Rant of an Unwilling Fashionista

Ladies, gals, women, listen up! I have never been a fan of dress your age. I think magazine articles that tell you "how to dress at any age" reek of ageism. The miniskirt seems to be always appropriate if you're in your twenties. Same with skinny jeans. Really? Yet never quite appropriate for an older woman. I guess the magazines are geared for younger women so they have to make them feel good. The ugly truth is that there are legions of twenty year olds that should not be wearing skinny jeans let alone mini skirts. At the same time there are women my age that can rock a pair of skinny jeans. Magazine editors seemingly have yet to discover that being twenty doesn't mean the same as being thin.

I'm still feeling the need to clarify my stance. I am not saying that if you have a great body and you are lets say fifty, you should wear whatever you want. A little flouncy skirt on a fifty year old woman with an athletes body still looks silly. You gotta use common sense and you gotta know who you are. Women that chase every trend usually fall into this trap. They end up looking older not younger. I can wear ripped jeans or a leather biker jacket because its' who I am. My friend Jen who is more elegant than I am can't. Then again I can't carry off anything that would be described as dainty or flowing.

All of this brings me to the cause for my rant. We are our worst enemies sometimes. Today I was on a bus and a woman well into her sixties is sitting a few seats away. Cute bob haircut for her rather pretty white hair. I should have stopped looking when I reached her neck but I am a person who loves people watching. She was wearing a T shirt with cut outs where the shoulders would be. Her black bra straps were showing as well as skin that was lets just say not smooth as a peach. The outfit was completed with 3/4 pants that I couldn't really see and orthopedic looking sandals. Of course the crowning glory was the hat she put on as she was getting off. And you know she thought she looked cute!

Yes even we are allowed our fashion faux pas. God knows I have probably offended someone's eyes by something I shouldn't be wearing. But for God's sake there has to be something between dressing like your 12 and dressing like a little old lady. At the very least don't mix the two styles. Just say no to orthopedic sandals with a peek a boo shirt! And toss any magazine that tries to tell you how to dress solely based on age. We managed to get this far so lets do it with a little flare!