While we have time at home during the Coronavirus pandemic, what better time could there be to enjoy what Fashion Flash has to offer? Each weekly edition of this e-magazine by and for women over 40 includes topics ranging from beauty to fashion, fitness, lifelong health, food, decor, travel news and more. And to top it off, the bloggers and podcasters behind the Flash are some of the best in their field! These awesome women take turns hosting the rest of us on their website. This week’s host is award-winning author Barbara Hannah Grufferman. Click on her name below to connect to the latest issue. It includes a blog post from my Health Goal Diary on how to improve your diet and hydrate.
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Cosmetics, Emag, Health & Fitness, Newsletter, Online Magazine, Travel
I collect classic pieces for a versatile wardrobe. They are like the basic building blocks that form the structure of a wardrobe. So age doesn’t matter. For easy, laid-back and casual dressing, a chambray or denim shirt is an essential. In this post, I am exploring how to wear a chambray shirt with ease and style, in order to get the most enjoyment and wear from it.
Chambray is like denim but lighter and softer so it makes a comfortable shirt. You could also use an actual denim or a chambray-color tencel shirt interchangeably.
I’ll start with the general ways that you can style a chambray shirt, and then follow up with over 45 specific ideas for how to wear it. Choose your favorite outfit combinations and wear them in your favorite ways. I hope you will then come back and leave a reply below to let us know what worked for you!
How to Style a Chambray Shirt
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Outfit Combinations, Ways to Wear It
Casual Style
The latest edition of Fashion Flash is now available for your reading and viewing pleasure. Each week, I connect you with the host of this awesome online magazine. Our team takes turns and sometimes I will be the host right here at Your True Self Blog! Meanwhile, you can find some of the best bloggers and podcasters for women over 40 here. This week, you’ll find the Flash at Stacie’s blog: The Makeup Obsessed Mom. Click on her name below to browse your favorite topics from beauty to fashion, food, fitness, health and wellness, reinvention of your best life and travel news. Included is my post on how to conquer your closet to make it easy to look your best.
Find Some of the Best Bloggers & Podcasters for Women Over 40 Here:
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Closet Organizing, Emag, Newsletter, Online Magazine
Sweatpants can be part of a stylish outfit whether around the house or out on the town. You can be comfortable and look great at the same time. Age doesn’t matter. In this post, I have plenty of ideas for you for how to wear sweatpants when you’re not at the gym.
Because of it’s lasting popularity, athleisure has now become a classic style. You can buy luxe athletic clothes or dress up athletic clothes that you already own. In this post, I will explore how to embellish your sweatpants.
Here’s what one retail analyst told Vogue Business:
“We are reluctant to continue calling [athleisure] a trend… much in the same way that denim is not a trend,” said Mintel retail analyst Chana Baram. “Rather, sports clothing is embedded in the fashion world.” – from Vogue Business
No matter where you go, day or night, or even if you want to lounge at home looking classy, not frumpy — you can wear sweatpants and look great doing it! Add a special top, topper, scarf, jewelry and/or footwear for a modern and stylish look. Mix and match your sweatpants with evening wear or business clothes. Those pieces that you save for special occasions can be made wearable any time by combining them with sweatpants. So let’s take a look at how to wear sweatpants when you’re not at the gym! Continue Reading
Outfit Combinations, Style Inspiration, Ways to Wear It
At-Home, Athleisure, Lounging, Style, Sweatpants
When the Coronavirus invaded our world, fashion and style seemed to pale in comparison to the serious issues that we suddenly had to deal with. Many fashion bloggers wondered if what they had to offer was important. So why is style important, even now? I found some answers.
The first thing that I thought to do as a fashion and lifestyle blogger for women over 60 (age doesn’t matter; we all have the same basic needs) was to address the issues of health and well being, physically and emotionally. But then, I wanted to reassure you that style is indeed important. I am talking personal style here, not fashion. We don’t need to keep up with the latest fashions during a pandemic.
“Fashion is not art; it’s the art of living.” — Marc Jacobs
But style is artistic and creative. And creativity and art are personally fulfilling and inspirational, thereby reducing stress — something needed especially at a time like this. It is good for your mental and emotional health to distract yourself from anxious thoughts and focus on something pleasurable.
Also, color and crystals are healing therapies. We can wear both to feel better.
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Inspiration, Social Concerns
Coronavirus, Style
