A style blog based on a fifty-something Baby Boomer doing her best to age gracefully.
Here are all of my posts featuring my personal outfits and looks, plus style tips, and iconic women to inspire women over the age of 50 to be their most stylish self.
It’s cold outside, but you already know that! Since learning of the new buzzword polar vortex earlier this month, it’s brought record bone-chilling freezing temperatures, bitter cold, icy conditions, and treacherous winds. Am I right? Is that what you are seeing and feeling where you live? This morning, when I left for work, it was […]
My first year as a blogger reminds me of the game Beat the Clock. As the name implies, you are always trying to beat time. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing because it forces you to utilize your time well, be organized, and be consistent with self-appointed weekly deadlines. When I embarked on this new […]
“There Was One SPot, Camelot” This year has been full of momentous historical anniversaries, like the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington and the Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech. Still, I can’t help but recall that day in history burned into many American minds when, on November 22, […]
Like Mother, Like Daughter I’d like to believe that my millennial daughter—Channing in the City—inherited her sense of style from me. As I mature and age gracefully, I must admit that she educates me in style and fashion. Today, I would like to devote this post to how my fashion-forward journalist/stylist daughter keeps me young […]
Do Scarves Have You All Tied Up? It’s that time of the year again, scarf season. Who knew wearing scarves had such early beginnings? As early as 1350 B.C. Egyptian Queen Nefertiti wore a finely woven scarf topped by a conical headdress. In Egyptian culture, scarves were viewed as a social status symbol. Queen Nefertiti […]
Cloaked in Magic, Wearing a Cape I know Underdog is not the most revered cartoon caped crusade. I like what the superhero stood for. Shoeshine Boy’s alter-ego, Underdog, appeared whenever his love interest, Sweet Polly Purebred, was victimized by villains such as Simon Bar Sinister or Riff Raff (don’t you love their names). When villains […]
Purple Reign We know too well the statistics that affect women concerning Breast Cancer, but do you know the horrendous statistics for domestic violence? Not only is October Breast Cancer Awareness Month but slowly, there is another dangerous cloud looming over many women: domestic violence. It’s only over the last nearly 20 years that the […]
Focused on Peplum Peplum jackets, dresses, and tops experienced a revival as a fashion trend in 2012. I see why. It’s an easy look to amp up your everyday style that most body types can sport, even a curvy girl like me. Let’s take a step back in fashion time history to look at the […]
Pinking of You Did you know 1 in 3 women will have cancer in their lifetime and 1 in 8 will have breast cancer? October is Breast Cancer Awareness, the annual national calendar focusing on awareness for women to get a mammogram and reminders to perform monthly self-checks. Breast Cancer Awareness is an effort to […]
It’s My Birthday One would think that I celebrated a milestone birthday this year. In late August, I was told to reserve a date for the girls to get together—no problem! As the August date approached, I asked if I could bring anything to help us with the dinner we were scheduled to enjoy. I […]