| As you make your way past your forties and | | | | Accessories offer a great way to add a little |
| into your fifties, you may feel the need to do a | | | | trend to your wardrobe without looking like your |
| wardrobe overhaul. Clothing that would have | | | | trying to look like you shop in the juniors |
| looked great in your thirties no longer holds the | | | | department. They also have the ability to draw |
| same magical qualities. Many women fear that | | | | attention from areas that you find less than |
| becoming fifty means getting rid of fashion and | | | | desirable. |
| fun for some elastic pants and bulky sweaters. | | | | Take advantage of accessories that lend them |
| Don't surrender your fashion sense yet. You can | | | | self to trends without being to |
| still look great and age appropriate with these tips. | | | | "trendy."Accessorizing is a great way to stay |
| Use Caution with Trends and Fads: | | | | moderately trendy without looking like your trying |
| The super trendy clothes are often best saved | | | | to be twenty again. For example, belts are really |
| for "twenty somethings" who are still | | | | big this season and are a great way to |
| experimenting with their style. Women in their | | | | experiment with what's popular but keep it age |
| fifties, who aren't quite ready to surrender their | | | | appropriate. |
| fashion sense yet (And you shouldn't be!), often | | | | The key to accessorizing is finding a happy |
| make the mistake of assuming dressing young will | | | | medium. Look in the mirror and study your outfit. |
| keep you looking young. In actuality, shopping in | | | | If you are wearing a plain v-neck top that leaves |
| the juniors department well into your fifties can | | | | your neck looking a bit bare, wear a necklace. If |
| work against your age. | | | | the neckline of your shirt is a bit complicated or |
| Don't shopping in the ultra trendy juniors section. | | | | decked out with sequence and other |
| Clothes in the juniors section are made for girls | | | | embellishments, you may want to choose a nice |
| with a completely different body type. Even if | | | | bracelet and a pair of earrings instead. Likewise, if |
| you're in tip top shape, your body isn't the same | | | | you're wearing an extremely detailed necklace, |
| as it was when you were twenty. | | | | you may want to stay away from long and |
| Just because you should stay away from some | | | | dangling earrings. |
| trends doesn't mean you can't cash in on what's | | | | Use accessories such as long necklaces that fall |
| hot this season. Most women's clothing stores or | | | | just about your chest to draw attention away |
| department will have a section dedicated to age | | | | from any wrinkles or excess skin in your neck. |
| appropriate trends. If you see a style in the | | | | Be Skin Savvy: |
| juniors that you really like, then see if there is | | | | Unfortunately, the amount of skin that is |
| something similar in the section just for you. | | | | acceptable to show decreases as your age |
| Accessories are a great way to stay fashionable | | | | increases. In your forties and fifties, it's no longer |
| without looking like your trying too hard. For | | | | appropriate to wear shirt that show extreme |
| example, belts and tights are big this year. You | | | | amounts of cleavage or miniskirts that leave little |
| can still take advantage of these trends in | | | | to be imagined. Even if you have the perfect |
| moderation. | | | | body, there is just a societal agreement that |
| Buy Clothes that Fit: | | | | seems to say that the more mature you are the |
| Many women in their fifties make the mistake of | | | | more sophisticated your expected to be. |
| trying to cover up their body. Your body is a | | | | When choosing skirts, it's a good idea to stay with |
| testament to the path you've traveled for forty | | | | length that fall no shorter than an inch or two |
| or fifty years, the last thing you want to do is | | | | above the knee. When choosing skirts that have |
| wear over sized and frumpy clothes. | | | | slits up the sides, find something that doesn't go |
| Stay away from over sized clothing. Over sized | | | | more than two or three inches up your thigh. |
| clothing meant to cover child bearing tummies or | | | | Practice common sense when choosing shirts. You |
| a few wrinkles in the neck area often draw | | | | don't need to replenish your closet with turtle |
| attention to the wrong places, make you appear | | | | necks but you should stay away from shirts that |
| less confident in your body, and ultimately work | | | | leave little to the imagination. When buying shirts, |
| against you. | | | | you may want to consider matching low plunging |
| Be proud of who you are and by clothing that fits. | | | | v-neck shirts with fun and flirty camisoles. This |
| While I'm not suggesting you shop in the petite | | | | pairing keeps you fashionable yet sophisticated. A |
| section if you're an average sized woman, I am | | | | good way to decide if a shirt's neckline is to |
| suggesting you buy clothing that hugs you wear it | | | | revealing is to look down. If you can see down |
| should and leaves a little room where you need it. | | | | your shirt easily chances are a taller college will be |
| Accessorize with Awareness: | | | | able to do say just as easily. |