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Fashion Advice for Women:
Reviews of Books & Television

Fashion advice for women is everywhere.

Television, magazines, and books offer bountiful opinions on how to dress.

Very little fashion news is aimed at the over-50 female.

The most inspiring fashion advice for women is the example set by Delores De Vega, 72, for her enthusiastic competition against women half her age for a $100K and a modeling contract on She's Got the Look in 2009.

Among her inspiring words in an exit interview was for society's seniors to pursue dreams that we may have given up earlier in our lives.

Books are a fabulous source of fashion advice for women, as well as inspiration.

Broaden your horizons.

Due to copyright restrictions, many of the best fashion photos are not available online. Your local library probably has many books with fashion advice for women for you to browse.

Educate Your Fashion and Style Sense at Your Local Library

Fashion guides cover the fundamentals of dressing for color, body type, and wardrobe planning. Branch out to read about how dynamic and creative women create their own fashion looks.

  • Well-dressed famous women, such as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Audrey Hepburn, had more to offer the world than a a closet full of designer clothes.

  • Fashion editors, such as Diana Vreeland, invent fashion statements. Be inspired, and invent your own.

  • Collections of the work of famous fashion photographers, such as Richard Avedon, can be pricey. These, too, may be found in libraries. Most have Interlibrary Loan services. If what you want isn't at your local branch, ask.

  • Artists, writers, and designers often have well-developed and unique fashion tastes. Study not only their photos but their philosophy to become a style leader, instead of a follower.
These links review sources to spark your ideas about how to dress to achieve your Fashion After 50 style. These links include life advice as well as fashion advice for women.

Please scroll down to see a list of reviews for books, magazines, television and film about fashion and style of interest to women of a certain age.

Some Sources for You

Diana Vreeland was a fashion force unto herself as editor of Vogue. She emphasized drama, details, and developing unique style.

Her autobiography, C.V. is a galloping romp through several decades of history and fashion.

Bringing fashion into the contemporary era, Eccentric Glamour by Simon Doonan is witty and fun to read. Doonan is Barney's of New York stylist and a frequent television fashion commentator.

An essential read is Tim Gunn's Guide to Style by a man who is a candidate for nicest guy in the fashion world.

If you like your fashion advice with a dose of social history, Pants by Laurence Benaim shows how the battle of who wears the trousers in the family reflects the struggle for women's rights. This lavishly illustrated coffee-table tome is now rather expensive but may be available through your inter-library loan service.

Creativity Flows When We Express Our Wild Inner Selves

Fashion advice for women -- especially women of a certain age -- starts with self-understanding. Clarissa Pinkola Estes' Women Who Run with the Wolves has motivated me and many other women to recover our creative selves.

Fashion can be an artful practice. My review of Women Who Run with the Wolves includes links to my first blog, Just an Ordinary Gal Doing Ordinary Things where I review print and audio books about Jungian archetypes and creative aging.


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