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.

  • Gender Studies: The Male Gaze

    So Saturday night on our way to dinner, thinking of comments on my post here and Duchesse’s follow-up post here, I asked mon mari, “what…

  • The Existentialist

    Whoa. Even though I wouldn’t/couldn’t emulate this look, I am inspired by it on so many levels. From The Sartorialist. ~ All original content property…

  • Horizontal Stripes: Yea or Nay?

    Sonia Rykiel at Net-a-Porter, $670 Talbots Collection, $89 Banana Republic, $34 Marc by Marc Jacobs, $84 One of the Rules when I was growing up…

  • Let it snow, let it snow…

    …in Colorado, anyway. We’re getting ready for our annual ski trip, leaving in less than three weeks. We didn’t go last year due to my…

  • Taking it up a notch

    Among the recent countless articles about “shopping your closet” and general recessionary-themed style advice, this article from the LA Times caught my eye the other…

  • Foulard de la semaine

    “Baby, it’s cold outside” edition. This is the silk/wool shawl I purchased in Paris. It’s a dark olive (actually a little darker than it looks…

  • Les Moods, La Mode

    When it comes to defining and refining a personal style, une femme is nothing if not ambivalent. A combination of the aging process and the…

  • Foulard de la semaine

    Holy cow, look at this gorgeous scarf! It was a Hanukkah present from mon mari! He really was listening to those hints I was dropping….

  • Foulard de la semaine – Bonus Round

    Function trumped form this week as for several days we experienced an icy Arctic blast….inside the office! Yes, our building’s ancient “environmental controls” were on…