Wear lots of tight pants and teeter around in high heels
I have had the luxury of being able to start over with ALL my clothes, thank you bariatric surgery. So, not being in touch with what to wear and how to wear it due to total indifference as none of them fit me before, I've been reading a bunch of fashion blogs in the run up to my trip to London and Paris.
My work day clothes are very simple. Washable dress pants - grey, a long sleeved t-shirt and a polar fleece vest (for the pockets- watch, pens etc). I refuse to wear tops like this. All I can think of when I see these is kids bedroom wallpaper. The average age of my patients is about 70. Even my younger patients don't need me to come into their home looking like I escaped the loony bin.
So, back to my plain wardrobe. I have been shopping at thrift stores and the odd big-box store. Something about this trip has made me want to look smart. I envy my flisters who aren't nurses, those who have jobs were you can wear nice clothes every day. It probably is a pain in real life. But sensible flat shoes and blah are what I want a break from.
I have pulled together a nice 'capsule wardrobe'. But that's not what I'm writing about today. I came across this blog. Somehow I clicked on this post and found some words that resonate, not all of them- there are some ageist remarks here, but I plan to use what fits for me. I'm 58 this year and the more I think about this the more I want to shake things up a bit. Too many of my pre-50 years were spent being sensible and doing good things for others. I may end up looking like an eccentric, but as long as I enjoy myself. Not sure how far I will go with it, but I'm going to try. Will do my best to avoid the mutton dressed as lamb thing, but I'm not going to start wearing polyester elastic waist pants and flowery tops either.
"5. Wear lots of tight pants and teeter around in high heels. Do it now. Go to bars full of people and dance where everyone can see you. Later in life you either will think it’s a really stupid idea and not worth the discomfort and so will have missed your chance, or you will regret not doing it and you will have to try it and you will wander around looking like you don’t know you are 50. You don’t want to wander around looking like you haven’t figured out your age. If you want to look like you like being 50, and think it’s fierce, all the better. But clueless is rarely a good look.
7. Travel. See the world. Do whatever it takes to realize that there is no one way to do anything. That the question of absolute moral right is a tough one for which many have died unnecessarily. Open your mouth a lot. This will mean you eat many foods, kiss a lot of men, take deep breaths and say what you want to say. And it will means that by 50 you will be spared the closed lip look of a woman who doesn’t like what she sees. Avoid pursed lips.
You don’t want to show up at 50 with regrets." (in my case 60)
My work day clothes are very simple. Washable dress pants - grey, a long sleeved t-shirt and a polar fleece vest (for the pockets- watch, pens etc). I refuse to wear tops like this. All I can think of when I see these is kids bedroom wallpaper. The average age of my patients is about 70. Even my younger patients don't need me to come into their home looking like I escaped the loony bin.
So, back to my plain wardrobe. I have been shopping at thrift stores and the odd big-box store. Something about this trip has made me want to look smart. I envy my flisters who aren't nurses, those who have jobs were you can wear nice clothes every day. It probably is a pain in real life. But sensible flat shoes and blah are what I want a break from.
I have pulled together a nice 'capsule wardrobe'. But that's not what I'm writing about today. I came across this blog. Somehow I clicked on this post and found some words that resonate, not all of them- there are some ageist remarks here, but I plan to use what fits for me. I'm 58 this year and the more I think about this the more I want to shake things up a bit. Too many of my pre-50 years were spent being sensible and doing good things for others. I may end up looking like an eccentric, but as long as I enjoy myself. Not sure how far I will go with it, but I'm going to try. Will do my best to avoid the mutton dressed as lamb thing, but I'm not going to start wearing polyester elastic waist pants and flowery tops either.
"5. Wear lots of tight pants and teeter around in high heels. Do it now. Go to bars full of people and dance where everyone can see you. Later in life you either will think it’s a really stupid idea and not worth the discomfort and so will have missed your chance, or you will regret not doing it and you will have to try it and you will wander around looking like you don’t know you are 50. You don’t want to wander around looking like you haven’t figured out your age. If you want to look like you like being 50, and think it’s fierce, all the better. But clueless is rarely a good look.
7. Travel. See the world. Do whatever it takes to realize that there is no one way to do anything. That the question of absolute moral right is a tough one for which many have died unnecessarily. Open your mouth a lot. This will mean you eat many foods, kiss a lot of men, take deep breaths and say what you want to say. And it will means that by 50 you will be spared the closed lip look of a woman who doesn’t like what she sees. Avoid pursed lips.
You don’t want to show up at 50 with regrets." (in my case 60)