Watching My Waist
Mon, 8/03/10 – 13:55 | No Comment

Then came the earthquakes. A divorce, single motherhood, a bankruptcy. Bing, Bang. Boom. Even though I was an emotional wreck, I never ballooned to outrageous proportions. Still, for the first time in my life I had to shimmy into a girdle to control the overflow of tummy flesh. I was mortified.

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Fashion Fouls: The Older I Get, the Easier It Is to Make Them
Wednesday, 22 Jul, 2009 – 0:17 | 6 Comments
Fashion Fouls: The Older I Get, the Easier It Is to Make Them

The fear in the back of my mind, though, is that I could be that woman in the flowered leggings and gym shorts. Maybe not this minute, but someday. It was almost like a premonition.

To Dye or Not, That is the [Midlife] Question…
Monday, 4 May, 2009 – 12:31 | 18 Comments
To Dye or Not, That is the [Midlife] Question…

Now that I’m finished with chemotherapy, my hair is growing back….The Jane Fonda Klute wig I’ve been wearing will soon be a relic, so here I stand at the crossroads: go gray or say nay?

The Grayification of Facebook–and the rest of the world
Monday, 6 Apr, 2009 – 13:21 | 9 Comments
The Grayification of Facebook–and the rest of the world

…we Americans almost universally associate “greying” with aging. Which is strange considering the fact that I know men who are completely bald by thirty, and we don’t use the word “balding” as a way of referring to states of degeneration.

Dressing for Midlife: Who Gets To Say What’s Age Appropriate?
Wednesday, 15 Oct, 2008 – 0:12 | 16 Comments

Crossposted by Jane of  ByJane
What’s your opinion on fashion for the forty and over set? I’ve been reading More magazine and frankly, it’s pissing me off. Last month Lesley Jane Seymour devoted her Editor’s Column …

Adventures at Midlife: You’re going out looking like that?
Tuesday, 24 Jun, 2008 – 23:34 | 13 Comments
Adventures at Midlife: You’re going out looking like that?

by Ms Meta of MetaFootNotes
ByJane read my recent Dr. Martens blogpost, and challenged me to take a broader look at fashion for older — and often, um, broader — women. HA! Like I have anything …