Fashion Flash!

This week Jackie from Aging Backwards is hosting Fashion Flash! Our over 40 bloggers have lots of great info for you. Read on for ways to banish brown spots, tips for wearing colored jeans when you’re over 40, New York Fashion Week round-up (including a cat on the catwalk!) and more.

7 Top Fashion Trends for Fall!

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  Just because we’re over 40 doesn’t mean we can embrace the fun trends of the season. In moderation these trends can flatter over 40 figures and add some zest to your fall/winter wardrobe! #1 Mix it up with Leather! Leather is back in a big way but tempered by mixing it up with other fabrics. [...]

Fall Fashion – Emilie Handebags

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This is a sponsored post by SheSpeaks/ Emilie M. Not only am I am makeup addict, but my entire life I have been a bit interested obsessed with fashion as well. You beauties have been telling me you’d like to see some fashion on the blog, so here you go!  I especially like experimenting with accessories–it’s the [...]

Fashion Friday – Spring Fashion: How to Save on Seven Trends

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Spring has finally arrived (in some parts of the contry) , creating the desire to overhaul our wardrobes with the latest looks. Sadly, most of us don’t have celebrity-sized bank accounts to accompany our star-worthy fashion sense. But that doesn’t mean we have to miss out on the latest trends. Consider the following ways to [...]

Fashion Feature – Reef Bella Costas Collection

I remember years on a trip to Hawaii  my daughter and my husband were on a quest to find Reef sandlas. They both loved the comfort and style so much that  they had worn their current ones to shreds.  Lucklily the Ala Moana Mall had a Reef store or I swear we would have been island [...]

Angelina Jolie Sans Makeup for Louis Vuitton?

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As reported by Women’s Wear Daily, Angelina Jolie is purportedly wearing her own clothes and sans makeup for the new Louis Vuitton “Core Values” campagain. The stunning photo of Jolie sitting on a wooden boat in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, was taken by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz. That’s a Louis Vuitton  Alto bag slung over Jolie’s [...]

Skintimate Fashion Designer Contest

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Ever wanted to be a fashion designer? I did after my modeling stint–the problem was I can’t draw (what’s three dimensional?) and I’m a lousy seamstress. I once made an entire jumpsuit with two left sides–no lie! I had to go back to the fabric store so many times, I ended up buying the whole [...]

Revlon & Oscar de la Renta-Hot Off the Runway!

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Um, yeah I don’t think I’ll be sporting this look any time soon. I haven’t done any posts on New York Fashion Week simply because most of the looks do not translate well to us over 40 women.  When I found out that Revlon’s Global Artistic Director, Gucci Westman was creating the look for the Oscar de la [...]