Comments on: Dress Your Age

By: Anti-Aging Tom

Anti-Aging Tom — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:47:08 +0000

I belieive that eating natural food and getting exercise can greatly improve your health.
There’s too much processed food these days.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:19:51 +0000

Great post! I agree with everything you said. (I especially like your immediate five “don’ts”!) I think it all comes down to how you look when you’re trying to be something you’re clearly not. LifeScript ran a good article about this called Top 10 Items You’re Too Old to Wear(with quotes from Charla Krupp and some “solutions” for us all). Thanks for a great post! I hope you’ll discuss it again. (There are certainly a lot of “don’ts” to cover!)

By: 45andcounting

45andcounting — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:30:50 +0000

The woman who said it’s about your body after 40 is right. There isn’t a uniform so stop looking for one. I have some guidelines that I follow: dark wash, low rise, boot cut jeans NO MOM JEANS EVER! NO TEENAGER JEANS EVER! Stay away from anything extreme in color or shape, if it’s too short, too tight it’s too much. Nothing that is ultra girly or juvenile. Feel completely free to follow the trends in accessories. My wardrobe is mainly tailored white shirt, shift dresses, pencil skirts, and modern slacks. On weekends tailored shirt works great with jeans, and plain, well fitted t-shirts can be both sophisticated and sexy. Other than those basics, I feel free to wear almost anything that doesn’t advertise my flaws.

By: Angela Farr

Angela Farr — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:03:21 +0000

I am in my 50s and definately agree we should dress as stylish and modern as we can I have 2 daughters in their 20s and borrow their clothes, but am very carefull not to dress like ‘mutton’ dressed as lamb, but can still be modern.

By: Pam Archer

Pam Archer — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:05:53 +0000

This is frustrating for me, too. I can still wear a belt, and they don’t make too many outfits for us that use one. They all look like matronly tunics or make me look like I’m pregnant.

I would love to have a sexy and practicle wardrobe.

By: The Muse

The Muse — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:31:40 +0000

Very cool post…
The blog is very relevant too..hope to see updates, nice job!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:18:50 +0000

Connie recently did a hilarious post on this subject of dressing age-appropriately – which is obviously in the air:

“I’m standing at the crossroads of Juicy Couture and Talbot’s,” she writes. “I’m pretty clear that at my age wearing the word “JUICY” on my ass is just false advertising, but I’m also not ready for the muumuus and leisure wear that I see in the next department…”

Check it out at http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/10/28/what-not-to-wear/

By: Deborah Boland and JoJami Tyler

Deborah Boland and JoJami Tyler — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:42:24 +0000

Love your line about not being ready for the convent! So funny!

Yes, it’s a fine line, isn’t it? As image consutlants for women over 40 we find that dressing not too old, not too young, but just right is their biggest dilema.

Style is not an age. We find the way you dress in midlife is mostly about your body, your personality. There’s no one uniform after 40.

But midlife style is also about being a touch more subtle/refined than you might have been in your youth. That’s where we come in. We find most women don’t need a whole make-over..they just need to tweak their chic.

Cheers,
Deborah Boland and JoJami Tyler
http://www.fabulousafter40.com

By: Sherrie Mathieson

Sherrie Mathieson — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:58:30 +0000

I’m a style consultant who has written 2 books on this subject (and of course blogged about this article recently).My book”Forever Cool”(Clarkson-Potter/Random House 2007) is on shelves now-and “Steal This Style” has a pub-date of April 14,2009 also from Random House. Check out all this on http://www.sherriemathieson.com
Best,
Sherrie