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Age-Appropriate Casual Chic for the Silver Hair Set: How To Shop To Master An Ageless Stylish Wardrobe

Sometimes age-appropriate casual chic can be a tough call to shop for… a FocusOnStyle reader shares how to work around it…

 Thanks for the article/photos on Susan Sarandon. Any advice for a retired 60 year-old female graphic artist, (60)? I like to be somewhat trendy/edgy while still being age appropriate and doing it on a budget.

I’ve begun a capsule of sorts (turquoise, charcoal and some violet), and

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Can A Midi Dress Look Chic & Not Matronly? Yes, Look At Gwyneth Paltrow

I’ll Have What She’s Having: An elegant midi dress that doesn’t scream old lady frumpy AND you can wear it to work!

Here’s some stylist advice on how to make a forever-chic statement like actress Gwyneth Paltrow in a knee-length number and not look matronly.

Turning head’s for over a decade with her innate sense of style that remains forever-chic, actress Gwyneth Paltrow‘s recent appearance in

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Baby Got Back(less)- Mules are Back! How to Wear Them

Slides, mules, clogs-that oh so familiar clank-clank sound of backless shoes, have once again come around the fashion merry-go-round and are on every must-have ’IT’ list for spring. Are you ready?

No, its NOT the slippery slides that the khaki-clad capri pant crowd refuse to give up. These mules stand tall, strong and have an architectural point of view.

Sure, tracing the backless shoe since their sensual beginings as the footwear of

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French Chic at a Certain Age: Man-Tailored Jackets in the way Ines de la Fressange works them

Master this style: How to pull off classic man-tailored  jacket like Ines de la Fressange’s tuxedo and school boy looks

>> Day  Three of the three-part FoS series Ageless, Age-Appropriate French Chic At A Certain Age

Wearing a jacket can get a bit tricky. If you’re busty, you end up looking boxy (wear it open). If the jacket is too conservative, you just added 10 years

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Stylist Advice: It’s not style but some fugly fashion fad; don’t succumb

What Not To Wear | Spring Fugly Fashion Don’ts

There will probably be someone who doesn’t like this. That’s ok.

I was looking through a spring lookbook for a celebutard turned designer, who will remain nameless, and each outfit pictured was kowtowing to some amped up commercial fashion fad trend, that probably should never have taken off in the first place. But there ya go, a pseudo celeb

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Stylist Advice- Naomi Campbell masters wearing brown and black Roberto Cavalli, here’s how

I’ll Have What She’s Having: Old school rule breaking that keeps you looking all the more chic…

As this crazy mild winter transitions towards spring, we are not quite ready to don the brights yet are still not wanting to be buried in heavy hues… unless artfully combined, that is.

Let’s start with a simple disclaimer: There are FEW woman who can wear a skirt as

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Celebrity Watch- Alicia Keys Shows You How To Pull Off a Leather Skirt with Class

I’ll Have What She’s Having: A flattering leather skirt that is both chic and modern.

Leather skirts can look tacky, we know. Particularly when you are not a rail thin beanpole but a lady with some gorgeous womanly curves.

But, if you wear leather right, wow…

MORE: I’ll Have What She’s Having

By pairing a demure silk blouse in an elegant jewel tone, songstress Alicia Keys managed to

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Tuxedo Tips- Guys, here’s the ONE time you can all look (sort of) like George Clooney!

Men’s Style Advice: Can I ditch the cummerbund and pleated tuxedo shirt and go more modern? 

Dear Sharon: I saw your site “Focus on Style,” I’m not sure if you answer men’s questions but here goes. I have a standard, two-button, notch lapel black tuxedo that I wear to weddings (I’m 27 so I go to at least one wedding a month these days) with an

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Stylist Advice- Sheer or Opaque, what type of pantyhose to wear with what?

 I have a draw full of black pantyhose- sheer, opaque, very opaque, and a few textured (hate them as I think they make my legs look fat). The thing, is that I never know what kind of pantyhose to wear with what kind of outfit.

Is there any guide as to understand when it is better to wear sheer opaque over heavy tights? (via Fashion Advice)

 There’s no doubt

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How to wear a floppy wide brim hat and not look like a pimp

Statement making BoHo wide brim hats have continued to be a major fashionista statement this season.

It’s a fashion trend that’s just as tricky to pull off as the other biggie, faux fur vests, and can have as many, if not more, catastrophic style results. Not worn the right way, what is meant to look dramatic and chic ends up looking like the wearer is

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