- My hair is WAY shorter! Big, big difference. Seriously.
- As a result, I am not reaching for my pendants much at all BUT I am really loving giant earrings.
- In addition, I am cautiously starting to wear more black; without the big wall of long hair it’s not as gloomy feeling. On the flip side, I am in love with winter white more than ever!
- Slowly working away from jeans towards trousers (and knits to wovens), still not as much as I’d like though. I do still enjoy wearing my dresses and skirts, though I didn’t really wear them much to begin with. And shorts are getting more wear than last year.
- Still softening my look, though not as soft as it was back in spring; I’m back to mixing in the structured/rigid elements as that feels best to me.
- Wearing even more slouch than before.
- Still moving away from the very tall heels, and wearing more flats. 3″ is now my high, previously 4″.
- I’m adding more of my punk rock influence back into my style, this makes me super happy!
- As I get more and more focused on my style, the breadth of my style experimentation is certainly narrowing (your essentials post really helped me with this!). This also makes me super happy. Though I absolutely still enjoy changing silhouettes up often.
- Very very recent member of Team Clutch, hungry for more
- And just starting to eye Team Quality over Quantity. That’s coming up, for sure.

Overall I feel like my wardrobe pieces have gotten better in terms of quality, fitting my style, fit, and dressiness (much higher than last year for sure). As a result, I feel like my _whole look_ has gotten bolder yet more minimal; I don’t feel like I “need” to accessorize much since the clothing is much stronger, and I think the shorter hair also plays into that.

I’ve lost some weight and started exercising, so I am exploring much more body-conscious stuff. Sadly I have realized that my whole life, I have bought clothes to disguise flaws … never to highlight anything I liked about my body, mostly b/c I didn’t like it. Now that this is changing, for both psychological and physical reasons, I feel like I have to learn how to pick out clothes all over again.

Definitely still exploring color, though I am going for more muted tones and more outfits that play on one single color family.

Wearing more jewelry, though that’s not saying much, as I’ve spent most of my life only wearing earrings, if that.

My transitioning hair and hairstyle, started this past summer, is really throwing me for a loop. For the past 20 or so years, I have had very short, black, spikey hair. It is still growing out to be some kind of bob, but I no longer use gel and the whole look is softer. I have come to realize that I depended on my hair to give me *edge*. With graying hair that I no longer wish to color, I see that I really have to step up my style game so that I don’t look frumpy, invisible, or worse. I am drawn like a moth to moto jackets and spiked boots and shoes, but at age 59 I can see that I can easily end up looking ridiculous and costume-y if I don’t put on the brakes.

ALGO has appealed to me for many years, but I’m realizing that with longer hair that is now covering part of my smallish face and ears AND glasses, sometimes adding earrings is TMGO. I would like to experiment with bracelets, but I have a tiny wrist and don’t know if they would be too fussy for me. . .

I am really struggling with my style right now. I know what I want to wear but am not really wearing it due to weight gain. I find getting dressed a real struggle right now, especially with my ideal style.

Things I do like now: more neutral colours especially ink blue and navies (is that spelled right?), more modern classic styles, hats, lower heeled shoes (I can’t seem to do 3 inch heels anymore as the maximum, now it’s closer to 2 inch), pussy bow blouses, polka dots and different style belts.
The usual: greys, retro /vintage styles (especially 40s but also some 70s does 30s), striped boatneck tees, dark denim and flared skirts.

My style elements that are new: trousers, wine colors, wearing booties with skinny jeans.

My style elements that are out of favor at the moment: button down shirts, bootcut jeans, prints that are not stripes or dots. I still wear these items, but not nearly as often as I used to.