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How to Make Cargo Pants New Again

Women’s utility looks borrow from the boys with comfortable menswear styles such as utility jackets and cargo pants.  A 90’s girl-band staple, cargo pants are a trending fashion again and again.  That’s just how fashion goes:  it cycles in a constant spiral of new ways to style the old.  So age doesn’t matter.  There are lots of different cargo pants to fit your style, needs and comfort level.  And then, you can wear them with what you love.  Throw out rules to make room for creativity.  In this post, I explore how to style some updated looks.   And don’t put those cargoes away for the summer, because they can be used in fall and winter too!

Below you will find:

  • What are Cargo Pants?
  • The Versatility of Cargo Pants
  • The History of Cargo Pants
  • How to Style Cargo Pants
  • 26 Outfit Combinations With Cargo Pants

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11 of the Best Bloggers and Podcasters for Women Over 40!

Today’s issue of Fashion Flash features 11 of the best bloggers and podcasters for women over 40.  Age doesn’t matter; all are welcome!

I am a member of the Fashion Flash e-magazine.  Every Monday, we take turns hosting the emag on our website where you can browse the featured posts and choose the topics of your choice.  The wide variety of subjects covered include beauty, fashion, health and fitness, travel, lifestyle, reinvention of your best life and more.

This week’s host is Allison at Never Say Die Beauty.  Click on her name below to connect to the early August edition of Fashion Flash.  Among the other subjects being covered this week is mine on “How to Heal With the Amazing Energy of Crystals.”

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How to Have No Fear of Skin Cancer

We need the sun for vitamin D so I encourage you to go outside, enjoy the sunshine and appreciate nature whenever you can.  But sun worshipping can go too far.  It’s important to make sure we’re not overdoing it, so protection against too much sun is important for balance.  Age doesn’t matter.  Lifelong health is a result of taking good care of our bodies — and having fun.  😉  So let’s explore how to have no fear of skin cancer.

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How to Light Up a Gloomy Day or Casual Outfit

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Riina Tunic and earrings from Soft Surroundings

Today’s style tip is about how to light up a gloomy day or a casual or grunge outfit.  Age doesn’t matter.  All you do is add a simple accessory that you most likely already have.  Age doesn’t matter.

It has been raining a lot this summer.  But even if it’s not a gray rainy day, sometimes we need to lift ourselves out of a gloomy mood.  And if your mood and the weather are good, maybe it’s your outfit that is plain, boring or even gray.  So in this installment of my Style Tips series, here is an easy way to brighten your day and your outfit!

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Here is Your Linkup to the Fashion Flash!

Here is your linkup to the Fashion Flash, the weekly e-magazine by and for women over 40!  Fashion Flash serves up blog posts and podcasts with the latest info and giveaways in beauty, fashion, fitness, wellness, travel and reinvention of your best life.

This week’s host is Moving Free with Mirabai.  Click on her name below to check out the great topics being covered by this amazing group of bloggers and podcasters.  Included in this week’s features is my guide to creating outfits when you think you have nothing to wear.

Also in This Week’s Issue:

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