A style blog based on a fifty-something Baby Boomer doing her best to age gracefully.
Making Moves With Movember Breast Cancer ribbons aren’t the only way to bring attention to a woman’s health issues–so is men’s facial hair! Movember is an annual, month-long event involving growing a mustache during November to raise awareness of Men’s health issues, such as prostate and other men’s cancers, and associated charities. The Movember Foundation […]
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 […]
Why So Blue? Just like there are signs of changing seasons, as we ease into fall, there are signs of someone with mental illness. Mental health problems are rampant, and it is obvious the mental health system is gravely broken. What can we do to help those with signs and symptoms of mental illness? Are […]
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 […]
Fashion Formula for Fall 2013 As I type, New York City Fashion Week is full force, showing Spring 2014 collections! NYFW is where colors, beauty trends, and styles emerge, featuring what’s “in” and “out” for the coming season. That’s how it works: fashion is generally six months ahead of the retail schedule, retail meaning […]