Archives
Categories:
-
Recent Posts
Top Posts
I LOVE MY FOLLOWERS! Join me with one of these:
-
-
Blogs I’m Reading:
Fashion & Style Over 40
- 40+ Style
- A Femme D'Un Certain Age
- Acting my (vint)age
- Advanced Style
- As Time Goes Buy
- Bag and a Beret
- Ephemera
- Fabulous After 40
- Fashion Me Blog
- HagFest
- Materfamilias Writes
- Menopausal Supermodel
- Not Dead Yet Style
- Over 40 Style
- Over 50 Feeling 40
- Pull Your Socks Up! (Aging Disgracefully)
- Rags Against the Machine
- Reva's Rags 2 Roses
- She Accessorizes Well
- Style Crone
- Style Montreal Sud-Est
- That's Not My Age
- The Chronicles of Lady K
- The Citizen Rosebud
- The Elegant Bohemian
- The Secondhand Years
- Une Femme d'un Certain Age
- Walking Colors
Frugal, Thrifted, & Vintage
General Style Tips
Humor
Inspiration, Photography, Nature, etc.
International Flavor
Life Over 40
Join us! Click the spotlight.
Tag Archives: patterns
Ask not for whom the jingle bells toll
Every year at about this time, I become dimly aware that some holidays are approaching. And like death or taxes, they are coming whether I’m ready or not. The Holiday Express is rumbling toward me while I sit tied to … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Humor
Tagged accessories, animal prints, Christmas season, fashion, holiday style, holidays, humor, patterns, shoes, style, teaching
40 Comments
Visibly thrifted: A top for spring
For some time now, I’ve been fighting the scourge of Thrift Envy. This disease is a side effect of reading too many fashion blogs. So many of my favorite bloggers are champion thrifters. They go into real thrift stores — … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, OutfitPosts, Over40
Tagged consignment-shopping, patterns, spring tops, thrifting, Visible-Monday
42 Comments
Visible Monday: Fear of ruffles
This post could be subtitled: “In which I attempt to use a bleeping self-timer and tripod.” I will spare you the ugly details, but suffice it to say: it’s amazing that I got any usable shots at all. (To … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, OutfitPosts, Over40
Tagged accessories, color, fear-of-color, patterns, ruffled blouses, ruffles, Visible-Monday
14 Comments
Visibly gifted: Pushing the casual envelope
It’s Visible Monday again, which means the over-40 style bloggers are celebrating looks that make us feel just as fabulous, stylish, and visible as the younger folks. Thanks to Patti at Not Dead Yet Style, for continuing to sponsor this … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, OutfitPosts, PersonalStyle
Tagged accessories, patterns, StyleRuts, Visible-Monday
27 Comments
Wardrobe by Mother Nature
For the past few nights, a huge frog has been hanging out on the sliding glass doors leading to our back deck. From our viewpoint inside the brightly-lit living room, he looks like an otherworldly, frog-shaped apparition hanging there. I’m … Continue reading
Hangin’ with the Golden Girls
There’s nothing quite like shopping “Senior Citizens’ Day” at Beall’s. Beall’s (pronounced Bell’s) is Southwest Florida’s premiere department store — at least according to the very frugal women in my family. Of course, one could argue that at Beall’s, as … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Life, Over40, Shopping
Tagged accessories, aging, color, frugality, patterns
15 Comments
Chains and Pendants and Beads, Oh My!
If you feel accessory-challenged, you are not alone. I am finally coming to terms with my deep-seated accessory dysfunction, and I’m taking some baby steps toward recovery. Like many women with little money and less time, my approach to jewelry … Continue reading
The Blah Factor: Pitfalls of a Practical Wardrobe
Whenever I’m watching “What Not to Wear,” I can’t help noticing that all of those fabulous, stylish, to-die-for “after” outfits have one thing in common. There is always something that “pops.” It’s often an unexpected splash of color. There might … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, PersonalStyle
Tagged accessories, color, frugality, patterns, What-Not-to-Wear
2 Comments
