Unleash Your Style Potential: Dressing with Confidence in Your 50s and Beyond

Unleash Your Style Potential: Dressing with Confidence in Your 50s and Beyond

Age is Just a Number Let’s kick off by debunking the myth that age should dictate your fashion choices. Your style is a reflection of your personality, and it’s time to embrace your unique self. Instead of conforming to what used to be style rules and societal norms such as having to cut your hair…

228: Colour and Style Q&A: How can I dress my portrait area? Why is it so hard to form my own style? How to formulate a capsule wardrobe?

I’ve just had thyroid surgery and, as a result, I have a 7cm scar on the front of my lower neck. How can I “dress” my portrait area without drawing attention to the scar or having to wear scarves or jewellery over it?
My style isn’t cohesive enough. When I make moodboards, they feel to all-over-the-place and don’t convey a unified style. Of course, I could just set artificial limits for my style, and that would make my wardrobe cohesive, but I don’t want to do that. I want my likes and personality to form one unified, visually appealing and memorable style. Like a wardrobe for a fantasy character. I want my style to be beautiful, distinctive, cool, and memorable, like a cool eccentric character. I love creating characters. When I design their wardrobes, it comes really easily to me, to make a distinctive, visually appealing clothing style for my characters. But when I try doing it for myself, it’s too messy and incohesive. I just don’t understand, why is it so hard to form my own style? I’ve been at it for 5 years now. It’s so easy to create a style for a character. When I create a character, I know their characteristics and create a visual style based on that.
How to formulate a capsule wardrobe to take me into the next phases of my life – 50s 60s 70s?

187: Colour and Style Q&A: How to wear light colour clothes for dark value colouring? Style tip guidelines for creative-dramatic dressing style and stay at home.

You have posts and info on light values wanting to wear darker colors to appear more authoritative/ professional, but what about a dark value gal who wants to lighten up to look more in tune with summer, be more femme, more approachable? If inner column is dark, then jacket/vest/ scarf near face would be light, but then darker looks better near face?
I’ve had a few colour analysis’ done with differing results. I am more creative/dramatic in my style, but still like having a few guidelines – any tips?
Could you talk about casual wear for various body types and footwear that’s flattering as we are all living in leggings and how to style up for living at home?

183: Colour and Style Q&A: Tips on accessorizing, wardrobe transition, and disguising your tummy.

I’m interested in fancy barrettes/hair clips for my hair as I’m allergic to jewellery. Should I?
How to edit my wardrobe so it’s only full of clothes that I love and represent my style and work for me and I wish I could be OK with having fewer clothes.
How to hide excess weight when living in a humid environment and a jacket or cardigan is an impossibility?

141: Colour and Style Question: Tips on finding your signature style, matching the right accessories, and colour analysis.

Help me find my style. I seem to span many styles and like to change itup. I can find elements I like in most styles so have great difficulty determining the true me.
How to match the right accessories such as jewellery, shoes, handbags etc to clothes and also my body?
Is there a good way to train your eye to see warmth/coolness in colours?

Your Colour and Style Questions Answered on Video: 34

In This Video 0.08 How to get ideas for outfits when all the inspiration is on slim young women – it’s hard to translate this to my size 3.00 – Finding clothes that fit and are affordable when you’re short and plus size 8.13 – I’m a short waisted pear shape (A Shape) is there…

140: Colour and Style Q&A: When should you wear nude shoes with dark hair? Is a medium size necklace and small crossbody bag enough for colour contrast? How to adjust my wardrobe for my new grey hair?

When should you wear nude shoes with dark hair and when should you wear dark ones for visual grouping? How to choose your best nude colour for a shoe?
Is a medium size necklace and small crossbody bag enough for colour contrast?
How to adjust my wardrobe for my new grey hair

138: Colour and Style Q&A: Tips on how to get ideas when all the inspiration is on slim young women, finding clothes when you’re short and plus size, and adding belt for A shape.

How to get ideas for outfits when all the inspiration is on slim young women – it’s hard to translate this to my size
Finding clothes that fit and are affordable when you’re short and plus size
I’m a short waisted pear shape (A Shape) is there any way I can wear a belt to complete my outfit?

130: Colour and Style Q&A: Tips on how to find your colours in Autumn/Fall when you have cool colours, wearing skinny jeans when you have an X shape body, and finding your waist.

What to colours to wear in Autumn/Fall when you have cool colours and everything in stores is those autumnal olives, yellow and orange?
I’m an X shape and struggling with skinny jeans (as I can’t seem to find any other option) How can I make them work?
Help me find my waist as I’m very straight up and down