Just want to let you know that I won’t be posting for the next couple of weeks.  Happily, it’s time for vacation, and since I’m headed up to Alaska – a great way to escape this oppressive heat – I won’t have an opportunity to tend to the blog.  I hope you, too, are finding [...]

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I like to think of myself as open-minded when it comes to fashion.  And I’m very committed to the notion that older women should feel free to express themselves in the way they dress.  But there are certain times when I feel like we have to lay down some ground rules for ourselves. Recently I [...]

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Just to let all of you know, Fashion Over Fifty is going through a bit of  spring housecleaning and upgrading.  You will notice some changes that have already been implemented, but more are in process.  Additional posts are coming (Are you ready to talk bathing suits???),  but right now blog time is devoted to sprucing [...]

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I’m taking a small detour here to introduce a topic and a new book that might be of interest. My friend, Sally, a frequent visitor and commentor on this blog brought it to my attention and I think it should be shared.   Drs. Vivian Diller and Dr. Jill Muir-Sukenick have written  “Face It”, a guide for women [...]

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Ok, this isn’t really fashion, strictly speaking.  But this is something that I hear women talking about.  How do we soften the effects of aging and/or make the best of what we have?  I just happened to find this pop up on my computer today and after checking it out, I thought it was definitely [...]

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Rita Wilson, actress, producer and style columnist for Harper’s Bazaar was on Oprah this week with a piece called “Look Great At Every Age Makeovers”.  I didn’t see it firsthand but caught it on the web after the fact.  While I generally check things like this out just to see what folks are saying and [...]

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V Magazine has devoted their latest issue to “Size”.  Celebrating beauty in the full range of sizes – from size 0 Dakota Fanning to size ? Gaborey Sidibe – star of the movie “Precious”, V sets out to show that beauty comes in a variety of shapes and sizes.  Pushing the envelope a little further [...]

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Happy New Year to all of my readers.  This has been a good first few months on the blog.  I am having lots of fun and getting great feedback from many of you.  I appreciate that lots of you are checking in often, and I hope that in 2010 you will speak up and share your [...]

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