What Not To Wear

The Today Show has a series going about living a great life when you’re 50 plus. Yesterday, Clinton, from “What Not To Wear” appeared to give his take on what we should all be wearing. Avoid the dreaded word “matronly,” he said, and be careful with trends. While it’s okay to be fashionable, don’t try to be trendy from head to toe.

I agreed with much of what he said – be careful about showing too much cleavage, watch the skirt length and please stay away from Christmas sweaters. (Mama, are you listening?) But I’ll have to say I wasn’t crazy about the outfits he put the over 50 models in. They just weren’t that great. Actually, they were kind of fade into the wall dull. However, I did like what one of the models said. Clinton chastised her for being too “matchy-matchy.” She agreed, and said with her new look, she was instead “coordinated.”

National Makeover Month

Wow! The popular website, iVillage, has declared September to be National Makeover Month. I wonder if they did this for me. Ha!

Probably not. But it looks like they have some great information on makeup, exercise and wardrobe. You can get information on hair styles and color, what’s trendy this fall in fashion and the makeup items that are must haves for your beauty bag.

Of course, I’m wanting my makeover – my reinvention – to go a lot further than what’s on the outside, but this is certainly a great start. There’s nothing to ramp up your confidence level like knowing you look absolutely great, whether you’re 15 or 50.