You may need to sit down for this. It’s official, though, skinny jeans are out. That’s right! If you wear skinny jeans these days, just admit it, you’re old and tragically unhip. This would seem like a minor blip on the fashion radar, but it is causing many Millennials to lash out. They are visibly […]
Aging GenXer
Gray AF
I’m a BIG advocate for letting your hair go gray. BUT only if it feels okay for you. We should all do our OWN things. I’ve written several columns on the subject. I’ve also compiled a great board on Pinterest if you need some inspiration. Scared to Go Gray Embracing Gray Hair Gray Inspo on […]
Time to Embrace Gray Hair
In August, the women’s fashion magazine, Allure, vowed to stop using the word anti-aging. The magazine’s editors declared that words matter and that the term anti-aging when it comes to fashion, beauty, or hair, leads to the idea that ageism, as a prejudice, is okay. “Whether we know it or not, we’re subtly reinforcing the message that […]
Scared to Go Gray
I don’t know a basic fact about myself. I know my blood type and parentage, what I don’t know, really know, is the color of my hair. I know what color it used to be. A dark blonde. It’s been super blonde for a really long time. In the 1980s, I discovered Sun-In before my […]
Soiree Needed for No Longer Blushing Brides
I recently attended a truly lovely wedding shower. I was seated next to a woman who is, like me, firmly in the mother-of-the-bride demographic. While watching the bride open gifts, I realized there should be a second wave of showering. The most recent showering either of us had was in the early 1990s. While marveling […]