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 [...]
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? [...]
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 [...]
A Little More Certain Age Dressing
June 2, 2010 By 4 Comments
How to Wear Long and Large Scale Necklaces
May 31, 2010 By 6 Comments
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 [...]
10 Style Rules – Follow or Break?
February 18, 2010 By 14 Comments
The Secret to Staying Young
January 28, 2010 By 10 Comments
Taking regular exercise helps you to stay physically healthier and mentally sharper into old age, four studies published in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed on Monday. One of the studies found that women who exercised more during middle age – defined as an average age of 60 by researchers at the Harvard School of [...]
