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How to Wear Sheer Clothing with Confidence

sheer gauze caftan
White Gauze Caftan, not too see-through, by MaLaHandworks on Etsy

Do you shy away from sheer clothing?  Have no fear.  Age doesn’t matter.  There are ways to wear those diaphanous layers of sheerness.  I have complete guidelines for you here, along with examples.  So go ahead and wear what you love.  In this post, I explore how to wear sheer clothing with confidence.  So you can be sure it looks good on you and shows just the right amount of your true self! Continue Reading

New Book Shows Midlife Women How to Declutter for Clarity

Today, I have a good read to share. It tackles an important topic, if you’re like me and battle ever-encroaching clutter. This new book shows midlife women how to declutter for clarity of mind and home. It’s called PopUpPurge: Release Midlife Clutter & Reclaim Inner Clarity by Mary Vraa of the blog Shift Your Stories. After a few hours of reading this book, I was already inspired to start getting rid of some things around the house! Now that I have read the whole book, I can just imagine what I can do once I start using the processes set forth by the author.

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Here It Is: Welcome Spring with Fashion Flash E-magazine!

It’s my turn to host the Fashion Flash e-magazine by and for women over 40 and here it is! Welcome spring with this new edition. This week we’ve got:  some big giveaways; a delicious spring recipe; a free Zoom event on menopausal changes and treatment options; a Women’s History Month feature; a new book on decluttering; a video on exercising with asthma; and my post on how to style yoga pants with class from home to street. As you can see by our wide range of topics, age doesn’t matter. Everyone is welcome!

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How to Create Some Nice Outfits for Working From Home

Working from home (WFH) means we get to dress comfortably. We can wear lounge clothes, athflow, athleisure or even business casual if it helps to motivate us. Many times, WFH means we need to look good from the waist up for online meetings and it doesn’t matter what we’re wearing from the waist down. It seems to me that’s where some of the new fashions are coming from. Many of the fashions inspired by post-2020 lifestyle are a combination of dressed-up clothes mixed with dressed-down clothes. So that’s something to keep in mind when figuring out how to create nice work from home outfits. Choose something comfy and pair it with something dressy, or vice versa. That way, you have style and comfort at the same time. And in my mind, that’s a key goal when getting dressed!

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This New Edition of Fashion Flash is a Great Way to Usher in March!

Every week, I present a new issue of the online magazine that features some of the best bloggers for women over 40. This new edition of Fashion Flash e-magazine is a great way to usher in March. It’s hosted by Stacie of Makeup Obsessed Mom, brand ambassador for O, the Oprah magazine. These amazing bloggers over 40 show that age doesn’t matter. Click on Stacie’s name below to check out our topics from beauty to fashion, food, fitness, lifelong health and living your best life. Included is my style tip on how to transition to spring using linen pieces in your outfits.

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