Musings On Body Image, Diets and the Fashion Juggernaut
There’s been a lot of discussion in the blogosphere in recent days about dieting and size acceptance, and about the impact of fashion magazines on…
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.
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French Lessons
When we first started making plans to visit Paris this last spring, my primary and overarching concern was What To Wear. I had no worries…
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To Color and Color Not
In the 80’s, color was a hot topic. Ted Turner was colorizing classic black and white movies amid protests from filmmakers and film buffs, and…
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The Mother of Re-Invention
picture from http://www.costumes.org/ It starts when we’re very little girls. Someone reads Cinderella to us, and we are told that as her clothes and shoes…
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A Bad Influence?
Meg over at Faking Good Breeding has an interesting post up this week about whether fashion and beauty blogs are contributing to the normalization of…
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Flattery Will Get You Everywhere…Almost
Having spent years being utterly convinced of my own style ineptitude, and possessing an annoying tendency to not trust my own judgement, I’ve often been…
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The Commandments of Style, Old and New Testaments
The indoctrination to sartorial rules began for me back in the days when women were “ladies,” and ladies paid strict attention to those rules, if…
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Also to be filed under "Cliché vs. Classique"
If there’s anyone whose style I could copy, it would be Audrey Hepburn. (Or at least AH as dressed by Edith Head.) I know just…
