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.

Icons, Inspiration and Distillation

(Le sigh.) Une femme can’t help it. Every time talk turns to fashion icons, this is the image that jumps immediately to my mind. “Realistic”…

Stage 1

Results of first pass at closet purge. Next stop: charity thrift store. * This was the easy part. All of the never-wore-it/doesn’t-fit/worn-out/wrong-color/someone-else’s-style/meh/will-never-miss-it pieces. The next…

Clutter

Ever since my Goldilocks post, I’ve been looking at my closet with a critical eye, and feel another major wardrobe purge may be imminent. Truthfully,…

Foulard de la semaine

In honor of my recurring “packing for Paris” obsession, here’s my “H en Voyage” scarf, which depicts an Hermès “H” from stacked suitcases. Happy 09/09/09!~…

Goldilocks’ Closet

Early on in the life of this blog, I posted about trying to develop a more “Goldilocks” style philosophy, and my desire to pass up…

Added Incentive

Just in case anyone needed a good rationalization to go check out the new Ann Taylor styles this weekend… ~ All original content property of…

Foulard de la semaine

All this talk of ruffled scarves and Tish’s post last week about the ruffled collar trend reminded me that I’d purchased this wack-a-doodle number last…

Qui a gagné le foulard???

Thank you all for your lovely entries describing your favorite (real or imagined) day in Paris! I’ve been trying to narrow down my own favorite…