Tag: Fashion
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I’m Not Quite Ready To Wear A Leopard-Print Kaftan This Christmas
Full-Length Kaftan by MollyKaftans How’s everyone faring in the depressing search for the perfect dress for Christmas parties and, ultimately, the big day? I’m going to admit that – having trailed all the stores to the north of Sydney and exhausted the seemingly limitless stocks of The Iconic (and the patience of the very crabby…
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The Best Skinny Jeans For Women That Aren’t Skinny
Not sponsored. Nothing gives a middle-aged woman more pleasure than great customer service. Perhaps, because we’ve been through the mill of life, getting hurt, feeling under-appreciated and losing friends we once believed to be loyal, given the right treatment, we are about as loyal as a royal Corgi. And in my opinion, overall, customer service…
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Where Were The Boys From Queer Eye When Meghan Needed Them?
Most Republicans and anti-Royalists would agree that having feigned disinterest in a royal wedding for months, there are only two reasons to surrender our idealism and watch it on the day: The dress/dresses The potential cock-ups I know I sound bitter, and perhaps my honesty is not what you’d expect from a British citizen –…
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The Eternal Battle of Comfort V Style, And If I Really Have To Get Back Into My Jeans?
Sportsgirl curtains, I mean, culotte pants. DON’T MAKE ME, PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME try to get back into my jeans… I dread this time of year as we approach winter and the weather turns in Sydney, because I have to think about squeezing my lardy-ass back into my jeans. Although currently, we are being lulled…
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Middle Aged Clothes-Shopping Hell
Ahead of my birthday celebrations last weekend, I foolishly chose to waste a whole hour of my remaining lifetime on The Iconic, when I could have been catching up on The Bachelor and drooling over Matty J’s ass with NC. Needless, to say I drew a blank. Now I’m not going to bag the Iconic…
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The Fashion Mistakes Teenagers Need To Make
We’ve been through a lot of stuff with our son Kurt, as many of you know, and I can’t deny that there have been occasions when I’ve felt a tad wistful as I’ve walked down the street and spotted groups of clean-shaven, preppy-looking boys in their Polo shirts and boating shoes. The weight of loss…
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Finding The Perfect Cocktail Dress At Fifty
Exciting! I remember thinking facetiously as I ripped open the invitation to my father’s third wedding, which takes place in London this week – (hence journey from hell mentioned in previous post) – unable to repress the feeling of being every inch the middle-aged Cinderella, when it dawned on me I’d need a dress. Eat your…
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Style SOS: Can I Still Wear Leather Now I’m Middle-Aged?
For all this newfound confidence in my middle-aged style, (here), as NC often reminds me, (because one of the reasons God gifts us intelligent adult daughters is for them to consistently rip us apart by reminding us about our failings), occasionally I’ve come a cropper with my style evolution/revolution. Sandy from Grease, anyone? At the…
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Help! When Your Fashion Sense Screams You’re Middle-Aged
According to this hugely influential source, 10 Things Style Errors That Make You Look Older, the common woollen cardie is ageing on middle-aged women; which means I instantly lose all my middle-aged fashionista credentials. Matrix cardie – Ha! Bloody Ha! Because I love me a nice cardie. If Madonna needs to wear a cardie to show…
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Susan Sarandon’s Lovely Lady Lumps
Shock! Horror! A woman ‘over a certain age’ dared to brazenly display her cleavage in public. Apparently, this is far more controversial news than ISIL’s latest terrorism threats, because it’s not even like Susan Sarandon is some cheap B List celebrity that needs the publicity. Liberated mammaries are usually celebrated. They usually serve the purpose…
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Stylish, Shifty Summer Dresses For Middle Aged Women
STEVIE MAY Dont Tassle Me Dress (Myer) There’s a hideous, fine line to tread when you’re middle-aged and decide to wear a floaty, summer dress. It’s the line between looking ‘hot’ and looking like a sack of potatoes. TRENT NATHAN Splice Panel Shift Dress (Myer) Especially if you’re vertically-challenged like me, as well as being…
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The Annual Torture Of Buying Swimwear When You’re Middle-Aged
We’re approaching summer here in Sydney and my annual fear of publicly outing the middle-aged, cuddly bod, to a beach full of unsuspecting and judgmental sunbathers already has me reeling with fear. I moved to Australia for the temperate climate but as much as I love the water, the idea of posing in swimmers and…