where the science and art of style collide
Today a guest post from New Zealand writer Pam Finnie as she discusses the sensitive topic of attractiveness and ageing in women. A few years ago I was at a barbeque talking to a professional man in his late fifties. He was telling me about a woman he knew who he thought I should [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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? [...]
.. 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 [...]
. . 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 [...]
.Here is the lovely Jan Fisher, Image Coach again, we bought this dress (same shop as we bought the beads) on Monday. It’s a versatile colour and can be teamed with blue, red, purple, chartreuse amongst others. Jan wanted me to cut off her head, but I just couldn’t do it to her. What I [...]
I was lucky enough to spend the day yesterday with Jan Fisher, AICI FLC a New Zealand based image consultant who you have met before here and here with her ideas for dressing women of a certain age. We went out for lunch and dropped into a local boutique and discovered this great necklace, which [...]
Following on from my post about the Style Rules I’d never break, with some great comments about your style rules, it led me into thinking about all those rules out there, should you or shouldn’t you? 1. Blue and green should never be seen – I break this one all the time, cool greens with [...]
