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“I hate the old little girls,” said Coco Chanel about women over 30 wearing miniskirts. “After forty, women used to exchange youth for poise and allure, an evolution that left them undamaged. Nowadays, they compete with young girls using weapons that are absurd.”
There is a certain confusion about style of a woman over forty, and there are several reasons for that. On the one hand, the numerical age means less and less nowadays. Most of women of the certain age would admit that they feel more self-confident, more at ease, more unique when they reach their forties. On the other hand, many women of this age would complain that they feel stuck in their style choices and simply do not know what they should be wearing any more.
Youth obsession in the fashion design and images in the magazines and television also play their role in this confusion.
Forties is the time to take a new approach to style for the decades to come. Here are some tips from the famous women style icons to help you manage your style evolution.
Coco Chanel
Tip # 1. Go for the timeless simplicity. Tailoring, the line, the shoulders are more important than ever before. Choose for the style that makes you feel secure and flatter you. Play with accessories to achieve a smart look. Avoid being too done-up.
Tip # 2. The carriage and the ability to walk exquisitely matter more than a face. According to Chanel, the most important part of a dress is in the shoulders. Holding your head up, shoulders up and back is also known to help us loose 5 pounds almost instantly. Give it a try.
Audrey Hepburn
Tip # 1. “You have to look at yourself objectively. Analyze yourself like an instrument. You have to be absolutely frank with yourself. Face your handicaps, don’t try to hide them. Instead, develop something else, ” taught Audrey Hepburn her fans. The actress, who never thought she was pretty, had learned to make her beauty choices in such a smart manner that it made her the style icon for several generations.
Tip # 2. Dress well on every occasion and without it, even if you stay home or work from home. Stage your life.
Sophia Loren
“Never judge yourself by other people’s standards.” Boldly believe in yourself and that “irregularities” of your face or figure put together somehow work best for you.
This post was written by Tatiana de Groot. Tatiana de Groot is the owner of the website http://www.famous-women-and-beauty.com. She lives in Antwerp, Belgium with her husband and their 9 years old son.