Style

Style ideas for women over 50. How to evolve your personal style at any age. Building a versatile and cohesive wardrobe that works for your taste and lifestyle. Women’s clothing, shoes, and accessories.

  • Seeing Spots

    Your Honor, the Defense agrees to stipulate that the shoes and pants do not go together. We further stipulate that the pants should be lighter…

  • Desperately Seeking Simple

    Well, maybe not “desperate” exactly, but in the last few months, I’ve done quite a bit of wardrobe acquisition. Part of it was due to…

  • packing for Paris: shoes

    A couple of commenters mentioned last week that they’re preparing to visit Paris in October, and asked about travel wardrobes and packing. I’m going to…

  • Sweater Girl

    Sweater: Alice + Olivia / Jeans: Eileen Fisher / Boots: purchased in 2008, similar / Earrings: Argento Vivo, similar / Bracelets: Stella & Dot, J.Crew, similar color / Watch: Michael Kors A couple of weeks ago after dropping off my used Nespresso capsules for…

  • Mondo Moto

    Perhaps you’ve found yourself attracted to the edgy, asymmetrical lines. And you’ve flirted with the bad-boy vibe of a moto-style jacket, but right now it’s…

  • Oh Yes She Did

    Summer has finally arrived in Southern California. Right now we’re getting sub-tropical heat from Mexico, served up with a side order of humidity. Soon the…

  • La Chemise

    A button-front blouse can be a warm weather shortcut to Business Casual. But most woven blouses (never mind the proverbial “crisp white shirt”) worn alone, sans jacket,…

  • À La Rentrée

    With a great sigh of relief, we send jeune homme back to school today. We’d moved him to a new school last spring that was a much better fit…

  • Le weekend

    Ah, to be sitting in one of those chairs and enjoying a bit of sun and a good book avant la rentrée. Just wanted to…