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 is “Age Over Style or Rule Breakers.” I chose to be a rule breaker by pattern clashing. In fact, let’s examine whether there are any rules to print mixing.

You know, some clothing items 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. I wore a jumpsuit to a New York City virtual friendship MeetUp this year. I wore a tulle skirt last summer and again here when I talked about bladder control. So there!

The best quote I heard regarding clothing and older women was 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.” This quote is also my philosophy.
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