I participate in a social media blogger’s group designed to support one another and collaborate. I accepted the May hat challenge with a fascinator in honor of the royal wedding. The June challenge “Age Over Style or Rule Breakers.” I chose to be a rule breaker by pattern clashing. In fact, let’s examine are there any rules to print mixing?
You know there are some items of clothing women of a certain age get backlash for wearing. Pieces like two-piece bathing suits, shorts, jumpsuits, mini and tulle skirts, to name a few. This year, I wore a jumpsuit to a New York City virtual friendship MeetUp. A tulle skirt last summer and again here when I talked about bladder control. So there!
The best quote I heard regarding clothing and the older women, in The Little Dictionary of Fashion by Christian Dior published in 1954. “I have said before that there need to be no old women. There are only women who are older than others”. The quote is my philosophy too.
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