None of Your Business

What’s the matter with your life? Why you gotta mess with mine? Don’t keep sweating what I do Cuz I’m gonna be just fine. ~ Salt-n-Pepa, “None of Your Business” A dear friend of mine teaches fitness classes out on the West Coast. She...

Reader Request: Age-appropriate Dressing

Many of you have requested some guidelines for dressing to suit your chronological age and although I’ve touched on some loose guidelines for women over 40, I wanted to address this topic from a more general standpoint. But first, the caveats: There are about a...

Shouldn’t Wear That

“She REALLY shouldn’t wear that.” I’ve heard it. I’ve read it. And back before I really considered the impact of casual language on self-esteem, I even said it myself. But nowadays when I hear that phrase, I absolutely cringe. It strikes me as more damaging than many...

Observe and Reserve Judgment

There are magazine columns, websites, and television shows built around the practice of examining fashion choices and making fun of them. They focus mainly on celebrities, but regular people get caught in the crossfire, too, occasionally. And while constructive...

Reader Request: Before

LPC popped this question into the suggestion box: I’d love to know how you dressed beFORE you started looking at style the way you do now. Or as a teen. You have a very distinct style now. Was it always that way? I know you’ve talked about it here and...

Age-appropriateness and Trusting Your Gut

I don’t believe in hard and fast rules when it comes to age-appropriateness. I’ve written about how I believe it’s up to each individual woman to assess her situation, preferences, and comfort levels and make her own determinations....

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