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Channeling a Fairy Queen Vibe in an Anthro Dress

This week’s post is brought to you by the lovechild of the 1960s and the Middle Ages. It has sort of this magical forest fairy feel to it with its drapey sleeves and embroidered flowers. The metallic threads woven into the sweater-weight fabric and the shiny sequins mixed in with the embroidered yarn make me …

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A Versatile Tunic Dress Layered for Winter in Seattle

Yesterday I paired up Lizz Basinger’s Solo Pleat Tunic Dress with a scarf and boots. Today you may recognize the layers I added to another Sassafras purchase I wrote about earlier in the week: a faux fur vest and my motorcycle jacket. For the vest, I removed the scarf and added a couple of necklaces. I’ll write …

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Fab Collab: Fab in Plaid Over Forty

The Fab Collab is back! Jodie, Nancy, and Charlotte from JTouchofStyle.com have joined me this week to feature a pattern many of us associate with fall — plaid! Pretty much all of us have some personal experience with this classic pattern, even if that experience goes back several decades. For this collaboration, the ladies and I share our stories …

Katherine Hepburn from the 1930s wearing a black dress with graphic print blazer which is cinched with a belt next to a photo of a women posing in a similar outfit in a similar pose.
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Emulating Katharine Hepburn’s Practical, Depression-Era Glamour

“It’s no longer smart to be chic … The new mode is casual, bold, chunky, and realistic.” ~ Vogue, 1936 The 1930s was a turbulent decade, to say the least. The market crash in 1929 which brought about The Great Depression left many people destitute. Those who had already been on the margins were left to …

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How The-Bias-Cut.com Empowers Women Over 40 to Find Their Style

Finding one’s signature style over 40 years of age might come easily for some, but for me, it has been the stuff of therapy. I’ve been rediscovering old loves, confronting preconceived notions, and battling insecurities I never knew I had about my body and my place in the world. Thankfully, I haven’t had to do …

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Breton Stripes Kick Off “April in Paris” Month

Nothing says Spring like a Breton top. Each year, this long-sleeved striped shirt returns to clothing stores and catalogs as faithfully as pink blossoms pop out of the tips of tree branches. The design of it is somehow linked deep down in our minds to Spring. Because it’s such an iconic piece for the season, I’ve chosen it to begin this …

4 women ages 40 to 70 style pearls in a modern way.
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Fab Collab: The Ageless Appeal of Pearls at Seventy-Plus

The Fab Collab I’m doing this week with the beautiful ladies of JTouchofStyle.com is all about memories centered on an ageless piece of jewelry: the pearl necklace. There are four generations in this Fab Collab. Each of us has our own unique relationship to pearls, so we’re all taking turns to tell our stories and show how we style them. On Monday, …

4 women ages 40 to 70 style pearls in a modern way.
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Fab Collab: The Ageless Appeal of Pearls at Forty-Plus

Pearls have been harvested and treasured for centuries. Ever since that first fisherman discovered the iridescent beauty inside the shell of an oyster, each generation has found its own way of wearing pearls. This week, Jodie and her crew from JTouchofStyle.com have been kind enough to join me in a Fab Collab to demonstrate how four decades …