Jane Winkworth

Home & Away

Welcome to Jane's lifestyle section, where you can get insights into her lovely homes and interior ideas. Jane has a beautiful property in Portugal, which she has lovingly restored and decorated with fabulous white French style furniture to create light and airy interiors. In complete contrast to this stunning, sunny property, is her gorgeous Arts & Crafts cottage in Surrey, which has a quintessentially English feel to it, steeped in tradition and exquisite style. Come on in and enjoy a glimpse behind closed doors!'

Victoria Gray, Lifestyle Editor, S Magazine.

About Turn… June 22nd 2021

Covid and Lockdown have changed my mind completely about starting again in business with a new collection of flat shoes and Ballerinas that was planned for last year.

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More Questions and Answers, An update May 06th 2019

A regular question I often get when bumping into my old customers from the early Munster Road or Ellis Street days is - “What ever happened to…” followed by the name of one or more of my amazing girls who were all such an important and integral part of the French Sole story back in the heady days of the Charity Sales and Princess Diana.

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Categories: My Week, Work

A new chapter October 26th 2017

I spent this summer at my villa in Portugal with my family and grandchildren who were visiting from their home in California. Lovely long days spent at the beach - mainly watching out for huge and horrible Portuguese “Man of War” jelly fish!

In my long absence, French Sole was quietly sold and taken efficiently into new owner/management, so I can now relax and say officially “I have retired”.

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Categories: My Week, Press, Work

Diana - Still Obsessed After Twenty Years August 07th 2017

I was spending the summer at my villa in Portugal with my children and their friends that August. The day started as usual, pretty late as we had all been out the previous night. Brunch was over by mid-day and as began our day of wandering down to the beach or settling down by the pool. That was until someone turned the television on and the holiday turned into sorrow, shock and sadness.

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Categories: Fashion

Smoking Hot! December 01st 2016

Gentleman's Smoking Slippers or Opera Slippers as they are sometimes called, were a unique fashion phenomena during the Victorian era and exclusive to the upper class and aristocratic Englishman who would have these “manly” versions of a house slipper made to order especially to match their silk, embroidered – and often quilted - smoking jackets, which would be worn on evenings that were spent at home, perhaps playing cards with friends while they enjoyed the pleasure of smoking cigars.

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‘Kick off your Heels’: Team Flats! May 24th 2016

The debate surrounding heels versus flats in the workplace seems to have stirred much discussion and controversy around appropriate dress codes in the office recently. More than 100,000 people including a number of MPs have signed a petition to ban companies from making high heels a condition of female dress codes. I am very much in agreement that formal flats should be considered a highly suitable alternative and no woman should be forced to wear heels.  I am such a believer in this that I have continued to produce and design both comfortable and stylish flats for my brand French Sole.

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Categories: Fashion, Press

Spring is Here! April 19th 2016

Finally we have sunshine and spring is very definitely in the air.

The daffodils in my garden did not suffer at all from their early blooming and now the bluebell wood is in full colour and looks amazing. My little dachshund Daphne is addicted to the scent in my Bluebell garden and will madly run around for hours through the flowers.

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Categories: Fashion

Happy Christmas! December 01st 2015

This year has flown by. For me it has been a fun filled time - a new grandson Stanley was born, my mother celebrated her 92nd birthday and with my American grandchildren and family and all the other grandchildren we spent a blissfully happy summer. I have no complaints about the English weather - I simply love it. Summer in England for me is magical - my garden is gorgeous and in August, London is empty and parking plentiful and easy. I even love the winters here - I wear fur!

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Categories: Work

Helping Battersea Dogs and Cats Home November 11th 2015

I first met Rosie Fortescue a couple of years ago and we started talking about our dogs! Rosie was always my favourite “Made in Chelsea” girl - we decided that we both wanted to help Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and since Rosie and I each have miniature dachshunds - mine is Daphne and hers is Noodle - we designed a shoe together embroidered with our little “daxies”! So the Little Dax shoe was born. A gorgeous black suede Hefner style slipper with the Little Dax embroidered across the front of both shoes.

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Categories: Fashion

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Charities Jane supports:

The Royal ballet school English National Ballet Starlight ACCA The Royal Marsden Havens Hospice