midlifechic readers as their core audience and so I've had the chance to examine some of the pieces early - I ...

Spotlight on John Lewis – a virtual afternoon in store

8 months ago by Midlifechic

Please note that this is a sponsored post in collaboration with John Lewis. As such, links are affiliated and upon purchase, a small commission may be paid to Midlifechic. The retailer pays so this costs nothing to readers but i...

Spotlight on Inès de La Fressange at Uniqlo SS18 – EXCLUSIVE

9 months ago by Midlifechic

At last it feels as though Spring is really on its way. As always it's heralded by one of my favourite posts of the season - Inès de La Fressange at Uniqlo SS18. We've been given an exclusive preview again. Before I show you the c...

Hush Christmas Edit – join me for a virtual evening at John Lewis

1 year ago by Midlifechic

Hush Christmas Edit. Christmas started for me with a bang this week when I went to do a talk for Hush at the “My John Lewis” shopping evening on Wednesday. My brief was to pull out my favourite Hush pieces and discuss them. So, I ...

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