So the last of the ‘trends’ wrap up – when there aren’t really trends any more, at the same time as there are so many more than I’ve included in this recent wrap up. But sticking with the original list from whowhatwear.com for now … ‘Pleated pieces’ It has really been a long time between […]
Tag Archives: 40 plus fashion
Ex-Con seen in Vans
posted by lifeaswewearit
My friend Uli once told me a story about her teenage son. She had asked him if she looked too old to be wearing something. He answered that she looked fine, but the thing he thought was really embarrassing was ‘old people’ (so, I’m guessing, anyone over 30) wearing Converse shoes. I must admit, it did […]
White Jeans
posted by lifeaswewearit
I have been known to disparage white jeans, especially on an older woman. So as it happens when I wore this outfit, I raised the eyebrows of a white jean loving friend who’d clearly taking umbrage at my previous criticisms. But as it always is, it’s not really the white jeans fault. Those comments were […]
Hello Again.
posted by lifeaswewearit
It’s been seven months since my last post. Last August I was full of anticipation for my inaugural holiday in New York, which coincidentally happened to be at the same time as Fashion Week. A rational thinking person would predict that fashion-gorging would be the inevitable end result, with many excited and accompanying blog posts. […]
Work and Play
posted by lifeaswewearit
If you could call looking after three girls under 10 on school holidays ‘play’. OK, I’ll come clean and admit that I dumped at the cinema and shopped, just a little. I’m pretty shopped out with Hawaii and Net-a-Porter sale, but I still got the pretend-Celine Vans at Zara (on sale $69.95) and a […]
Kling-spiration
posted by lifeaswewearit
Elin Kling, blogger, editor, model etc etc giving me an idea for a daytime look that fits my sort of daytime. (You can follow her blog here http://stylebykling.nowmanifest.com/) In terms of fashion, I am a bit of a scandi-phile. I personally respond to their blend of casual + ‘now fashion’ + eclectic + understatement. So […]
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