Many clients tell me that they’re worried about looking like mutton dressed as lamb (ie, too young for their age). But just as much I have clients who don’t want to look or feel frumpy and old, they want to be modern and youthful, but still appropriate – so how do you achieve this? Jill [...]
The New Revolution in Beauty
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7 Ways to Dress the 50+ Woman with Style
October 3, 2011 By 10 Comments
I’d love a blog post about appropriate dressing for those of us over 50…what looks good, what doesn’t… There are no hard and fast rules for the over 50s and I think that in many ways age is a state of mind. Trying to look 20 at 50 comes across as rather sad and desperate, [...]
Weekend Reading: 1 October 2011 – UN Older Persons Day
October 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Some amusement for the weekend - the man drawer. What style of jeans outsells all the others? Don’t forget to enter my competition to win a $1000 Shopping Experience from Westfield Willpower, what is it to you? Is it the right thing to rely on when you’re trying to form new habits? Jill at My Year [...]
Dressing Your Age When You Naturally Look Young
September 14, 2011 By 6 Comments
Hi Imogen, I was wondering if you could give me some advice, as my problem is the opposite of one you have dealt with several times regarding “mutton dressed as lamb”. I’m 38 but look a lot younger (people generally guess my age at 25-28). Should I dress my age or the age I look? [...]
Weekend Reading: 16 July 2011
July 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
Weekend Reading: 25 June 2011
June 24, 2011 By 3 Comments
/Following up from my post on Loving Your Stomach – Materfamilias writes about grappling with the issue. What colour should you paint your closet space? Maria at Colour Me Happy has some inspiration (if only I had a wardrobe that looked anything like the ones in her pictures.) LPC from Privilege writes about her style [...]
Why Do We Hate Our Stomachs So Much?
June 19, 2011 By 18 Comments
. . Time and time again when I ask clients about what they’d like to highlight and camouflage on their body stomachs come up as a place that they dislike and want to make disappear. Most of the time these are normal stomachs. I see a lot of stomachs in my job as an [...]
At the AICI Conference in Orlando and What We Wore
May 20, 2011 By 4 Comments
.. Hello from Orlando, Florida. I’m here and sharing a hotel room with the lovely Jan Fisher (who you will know from these posts on Certain Age dressing). I thought I’d share a couple of outfits with you that we’ve worn yesterday and today. The first two outfits are what we wore to the opening [...]
Stylish Thoughts – Jan Fisher Image Coach NZ
May 10, 2011 By 3 Comments
. . Today our Stylish Thoughts post comes from my great friend and colleague Jan Fisher. I’m lucky enough to be catching up with Jan next week when I go to the USA for the AICI (Association of Image Consultants International) conference in Orlando Florida (I’m running a workshop on blogging). You can also [...]
