STYLE - JUST WHAT IS IT, AND HOW CAN WE HAVE IT OR GET IT?

According to my Dictionary, Style or Stylish means:  distinction; conforming to fashionable standard of dress.

We already know we are women of distinction (RoseMary’s already said so in her book of the same name!).  

Well, I guess that’s a start.  So where to now.   How to gain “style”?   

It’s quite simple really - find what suits you and then experiment.  

Begin with clothes.   Take the following list and use them to compile a list of items that may appeal to you.  That will give you the basis on which to work to not only discover but to add to your knowledge of a wardrobe that is simply YOU.

• Colours, 
• designs, 
• fads, trends, 
• classic
• conservative; 
• casual; 
• flambouyant;
• plain.  
• florals, 
• pastels, 
• stripes (for my lovely American friends, perhaps even the “stars and stripes”?)
• diagonal designs
• spots  
• cottons,
• linens,
• peach-skin 
• corduroys, 
• velvets, 
• silks, 
• chiffons,
• satins.  
• laces. 
• frills,
• flounces.  
• crew necks, 
• round necks, 
• square necks, 
• v necks.
• cowl necklines
• halter neck
• off the shoulder
• strapless
• backless
• skirts
• dresses
• slacks
• jeans.

Should I keep going?  Perhaps not, for amongst all these items there has to be something that suggests itself to your code of dress.  Something that takes your eye and that you can imagine you’re wearing.   Let your imagination soar, don’t waste precious time.

For it doesn’t matter how old or how young you are, you can still dress in style.  More importantly you can discover your own “style”.   Cultivate your thoughts along the lines of what you like, and what you see in the mirror.    

Now my girl-friend Jill loves dressing up.  even on a freezing Winter’s day, she turns up looking like the Snow Queen.    

Me, well I just turned out my wardrobe and found a lovely purple heavy-knit sweater.  I love the colour.  See if you agree.

So where do you sit in all of this?   Write and let me know how being a “Silver Generation” girl allows you to continually experiment with clothes - styles and designs - and colours. 

For those of us who ARE the Silver Generation, this is NOT the time to sit in a corner and wish we'd been more adventurous in our dress code.   This is the time to kick up our heels and do what we want, how we want, when we want and where we want.  

Don’t let anyone tell us to "behave";  this is OUR time, so let’s enjoy it!