I spent the Queen's Birthday long weekend in the time-honoured Australian fashion - going "up the coast" with a group of girls I met at Uni 13 years ago.
One of the things that fascinated me is how much our bodies have changed since we first met. We range in age from 41 to 49 and since we met, one of us has had babies and another is peri-menopausal.

ALL of us have changed in shape, and I don't mean just weight changes - bellies have stretched and become rounder with children, breasts have sagged, fat has moved to different distributions as hormones change. Our partners, on the other hand, look much the same as they did more than a decade ago, albeit greyer and with slightly less hair.

Women seem to wear the experiences of their life on their bodies much more than men do. I am torn between pride and resentment, but I also feel my perception of my body hasn't always kept pace with reality. Have you found the same thing? If so, how have you changed the way you dress to accomodate this? Has your style completely changed, or have you evolved some version of the look you favoured in earlier times?