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  • How To Feed A Shoe Fetish: Personal Style Advice
  • Tips on navigating any SUPER-Sale but especially the annual L & T Summer Shoe Sale.
  • Seasonless Style: 6 Things To Buy Now & Wear All Year2
  • Summer Sales can be goldmines. What to shop for now that you can wear all year long.
  • Don't Sweat it: Style For Hot Summer Days
  • Don't let the summer heat melt your sense of style.
  • Favorite Faces of 60s Fashion: Where Are They Now?
  • Beauties sometimes really DO get better with age.
  • The First 5 Stand-out Fall Trends
  • A first look at what we'll be seeing for Fall 2011.
  • Fall 2011 Color Update
  • It'll be easy to stand out in a crowd with the brilliant colors set to rock Fall 2011.
  • The Only 6 things You Need For A Summer Party
  • Just gather a little vino, the right sustenance, a great attitude and a rockin' list of songs: and you'll have what it takes for a great summer party.
  • What to Wear Now? A Dress!
  • One garment, instant style. It's easy with the right dresses.
  • Style over 40: Makeup Trends & Tips
  • Here’s what the Fall 2011 face looks like and some suggested DOs and DON’Ts.
  • Style Over 50 :What's Sexy Now
  • Beauty is a great attention grabber, but sexy is a whole other ball game. Physical appearance and sexiness are not always part of the same package. Here’s what’s sexy now.
  • 2011 Shameless Weenie Awards
  • We’re always surprised when what turns out to be the truth is at odds with what we’ve observed. Here are the winners of the 2011 Shameful Weenie Awards.
  • Feng Shui Your Wardrobe:Upgrade Your Style
  • By Ann Bingley Gallops
  • How to Wear Sheer: It’s What’s Inside That Counts
  • How to wear sheer tops and tunics. What to buy and wear for summer 2011.
  • To Find the Perfect Date, Be the Perfect Date
  • Brandon is a courtship consultant, which is definitely a figment of another generation (not ours). He generously agreed to write a post for us on how to approach dating at mid-life.
    5 Things to Consider Before Hitting the Dating Pool
  • No More Orange Brides or Self-Tanning Nightmares
  • A friend, who works in customer service at a big cosmetics company, said they refer to spring as “orange bride season.” That’s a testament to the fact that it usually takes some experimenting to find the right self-tanner.
  • Ageless Style in the Sun
  • Bathing Suits for Women Over 40: What to Wear to the Beach
  • Mysteries & Secrets
  • It’s hard to retain a little mystery when you really have big secrets to hide and the exposure can have huge consequences for you and people who trust you.
  • Wardrobe Fitness: A Good Tailor Can Create Miracles
  • Finding “your” tailor is much harder than finding “a” tailor. You’re looking for a person to help your create your look.
  • Hands on Beauty
  • For the hardest working hands in town, the beauty part is harder yet. by Ellen Stern and Nancy Weber
  • Summer Style Trend Book: What to Wear NOW!
  • What’ HOT now, besides the summer sun? Flashionista’s NEW Summer 2011 Trend Ebook! We take a look at what’s happening in the stores and on the street and put together a focused look at what to wear now.
  • How to Conceal Reveal Find Flaunt & Fix Your True Beauty
  • According to Susie Galvez, in most cases, a tweak here and there is all it takes to get your makeup updated to a face that flatters your beauty now.
  • What to Wear to Bed Besides a Smile
  • Anti-aging remedies while we sleep.
  • Royal Wedding Watch: Where to get the Best Scoop
  • In spite of the leak-proof PR machine, we're still tuned in to all the media speculation. In all of our trolling for scoops we've come up with a few of the best wedding watch sites.
  • It's Earth Day: Meet Me in the Breathing Room
  • Why didn't anyone think of this before? It's a brilliant breath of fresh air and ingenuity.
  • Fashion Over 50: How to Wear White
  • When the temperature rises, white can at least keep you looking cool. Here are 10 tricks on how to wear white flawlessly.
  • Advanced Style
  • It’s hard to find Style Blogs that feature anything but endless images of youthful poseurs. Style doesn’t become interesting until it takes on a patina that only age, experience and confidence can give it.
  • The Shirtdress is Back: How to Wear One Now
  • In fashion, what goes around comes around, and so it is with the shirt dress. Suddenly, these classics look like just the update our spring wardrobes need.
  • The 6 Things That Most Influence Your Style
  • Susie Galvez and Mary Foley invited me to discuss some of the most important things we can do to tweak our style from the neck down on their radio show Girlfriend We Gotta Talk.
  • My One Month Mission Plan to Stay Motivated
  • Thanks Oprah, Tony (Robbins), and Norman (Vincent Peale), for all the positive forward movement you’ve created. I appreciate all your super-charged sunshine, and the thousands of disciples you spawned who are always ready to get me pumped up.
  • Tips to Live & Learn From Liz
  • Learning From the legend who lived the LARGEST.
  • Start Your Reinvention Here
  • Reinvention is the mantra of our demographic. It seems that mid-life has made us more interested in creating a higher level of satisfaction in our lives.
  • Stolen Moments Can Boost Your Brain
  • Creating a total-brain-friendly lifestyle overhaul would be a major project for most of us, but carving out a few minutes for a quick brain boost shouldn’t be so hard.
  • Over 40 Style Guide: Spring Shoe Review
  • Some of the best shoe styles of the season are flat, and the very newest heights are kitten heels which are 1.5 to 2 inches high. Comfort is no longer an excuse.
  • Lesson on Success From Coco Chanel
  • The woman who created the empire that bears her name would be smugly approving that 40 years after her death, she’s still one of the most recognized names in fashion.
  • Look Better in Photos
  • If you don’t have access to armies of pros to get you ready for your close-up, these are a few tricks you can use.
  • Awkward Oscar Moments
  • If you think of Hollywood as a red Ferrari and youth as a powerful fuel, it’s easy to imagine how an industry can be voraciously dependent on what’s younger, newer, and prettier.
  • The Skinny on Wide Leg Pants
  • What you need to know about wide leg and high(er) waist pants.
  • Waist Management: 10 No Bloat Tips
  • In the hours between getting up and going to bed, the belly can undergo waist altering machinations. The pants that zipped easily in the morning are putting painful strain on our tummies by midday.
  • Women of (Fashion) Influence
  • It crossed our minds last week as we put together our coverage of Fashion Week’s emerging trend (the menswear influence), that the designers being lauded most of the time seem to be men.
  • Interpreting Fashion Week and Reality Dressing
  • Through Fashion Week, we can experience spectacular theater, outsize characters, and the drama of how fashion is conceived and imagined at its most creative level.
  • How to Wear Bold Color: The Hi & Low on Red & Turq.
  • Just because mortgages and tuition don’t go on sale, doesn’t mean you can’t have your cake and eat it too.
  • Valentine's Day Style
  • Let’s be honest. By the time we’ve celebrated 40 or 50 Valentine’s Days, we’re over flowers, we don’t need candy, and our lingerie tends more toward function than form.
  • Sex For Grownups: An Interview
  • Dr Lynn is the author of Sex For Grownups and a well-known expert in the field of sex after 50. We spoke to her recently.
  • Fashion & Style: What's New for Spring 2011
  • Of all the fashion and style we’ve worn, we most regret the big hair, huge shoulders, and Flashdance dressing in the 80s. Give us the 70s any day.
  • Jewels For a Steal
  • We pulled together some very current high-end jewelry looks and put them beside a range of affordable lookalikes. In other words, enjoy this but buy that.
  • Personal Style: Spring Color Bulletin
  • The ink isn’t even dry on the first draft of our Spring 2011 Trends Report, and already there’s one standout trend. Dazzling Day-Glo color.
  • Style Strategy: Dos & Don'ts at the Golden Globes
  • The Do-List: Ladies & Looks We Love. And the One's We Don't.
  • Style EBook
  • Surprise! Our Style Ebook is here. It’s free and full of the best style tips from the last 12 months of Flashionista.
  • Winter Wardrobe Updates
  • Not even a month into winter and already buried in snow, robbed of sunlight, and facing more long months of cold and dark.
  • What to Eat for Beauty, Brains, Health & Longevity
  • Food is under-appreciated as miracle medicine and beauty elixir. Here are 9 favorites from our updated list of 2011 Superfoods.
  • 2010 Fashion Inspirations Embarrassments & Curiosities
  • Some want to be noticed without being seen. Some want to be noticed and seen. Others want to be on stage 24/7. While some truly fascinate us, we wish others would grow up or go away or both.
  • New Years Resolutions: Make Them Stick
  • What Makes Them Stick? Our tendency is to start the New Year with a list of resolutions and gung-ho motivation.
  • Ohm For the Holidays
  • When holiday stress has us in danger of losing we can just remind ourselves that making the holidays merry is NOT solely our responsibility. If we’re going to spread any joy at all we need to remain grounded and in control.
  • Brain Fitness: Show & Tell
  • We know a hundred times more about the brain today than we did even 10 years ago. And at the rate research is going, we’ll know 100 times more than that in half as much time.
  • Harmonious Style: Happy Holidays
  • Feng Shui is more than local wisdom, it’s universal common sense. Every culture employs systems of thoughtful organization of their living environment because that environment is closely linked with quality of life.
  • Holiday Gifts With Style & Soul
  • The holidays put us into such a spin we’re apt to buy anything just to facilitate crossing someone off our list. But gifts should have thought behind them.
  • A Party Princess In a Flash
  • Every women who gives a darn needs to be able to pull a “cat suit” out of her closet at a moment’s notice. That’s your basis for building a stylish party look.
  • Sweets with Style
  • Holiday Resolution #1 : We’re done eating stale cookies and dried out cake from the supermarket. From now on, every sweet that passes our lips has to be exceptional.
  • Curb Overeating: A Thanksgiving Meal Plan
  • Eat whatever you want on Thanksgiving, but have a plan. One day of uncensored eating isn’t out of the question.
  • Italian Style: That's Amore!
  • Fashion is flexible. It’s open to all sorts of combinations because of the infinite choices it offers. What really makes fashion new is the unexpected.
  • Happiness. At Your Command
  • Happy people don’t have perfect lives. What they do have is the ability to look beyond the imperfections.
  • Are You Having A Bad Hair Day?
  • Having a Bad Hair Day? How your hair looks can bolster your self-esteem or deflate your ego in about 5 seconds.
  • Reinvent Yourself:A Do- Over At Your Command
  • Necessity is the mother of RE-invention. What we created once in terms of money, job, and home, we can create again.
  • Sugar Coated
  • Coco Chanel always said, “A woman should never leave the house without fixing herself up.” We could apply this little Chanel-ism to our coats this time of of year. For as much as we wear it, we should consider giving it some renewed respect and perhaps an update.
  • How to Wear the Pants in the Family
  • Fit trumps everything when it comes to wearing pants.The first thing every woman needs is a tailor she can trust.
  • Hide the Candy!
  • Nothing can ruin the look of a party dress like the extra 5 pounds the average person gains over the holidays, starting with Halloween.
  • Relationship 911
  • How to fight less and love more: a 5 minute conversation can save your relationship.
  • Flashionista's Shopping Strategy
  • Do a “Cost Per Wear”: This is a valuable decision-making tool when buying a big ticket item
  • Peeke Performance
  • In a room filled with hundreds of women, you could feel the thunderbolt as Dr. Pamela Peeke took the stage. She’s proof that a healthy toned body is ageless.
  • Elements of Ageless Style
  • The clothes that make one generation cool become the next generation’s Halloween outfits. Fashion fades but our style endures.
  • Dialing Up the D
  • “What we put in our body is more important than what we put on it. Rich clothes won’t cover up poor health.” -Flashionista
  • Everyone's In The Trenches
  • The center of the fashion universe varies depending on who you talk to. Paris, New York. Paris. Milan. Paris.
  • Booted Out in Paris
  • The way Parisian women interpreted the Boot Trend is a glimpse of what makes French style so fascinating.
  • An American in Paris
  • Finding a Muse
  • Creativity Needs Inspiration
  • Mid-Life Marriage Insurance
  • Preserving a Mid-Life Marriage by Staness Jonekos
  • Steal From the Boys
  • Suits Are Back!
  • Feed Your Face Anti Aging Vitamins
  • You can’t stop aging, but you don’t have to look you age. Today’s anti-aging skin care products have some serious science behind them.
  • From Jackie to Janis
  • Peace, Love and Perfect Shoes
  • Menopause Makeover
  • It’s HOT in Here!
  • Shop theTrend: The 50s
  • How To Wear It Like It’s 2010
  • How Much Do You Want It?
  • Consistency Creates Persistence
    Anything Is Possible.
  • Fall Fashion's in a Frenzy
  • Fashion and the Muses
  • What's a Single Girl To Do?
  • Date online.
  • Unchecked Baggage is Pure Drama
  • Sometimes all it takes is a moment of clarity to prevent a costly emotional hijacking.
  • Conquer Cravings
  • Foll Your Appetite: Losing Some Battles Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Win the War.
  • Sharpen Your Pencil (Skirt)
  • Think only human twigs can wear this Fall 2010 basic? You'll be happy to know almost everyone can!
  • Bras: An Uplifting Experience
  • Boobs, tits, tatas, knockers, and melons. If a culture's priorities can be identified by the number of words that describe them, then breasts are right up there with cash/cabbage/moola...
  • A Soy Story
  • The more we know about soy the more mystifying it becomes.
  • The Beauty of Design
  • Big Box stores, multiplex cinemas, and super sized sandwiches. Things keep getting bigger, but not necessarily more beautiful, more tasteful, or even tastier. In a world where size matters, design is often compromised. True design is uplifting.
  • Who Gets Lucky and How They Do It!
  • Luck may seem like an elusive attribute to study but scientists have given it a go and uncovered some surprising results.
  • Long Live Mad Men
  • Lucky for us, that’s not the end of the story: Mad Men returns July 25th.
  • The 5 Assumptions Women Often Make
  • Nothing can rev up our stress levels like assuming we have all the answers!
  • Denim Update!
  • Good bread, a good man, and good jeans are some of life's essentials.
  • You Sexy Thing!
  • YES we said SEXY and we mean it! Turn up the heat, and we don't mean hot flashes...
  • Confidence Continued
  • When it comes to our image, self assurance trumps almost anything.
  • Full Figure Fashion
  • More great resources for those of us with more to love!
  • Confidence is Sexy
  • When it comes to our image, self assurance trumps almost anything.
  • The Shoes of Justice
  • Let justice prevail, even though the facts aren't' nearly as interesting as my shoes.
  • Tips for Longevity (Part 2)
  • Step back from frenzy!
  • Fathers & Daughters
  • We decided to forgo the Father’s Day gift list this year in favor of a tribute of sorts. We picked some inspirational and sensational families to point out a father’s ability to influence the lives and talents of their daughters.
  • Tips for Longevity (Part 1)
  • 10 Tips for Longevity.
  • Favorite Organic Products
  • Consumers are still being sold on the fact that the toxins used in conventional beauty products are not enough to cause harm.
  • Better Organic Interview
  • The average woman eats 7lbs of lipstick in her lifetime! Would you like a side of fries with that?
  • Sun Hats
  • A Hat Should Be As Fabulous As the Wearer!
  • Mindless Eating
  • Our susceptibility to mindless eating has more to do with our dishes than our intelligence.
  • Put Fear in Reverse
  • Boomer Models
  • Youth is overrated. But don’t expect your 20 something children to realize this for at least 20 years.
  • The Shoe Gods
  • “The first thing I really wanted to do was to design shoes for showgirls, because at the end of the day, you know, a showgirl is…is like a bird of paradise. It’s a woman, but it’s a representation of a bird, basically.” Christian Louboutin
  • L'Artisan Perfumeur
  • Close your eyes and inhale
  • Libby Gill
  • Savor The Success
  • Styled by Default: But in Recovery!
  • Styled by Default
  • Styled by Default: But in Recovery!
  • The Met Gala
  • The Flashionista’s Fairest & Finest Awards…
  • Mom's Call-Outs
  • Don’t Be Shy! Like good mothers, we graciously accepted the cheap perfume and actually wore the cheesy Santa earrings for years. Now, we’ve earned the right to drop a few hints for Mother’s Day.
  • Skinny Tricks
  • Try This Trick At Home
  • Look into a mirror and repeat these words, “You’re looking at the problem.” Twirl around a couple of times and look again. Repeat these words: “You’re looking at the solution.” Get the picture?
  • Who's a Flashionista?
  • Over the last year we received questions about who we are and what we’re doing.
  • Orange Juice
  • Whether it keeps you from getting shot in the woods or getting lost at the mall, orange will get you noticed.
  • The Brain On Acid
  • A new study has looked at the reduced incidences of brain diseases in populations with a high Omega-3 fatty acid diet.
  • Women and Swim Suits
  • Accentuate the positive.
  • Plastic Surgery
  • In Part 2 of our interview with Dr. Gregory A. Wiener, he shared answers and advice on the subject he knows best.
  • Plastic Surgery Interview Continued:
  • What makes women go too far? What's the future of cosmetic surgery? Dr. Wiener also talks about new ways to remove belly fat, etc.
  • Chat Up Anyone Anytime
  • We borrowed 10 tips from The Art of Conversation, written by our friend Catherine Blyth.
  • Injectables with Dr. Gregory A. Wiener, Part 1
  • We asked our Flashionista Board of Advisors what they want to know about cosmetic surgery.
  • The Art of Conversation
  • Setting the stage for successful socializing.
  • Tips For Throwing a Memorable Party
  • The menu and the theme set the mood, but the hostess creates the atmosphere.
  • Who's Always Right?
  • There's no better feeling than knowing that you're always right, but it's lonely in the doghouse.
  • The Smart Snoozer
  • Current sleep research is depressing - hardly any of us gets enough these days.
  • Spring Fashion Updates
  • A dash of BIG BLING for spring 2010. Our favorites, all under $200.
  • Finding Stillness
  • The mind is a chronic chatterbox. Finding stillness everyday boosts brain function.
  • Spring Trends-Utilitarian
  • It's OK to look like a Girl Scout, if you're a Girl Scout.
  • Cure for Cabin Fever
  • How can we soothe our seasonally affected psyches until spring arrives?
  • Cruelty Free Glamour
  • Cruelty-free fashion is creating a buzz we can't ignore.
  • Food Rules
  • Eating distilled into easy-to-digest "rules," most we already know but may be ignoring.
  • Buck's Theory of Contrasts
  • The Guru of The Golden Door Spa's Mind-Body Program.
  • New You Part II
  • Personal Branding Tips
  • Melissa Cassera Interview
  • A marketing expert talks about personal branding.
  • Spring Fashion Flash
  • While we appreciate the value of theatrics on the runways, we have to put together a more realistic wardrobe for ourselves.
  • In the Mood 4 Love
  • We offer some novel ideas to heat up what may have cooled down over the past year. Just in time for Valentine's Day.
  • The New Brand: You
  • Our success depends on our ability to become free agents, self marketers, and CEO's of our own personal brand.
  • Cupid's Closet
  • It took several million years for seduction to trump necessity. Back before the end of nakedness, humans relied on physical attributes and magic to attract mates.
  • You're Golden
  • There were a few overlooked categories at this years Golden Globe awards ceremony. So we created them here.
  • Golden Globes Faux Pas
  • Who Did It Right & Who Didn't Quite
  • Make the Right Decision
  • Intelligence, talent, and mega-watt careers are no match for the force of a little bad judgment.
  • Think Before You Think
  • When it comes to making good decisions, a high IQ alone doesn't guarantee success or protect us from bad judgment.
  • 2010 Flashionistas
  • Youth is a fanciful muse to which Hollywood, the marketplace, and the media, insist on holding us hostage. What we need...
  • Resolutions That Stick
  • Why do our New Year's resolutions usually end up being more like a new start on old habits than the complete recalibration we intended?
  • Poison Apples and Other Delicacies
  • The price difference often forces us to err on the side of economy when it comes to organic versus non-organic produce.
  • Pet Flash
  • This Hot Flash is a special gift to our readers who share our love of dogs, cats, horses, birds, and beasties.