It seems like everyone I've ever met figures that a woman like myself who is otherwise successful should be similarly endowed with good fashion sense, but the truth is, I many of us long for someone to give us fashion help. And there was me, over forty and still fretting over every single clothing purchase, unsure what would allow me to look good, and worrying more and more each day about whether or not I had any fashion sense at all.
I would find myself standing in department stores and occasionally buying things from trendy boutiques, hoping that the salesgirl or whoever was in charge of buying clothes for the store would have good enough fashion instincts that whatever I chose would make me look presentable. This worked sometimes, as every once in a while I would get a compliment from friends or coworkers about an article of clothing that was approving.
For the most part, though, I just staggered through life, wishing for fashion help and not finding it, even from friends who I knew had a good sense of fashion as they would just shrug and tell me that what worked for them wouldn't work for me. Eventually, everything changed one day when I was posting about this problem on an Internet message board and someone responded with a link to a most instructive website.
I clicked on the link and spent a good deal of time reading some of the information that was available, which included not only the aforementioned fashion tips, but also some information about how to feel beautiful instead of just seeking to improve one's appearance. The most significant information that I found, however, was information about styles for women over 40, which is what I had been looking for throughout my entire life.
I thoroughly read every single word in this particular part of the website and eventually, I had it pretty much memorized and felt like I could do something with it. Once I felt like I was ready, I drove down to the clothing store that I had felt the most daunted by in order to put my exciting new philosophy to the test in a real world situation and buy myself some clothes. As it turned out, reading and understanding this fashion advice was extremely helpful since I started to see outfits that fit together and ways that I could become a very stylish figure without resorting to relying on the people who worked in a store.
I would find myself standing in department stores and occasionally buying things from trendy boutiques, hoping that the salesgirl or whoever was in charge of buying clothes for the store would have good enough fashion instincts that whatever I chose would make me look presentable. This worked sometimes, as every once in a while I would get a compliment from friends or coworkers about an article of clothing that was approving.
For the most part, though, I just staggered through life, wishing for fashion help and not finding it, even from friends who I knew had a good sense of fashion as they would just shrug and tell me that what worked for them wouldn't work for me. Eventually, everything changed one day when I was posting about this problem on an Internet message board and someone responded with a link to a most instructive website.
I clicked on the link and spent a good deal of time reading some of the information that was available, which included not only the aforementioned fashion tips, but also some information about how to feel beautiful instead of just seeking to improve one's appearance. The most significant information that I found, however, was information about styles for women over 40, which is what I had been looking for throughout my entire life.
I thoroughly read every single word in this particular part of the website and eventually, I had it pretty much memorized and felt like I could do something with it. Once I felt like I was ready, I drove down to the clothing store that I had felt the most daunted by in order to put my exciting new philosophy to the test in a real world situation and buy myself some clothes. As it turned out, reading and understanding this fashion advice was extremely helpful since I started to see outfits that fit together and ways that I could become a very stylish figure without resorting to relying on the people who worked in a store.
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