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Flirty Skirts Over 50? Absolutely!
The fashion pundits predicted women would be wearing longer dresses and skirts this season. I’ve kept my eyes peeled, but haven’t seen any more long hemlines this season than other season. Still, I love the longer hemlin
Pick of the Day: Eyelet Skirt
[Original image unavailable: Jones New York Eyelet Skirt] I'm loving this Jones New York Eyelet Skirt ($89). It's my Fashion Over 50: Pick of the Day . It's just so feminine. I don't wear much black in the summertime, bu
Fashion Over 50: The Polka Dot Connection
One 2011 trend that hasn’t gotten much fashion magazine coverage is the polka dot print. Perhaps, it’s hard for fashion editors to get excited about a print that appears with the regularity of locust. But a quick perusal
Fashion over 50: Capris, mon ami?
[Original image unavailable: Cropped Jeans] Capris and cropped pants are great summer choices---they offer something more than shorts without the extra weight of long pants. They come in so many different fabrics, colors
Spring 2011: Dare to Wear Bold Colored Pants
A few days ago, I snapped this photo of my tennis league coordinator. (I wish I could have snapped her lovely 50+ face, but she was wearing a sweater with the tennis club’s logo and I was nervous about posting that.)(Als
Style Over 50: Spring Leggings
[Original image unavailable: Leggings] At the dry cleaners, I heard a man jokingly ask the store owner, “Which do you think is going to come first: the end of winter or the end of the world?” I wasn’t sure if the man was
Spring 2011: Longer Skirts to Love
We've all heard the economic theory about skirt length: shorter skirts are fashionable when consumer confidence in the market is high, and longer skirts become the trend when there is a sense of doom and gloom about the
Shorts, Pants and More for Over 50
This weekend I engaged in the "changing of the wardrobe." Twice a year, in the spring and in the fall, the clothes in my bedroom closet trade places with the clothes stored in the attic. One rule I live by: Don't buy new
Spring 2011: More Denim, darling!
[Original image unavailable: Tencel Denim Shirt Dress] I’m thrilled denim is “in” for spring 2011. (Did you realize it had been “out”? Me neither.) It’s a great fabric—comfortable, versatile, durable, and easy to care fo
Style Over 50: Begging for Leggings
Editor's Note: This post was updated in January 2014 . For up-to-the-minute sales, take a peek at my On Sale page. Last Saturday night, I was with a very attractive, statuesque over 50 woman who was dressed in black legg
Flat-Front Pants
One of my all-time favorite pairs of slacks came from Ann Taylor. The pants were black wool with no waistband or pockets, and the zipper was in back. I had them in the ‘90s and I wore them to shreds. The reason I loved
Is There an Age Limit on Jeggings?
Yesterday, I learned a new word: Jeggings . Jeggings are medium-weight, stretch cotton leggings. The word, I was told, is what you get when you combined “jeans” and “leggings.” Maybe if I had daughters instead of sons, I
