Start Off the New Year Looking Younger
Monday December 29, 2008
Go ahead and make all of those well-meaning and important resolutions like volunteering more or taking time to be a good friend. But don't forget to save a resolution or two for your looks. For starters, you can give your tweak your current style to give yourself an update. The right pair of jeans (no mom jeans!) and a fashionable handbag can help start 2009 off right.
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I’m really getting tired of hearing about how us adult women are worrying, need to worry, or are getting advice on how to achieve how we looked in high school/at 18 et al. I’m all for looking one’s best but I take great exception to the language.
Okay, I know I live in America and the answer to the next question is “since forever”…but still warrants asking:
Since when is what we were at 18 the end-all, be-all of physical perfection? I certainly like my body better now and I’m actually heavier with a few more care lines.
Actually, I’m a mature woman–Forty this January and can’t wait to be official. I’ve actually been saying forty for the past 6 months just like I was “14″ when I was 13 and a half. My body is curvier, fuller, more luscious but no, I am not fat nor anywhere near it. I cannot, however, fit into a size 12 like H.S. (and before anyone jumps on the size 2 bandwagon, I am six foot tall and would look like an anorexic model at a size 8–I see the models in person (vicky secret in the same building) and a six foot size 8, in person, is boney.)
I like where I am; I like what I look like; I resent the constant prattle that I need to look 18. Of course, I know I am in the minority but occasionally the minority has to scream out in frustration. I have no lack of male attention, wanted and unwanted. I have no lack of people, male or female, who find my company worth being seen in public with me whether or not I am a MILF (or the no-children equivalent).
18 is as 18 does and I see an awful lot of really young acting, stupid, clueless people who would have the excuse of learning the ropes…if they really were 18.
You don’t have to wear mom jeans but you don’t have to chase a wil’o wisp, wishing for something either. That makes you pitiful. And believe me, skinny jeans or not, the rest of us can tell. Even if you THINK you are pulling it off…you really aren’t fooling anyone. Especially not other women and you know we aren’t doing this for them men; we do this in competition with other women FOR men. Usually, anyways. Why and for what else would any sane women try an imulate “younger”? Men don’t even care. They are not ANYWHERE near as picky as we have been led to believe.
We need to pay more attention to our language if we ever really want to improve our body image problems. Of course then, so many more people who advise us on these things would be out of a job then wouldn’t they?
Must keep the perpetual discontent perpetual.
PUT SOME STYLE INTO YOUR LIFE IN 2009!
Okay we are a group of mums who have decided no more tracksuits and sneakers! We have decided to put a little bit of style back into our wardrobes and found some really good preloved designer clothes at a new online store called http://www.thewardrobestore.com. They sell great preloved clothes for a fraction of the retail price and ship anywhere in the world.
I bought a pair of Jimmy Choo boots for $185 and a Guess hand bag for $50. Our new years resolution is to try a bit harder to regain our style and have a few special items in our wardrobe that make us feel really special!
New Years resolution – regain our style!
@ Lizzie W.
Some of us never lost our style nor does it have anything to do with namebrand clothing, nor do we need to buy something to make ourselves feel special.
Work on your marketing technique in this age of recession. Consumption is passe.
I am 60 years old and have been married for 39 years. I have naturally gray hair and am not a fashonista by any stretch of the imagination. I have discovered that men I work with who are as much as 20 years younger than me, are attracted to me. I had to tell one man, age 42, that I was almost as old as his mother in order to discourage him. I am no more than average looking. I feel that if you want to attract someone, smile, be pleasant and show that you care about them as individuals. (Be careful not to overstep work boundaries.) Your attitude can be magical!!
mick
Thanks for your comment. I’m glad I’m not
the only one who feels like I want to dress
to make myself happy. I dress neatly,and to my own conservative taste.I am 65 years old.
and very content with my wardrobe choices.
I both agree with Mick and some of what Cynthia Nellis have to say.
I’m an Image Consultant who encourages my clients to embrace who they are NOW, whether they are young or old, curvy or slim, conservative or eclectic. I believe that each individual can find their own personal style, that which compliments one’s figure, coloring and lifestyle—when the two are in harmony, being and feeling attractive is a natural result and the impact is dramatic!
Grasping for youth by revisiting the fashions of your youth is most often, well, undignified. Taking chances with your look can be fun and liberating, but current trends are not necessarily the best way to do it; incorporating intelligent updates (not direct copies) of past fashions can add creative touches to your wardrobe—but footless tights and high-waisted jeans belong to the 80s; frankly, I’d rather appreciate who and where I am now than look backward!
Dressing in a manner that is both flattering and expresses who you are at your very finest will make you shine!
http://www.tashalemel.com
I went to a Senior Center today for an activity, and they told me you had to be 55 or older to enter. I laughed and told them I was 59 and they looked very surprised. Now THAT made me feel good, not skinny jeans in a size 6.
$50 for a used Guess handbag? That’s pretty expensive when you consider that a new one sells for only slightly more, and that they’re made of fake leather.