Changed With Age

[Guest Mrs. Miniver]

I've changed with each decade and unfortunately as my waistline dictates. As I grow older I've become more conservative wearing more two piece outfits. That would include loose fitting blouses, vest with flowing skirts and cardigans. I'm also totally in love with pearls. They just seem to contribute a touch of class to all that I wear. But, it wasn't always that way, like in the 1970's when I tried to emulate Cheryl Tiegs (I was much thinner then!) and could get away with it. So it was pretty much a transition from the look of a model with bolder colors and jewelry to now where I am more mature with my look and more sophisticated. Gone are the days where I thought I was a super model and am now more like Donna Reed or for that matter Barbara Walters!

[Guest Donna Jean]

Gone are the days where I thought I was a super model and am now more like Donna Reed or for that matter Barbara Walters!

LOL!

Oh my goodness......

Through the years cross dressing...when I was young I took what ever i could get away with and later, I hate to say, I was probably more like a "Hasty Pudding" show...no taste at all, just everything that I could throw on to feel more feminine....

Now that I'm transitioning in earnest, I'm more conservative (my wife won't allow me to wear anything out of my age or style....lol)

I don't think anyone would stare at me for how I'm dressed anymore and that's exactly how I want it!

HUGGS!

Donna Jean

[Guest viv]

Hi Hun,,,,,I"m no Spring chic either but you know what ?? are"nt there some lovely

feminine clothes about these days ?. I"m a big fan of Laura Ashley , her dresses

are so gorgeous if a little dear to buy . I tend to go for the look alikes and some

are as good . Pearls are so pretty and go with everything . Love your post Hun.

luv,viv

[Guest Elizabeth K]

VIV!

Oh my - I thought we had lost you!

YES - I was in Dilliard's today (our regional bid department store). Laura Ashley - I was checking the sizes - my how quickley we learn to navigate to name brands! I LOVE their spring skirts and blouses!

And the girls out in sandals with their manicured toes! And new handbags! And everyother woman in a pony tail for the spring weather now! 84 degrees here.

I MUST get to the Mall and look on my own - I need to think SPRING rather than summer!

Age appropriate? Yes. BUT

The big difference? Now we wear our clothes. Wear them everywhere! We can justify paying a higher price - because our dresses and skirts are real for us - not a 'costume' like CDing.l

So liberating!

Elizabeth

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

I must say, my style has matured as I've grown. When I first started it was all pink and girlie girl stuff and Hello Kitty, then it progressed to goth/industrial with a lot of corsets and fishnets and short skirts and combat boots. Now I'm doing a more traditional female style dress with jeans and tshirts or cute tops. A lot more conservative than what I used to wear but now instead of always turning heads because my style was so drastic, I'm only turning heads now as people think "wow, she's really tall." I've even taken out most of my body piercings. I just have a few now but it's more in line with what most girls my age would have if they were a little wild a few years ago but decided to tone it down some.

Looking back at some of my older photos, I'm not embarrassed. I was evolving and I'd like to think I was just going through phases of finding my identity before I finally found it and could perfect it.

[Sally]

Being a more mature and to say the least Statuesque woman I have begun to pay a lot more attention to the types of clothing that Bea Arthur wore on the Golden Girls rather than what Jennifer Aniston wore on friends - one is tall with broad shoulders and very mature - elegant with a regal pasture while the other is young, tiny and more effervescent.

I love tunics - they help to draw attention away from your shoulders.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest ricka]

I am strongly of the opinion that a woman can look wonderful as she matures nor does she need to be pencil-thin to be attractive. So much of it is attitude, how we project to others and how we carry ourselves, and it doesn't hurt to have a flair for fashion and color. I have a classic "Rubens" female body myself----there was once a time when this was the standard of beauty for the female form in contrast to the angular, muscled body of a man. I love that as I age my body is softer, curvier and rounded and I love to wear clothes that say I have the body of a woman.

hugs---Ricka

[Guest]

Am I dressing too young? I think so, but it feels too good!

Last week I was out in a mid-thigh denim skort, a plaid blouse, jean jacket, and 2-inch heeled sandals. I am celebrating my renewed body, feeling much younger than I really am. Don't know how age-appropriate that is, but it does feel right for now.

Love, Kat

[Guest ricka]

Kat----my definition of age appropriate is dressing as young as you feel

hugs, Ricka