It seems the older I get, the less flattering they look. I don’t like the way they cut me across the midsection and emphasize that my waist isn’t as whittled as it once was. For me, dresses are just easier. In addition to finding them more flattering, figuring out which top to wear with a skirt can add an additional step that can be avoided when wearing dresses. But it is nice to change things up and to find skirts that actually work. I have also observed that when skirts are popular dresses take a backseat and vice versa. We have definitely been in a dress cycle for some time now and nothing all that new was happening with skirts....
It seems the older I get, the less flattering they look. I don’t like the way they cut me across the midsection and emphasize that my waist isn’t as whittled as it once was. For me, dresses are just easier. In addition to finding them more flattering, figuring out which top to wear with a skirt can add an additional step that can be avoided when wearing dresses. But it is nice to change things up and to find skirts that actually work. I have also observed that when skirts are popular dresses take a backseat and vice versa. We have definitely been in a dress cycle for some time now and nothing all that new was happening with skirts....
While I don’t believe the idea that there are must-haves that every woman should own, over the years, I have amassed a list of certain tricks that make getting dressed easier and make me appear like some sort of styling genius when in reality it’s the versatility of these items that do the work. In the past, I have spoken about the versatility of yellow shoes, nude shoes (the wearer’s nude), tan handbags, to go green when in doubt, how most neutrals can be utilized as versatilely as black, and how two-color prints when one of those colors is white or ivory can be treated as a solid. Women remark, “wow that’s a really interesting outfit,” when in actuality, it’s...
