I felt a little self conscious when I put these dungarees on this morning (for the first time, they only arrived, via ebay and Spain, yesterday). Surprisingly it wasn’t so much an ‘am I too old for these?’ moment, more a ‘is this too much of a look?’ moment. I’ve been getting these moments a […]
Tag Archives: dressing over 40
July
07
New clothes, new look.
posted by lifeaswewearit
My Friend Uli has been waiting for me to post some of my outfits from a recent holiday in US. Except that I didn’t take those sort of pics. So I thought I’d post this one, as it’s of an outfit I bought there. As well as being a bit of a segue from my […]
April
06
Horny
posted by lifeaswewearit
It’s often the smallest details that take a look from yeh, to yes! When you’re on the wrong side of ‘when fashion gives a shit’, it can also be these tiny tokens of modernity that take the biggest years off a look. I actually think there’s a whole post on details, but as this is […]
April
01
Road Test : Thigh Boots Version 1
posted by lifeaswewearit
I thought I’d take the easy way first. The least ‘Pretty Woman’ combo. Well that which I would wear, anyway. So it was a night at the Opera House and the weather hinted that just enough of a chill would cut through this unrelenting humidity to justify such covered up nether regions. I jumped at […]
Trendspotted
posted by lifeaswewearit
This obsession with looking at all things fashion has led me to wish I hadn’t passed on a cute red and black houndstooth camisole circa 1990. I could also wish for that boob job or stick on bras that stuck. Because it would seem that the cami top is a new big thing for summer. […]
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 […]
Good and Bad
posted by lifeaswewearit
When it comes to style, I think it’s the everyday, casual look that throws up the biggest challenge for ‘older’ women. Big night outs are easy. Just ask Nicole Kidman who knocks it out of the park so often, but looks like she got dressed in the dark, in 1984, most times she walks anywhere […]
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