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WIW: 2/18, dressing my age and loving it!

RunningSue

I finally wore an outfit that made me feel great and is age appropriate to me. Being small I gravitate towards a lot of 'young' outfits. I have been working with a stylist and she is slowly weaning me off clothes that are too young for me. I realize this is a very tricky and touchy issue and I am simply stating how I feel about myself and how I want to present myself to the world. A friend said to me 'you will decide for yourself when you want to change how you dress'. I decided a little while ago and have been on this journey for 8 months. I wore this and felt like a million dollars!

Sue (age 52 and proud of it).

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24 replies

Latest reply was from Laura

Beth Ann

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Of course you're proud of it! You look great. Love the silhouette and the texture. This isn't just grown up dressing, it's very modern and urban, too.

Vicki

(website)

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Sue, you look terrific and I would wear this in a hot second! What I particularly like is the journey you've been on and that you share it so beautifully here. That top is amazing and you are as fit as a fiddle and I think petites, like us, are naturally drawn to younger style, so thank you for articulating that. Vicki (age 62 and proud of it). ^_^

merwoman

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Sophisticated look for a woman who's comfortable in her own skin - bravo!

Tina.b

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Sue, you look just fabulous! That sweater is gorgeous and it works seamlessly with the sleek bottoms. Gorgeous!

Thistle

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Love the texture and silhouette. You look great!

Mo

(website)

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Great look! I also started to want to get a little more age appropriate lately. It can actually age you more to wear too young of a look.

cheryle (Dianthus)

(website)

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Love it. You look great and to me, the outfit would work on pretty much any age.

sarah

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You look terrific, and I'm glad you're feeling comfortable in your own skin and dressing for you!

Suz

(website)

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You look fabulous! And definitely modern and current, not "middle-aged." (Said by another 50-something and proud of it!) I would wear this outfit in a second, too.

Where did you find your stylist? And what decided you to go this route?

Transcona Shannon

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*high five*

CK

I am only a couple of years behind you, and am going through a similar thought process regarding "dressing my age. You look fantastic! Youthful but not too young, if you know what I mean.

P.S. Love those jeans! What brand are they?

RunningSue

Thanks everyone, I was smiling as I read your replies. The sweater is a Helmet Lang, jeans are rag and bone and booties are gidigio. I was at Bellevue Square Mall near Seattle, a mall with a huge Nordstrom. I have worked with a few stylists but I did not really like the clothes they picked out for me, mostly too young as the stylists were young. I met this stylist when I brought some jeans in and we instantly clicked. She is my age and her kids are older. She has put me in some amazing outfits, one time I cut off the tags at the store and wore the dress home. This from someone who keeps thinking about what I bought for a while before I cut tags off.

I decided to use a stylist because I do too much random shopping and kept gravitating towards clothes that did not necessarily flatter me. I did not know how to pull outfits together. I had lots of great pieces but no sense of style. And I kept buying more and more jeans because they are the one item I know how to buy to flatter my shape. The biggest push came when my college summer nanny came over dressed almost the same as me. My oldest will be 12 so we are not yet the same size but I realized I did not want to dress like a 20 something. I love cut off shorts and tanks in the summer but started wearing bermuda shorts which I thought I would hate but actually loved and thought they looked good.

I am closer to my style goals which is to be stylish, put together yet still respect what I like to wear. Thanks everyone for the positive feedback, it feels so good to finally be where I want to be.

Sveta

(website)

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I think this stylist is you soul mate because you look amazing! Great job on honing on your new found style!

velvetychocolate

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Just wanted to add to the chorus - you look amazing!!

Very, very stylish - love the sweater, jeans and boots on you. I think Sveta's right in that the stylist you found seems to be a soul mate - you look *fabulous*.

Aziraphale

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Here's to loving the age you are now! You look great. And I know exactly what you're saying -- there really *is* such thing as age-appropriate dressing, but age-appropriate does not have to equal stuffy, dowdy or boring.

ButterflyLady

(website)

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I think you look fabulous - very stylish and ageless. Your stylist is a keeper.

CocoLion

(website)

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Sue -- you look fantastic and this is a sophisticated outfit! You are a walking advertisement for why one should use a stylist. I recognized the Helmut Lang sweater -- great quality and interesting design, and not in an overly young way. I am also a big fan of Rag & Bone jeans -- great fit and not too low rise. But I didn't recognize the boots. However they caught my eye immediately! It seems like the stylist got you to buy the *right* things!

Oh, and I am another member of the 50s club. 54 here, soon to be ... 55.

Yeah, I better start dressing my age too!

Deborah

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Laughing at Cocolion's comment:)

Sue, you look fabulous. I am a few years behind you but giving quite a bit of thought to matter of age appropriate dressing and your post is really inspirational. Did I say how wonderful you look x

Anonymous

You look gorgeous! I am especially fond of that sweater.

Elizabeth P

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You look amazing... can't wait to see more of what you two come up with!

Janet

(website)

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Well, I don't know what you were wearing before that was "too young" but this certainly looks terrific! Congrats on finding a stylist who clicks with you so well, and for feeling fab in your newfound style. I am sometimes wary of admonishments to dress "age appropriately" but I do understand when the need arises to step up the sophistication.

Anonymous

Great post and you look fantastic. I've been purging too young stuff over the last year too.

rachylou

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This outfit is fabulous!

I'm taking notes because I'm feeling a need to dress age-appropriate myself. I don't feel it's about being physically ravaged by time or needing to go off and sit on an ice floe. It's more, Hello! I'm an adult! I am not about leaving work early to go clubbing! Don't patronize me and, please, call me m'am.

Hehe.

Laura

(website)

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Joining Shannon in high five-ing all the awesomely stylish 50somethings! I love this outfit and think you can wear this into your 70s. Why not!