Personal Style + 5 Ways to Welcome your Fifties
Questioning your Personal Style at 50?
Personal style can be simple:: “Jeans-n-tee style”, or the classic Midwest Winter Wardrobe of everything from scalp to pinky-toe covered in Eddie Bauer fleece-lined shirt, pants, and maybe even underwear on the -30 windchill days.
Personal style can be an expression of your personality:: “The brighter, louder, more patterned, the better!”
Or, in mid life, personal style can be a new experiment:: “I’ve always worn X, but I want to try those jean skirts and patterned coats I’m seeing everywhere.”
In fashion we can’t count on one thing always…
All styles float back around
{Have you seen those moon boots walking around this winter?🤦🏽♀️}
Why not float right along with those trends that catch your beautiful eyes?
Except the flapper dress - I haven’t seen a variation of that style since my own mama dressed up for Halloween one year. But it could be fun for a dance night, right?
Personal Style and Trends
When a style gains popularity, you’ll see everyone adding their own touch to it and making it their own. Or they might just straight-out copy the look. YOU add the unique flair just by wearing it.😉
If you don’t know where you want to start…START SIMPLE.
You already have a closet full of clothes - walk in there and pull out your favorite pair of jeans and a white shirt.
Basic uniform look ✔
Now, what new trend caught your eye…a jacket, scarf, blazer, button-up with a scarf look…?
Add that to your everyday style, and…
BAM!
Just like that, you’ve got a new mid-life personal style outfit.
In my last article, I created a uniform wardrobe to get you dressed and out the door every morning with 7 pieces to mix-n-match.
Now, embellish those seven closet pieces with a trendy piece that caught your eye.
I love scarves. I have a whole wall of them to use in my hair, around my neck, as a bracelet, on my carry-on bag shoulder-strap, and the list goes on…
Throw a new scarf over your uniform white, or wear heels instead of your go-to
{insert go-to shoe here}
Like hats? Grab one to add-on to your personal style {Target has some cute ones}
Layer it up bright for spring
Personal Style is
Just that, PERSONAL
Feeling comfortable in what you wear
Not constantly “shopping the looks” — mix in pieces from your closet, too
If “Never have I ever gone to the dry cleaners” is your motto, then cashmere won’t ever be in your wardrobe.
Instead try one of these sweaters that are almost as soft as cashmere but can be washed at home::
OR
Maybe you’ve always been a, “lady in black” kinda dresser, but now you want to add a zing of COLOR to your closet.
Try out one new piece to change your classic black look::
Pink stripe scarf to play off the black
Sneakers in all red or just a little red
Ease in with a camel color stripe or solid button-up
How do you feel about bikini’s in MidLife?
Maybe you’re going to wear that cute floral two-piece bikini with every rotation of the sun until you leave this Earth – DO IT!
Oh, and the critiques by “those people”…they probably won’t stop. The sarcastic, derogatory people seem to pop up…Just like florals every spring, but by this level we’ve learned how to ignore quite well ☟☟
You ARE groundbreaking!
Personal Style Rules TO Follow
Rule 1/ If you’re leveling up {aging}, be grateful, it means you’re not dead
Rule 2/ Wear what you’re comfortable in
And my five personal favorites as we level up::
{in a different kind of personal Style}
1/ Drink water first thing every morning {even before coffee😱}
2/ Move my body at least 30 minutes a day, five days a week
3/ Eat clean {most of the time😉Who turns down Crumbl cookies!?}
4/ Sleep {my dream is seven uninterrupted hours - someday it’ll happen}
5/ Sing & dance more + practice my yoga
Personal style is PERSONAL TO YOU! – I know, not a groundbreaking statement.
In a world where so many think they know more, or better, or best, WE ARE ALL pulling on those boot-cut jeans one leg at a time, just with a different colored top😉.
That’s it. Simple.
Spreading new travel style ideas around like confetti in an exploding popper to bring a little CHEER {and style fun} for the day!
Looking for something a little different to pop in your closet?
Stick around here for awhile and you’ll have all kinds of personal style inspiration ready for your traveling days.
How about new personal style ideas dropped each Thursday? ☟☟
Refresh your second act and click💖 Sip a glass of your favorite red and find a style idea each week.
☟👇🏼☟
WAIT! You’re Skipping the Style Soirée? That has to be a mistake!
If you’re on a reading rampage today, here are three more style inspirations::
Paris Packing Tips:: 11 Favorites & 3 to Leave Home
pin it for Your Personal Styling Later
Navigating Mid Life & the invisibility cloak–through travel, fashion, health + our share of wine
This is YOUR PLACE to REFRESH
Smile Raiser. Globe Gallivanter. 50+ Style Enthusiast. Walla Walla Wine Taster sharing a Good Glimpse of life!
Your first act was practice. Fill your second with quirky fun in Chapter 50
💖Andrea
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