Denim Picks

Even before I knew there was a trend towards denim I was craving denim shirts, so much so that I've purchased three since the beginning of summer.

When I started researching for this post I happily saw a bevy of denim jackets out there and not just your average Levi's retro style but lots of styles, shapes and lengths, mind you I will be buying the retro version but I am tempted to try something new and different. 

Brands to try: 

1. J Brand for sleek unadorned styles that fit perfectly

2. J Crew, preppy styles gone cool

3. Hudson, a personal favorite of mine with great back pockets that give my booty a lift

4. Mother, flattering just off the presses styles that flatter all shapes

5. Paige Premium another brand that flatters all shapes

6. 7 for all Mankind a great Nuevo classic

7. Levi's the Original classic

8. Gap, fashion worthy and wallet friendly 

I Love all these denim shirts, I will be wearing a long denim pick with a skinny jean or legging, a dark denim shirt with boyfriend or antiqued jean and pumps or wedge booties. I would love to pair the faded denim shirt with a sequin or pencil skirt and pumps or my favorite motorcycle boots.

Denim doesn't have to be tricky or complicated a great fitting jean looks absolutely perfect with a white T and blazer, bomber, collegiate or denim jacket. Denim on denim is another very cool statement, just make sure one part of your ensemble is fitted, baggy denim all over can look teenager-ish or bag lady-like.

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Braids, too young or just right?

Tricky subject for me since I really love braids but seriously feel there is an age limit. My first pre- pubescent love of "Adult Braids" came about when I saw the then young and absolutely stunning Bo Derek sporting them in the film10. Didn't everyone think braids were sexy after seeing her? I never tried to reproduce her look thank a God since most of the women I saw try this ended up looking, hmmm how should I say, ok like white girls trying to look like sisters, and in a bad way; there was nothing sexy about it; seriously this was a hard look to pull off.

Bo Derek had a face that was perfect and sadly or remarkably she could have done anything to her hair and look beautiful, a rarity indeed! 

I think Hiedi a Klum is also an exception, did I ever say how much I like her, well I do, she looks amazing for any age, rocks motherhood, is a seriously successful business women and even though every look she try's doesn't always work out she's confident and has a great sense of humor about herself! (my female crush I guess)

Back to braids I tried endless styles of them this past summer in the hopes of staying firstly cool and wanting to embrace this trend. Much to my serious disappointment my experiments didn't work, I tried but when I looked in the mirror I just saw this 48 year old women trying much too hard, this truly pissed me off since I wanted to sport some braids, really I did!

Please show me I'm wrong and send me your over 40 year old selves wearing braids and looking Chic!!

Here are some braids I Love and wish I could wear, that's me in the top left picture when I was about 32, sixteen years ago.

How to Dress Youthful....without looking like a teenager

Dressing youthful is an Art. You may laugh and think how hard can that be I just go to the junior department pick out some clothes and be done with it or worse borrow clothes from your teenage daughters closet. Please Don't I beg of you because you will look ridiculous!

Instead check out how these not 20 any more Celeb's do it, with ease, with an element of cool, to perfection.

Heidi Klum takes a distressed boyfriend style jean adds a pop of canary yellow, a cool rocker belt, aviators, a simple necklace, pretty hair, she looks casual, youthful, age appropriate, and sexy.

Jen Anniston another example in a more classic turn, a white t shirt always looks fun as long as its clean. Jen does denim perfect with a cute but not cutesy cuff, white classic walking sneakers ( not gym shoes!) and a crisp navy jacket, an easy combo to buy and keep forever. ( you could probably buy this entire look at Gap)

Kristen Davis looks casually hip in a black and white dress at an almost too long length but because it dips in the front this dress works for her, if it weren't for the dip it might look dowdy; always remember youthfulness is sexy but just a bit here or there NOT here and there and there and there.

 Julianne Moore my not be sexy in this outfit but she does look youthful and cool with her skinny camo jeans and school girl style over coat, aviators add a modern twist, I just love it!

HOT PINK ...Really!??

Hot Pink, Fuschia, however you decide to call it, designers are showing this bold color for fall/winter 2013.
 Wether or not you embrace this shade of pink is up to you, but I have to say a little Fushia goes a long way in my opinion. Head to toe I couldn't personally wear as I would probably throw up by hour four, its just too much happiness in a fiber to wear all over, sort of like a pepto bismol eruption...yuk.
 

I can and will wear this shade of pink in  low doses, I would go as far as Fuschia snake skin pumps, a clutch, a t shirt, I own a DKNY Fushia silk skirt which I will be pulling out and wearing with my black leather motor cycle boots and with a not as yet bought pair of skinny sexy black pumps, I can't decide by whom yet, either Jimmy Choo maybe or Michael Kors has some super pretty black pumps!

Don't forget you can also embrace the pink in a lip gloss, an umbrella, gloves, a silk cashmere scarf, or 

A pink gemstone necklace or bangle.

Whichever way you choose to wear HOT PINK remember to wear it your way, with your personal touch.

Who What Where Why... Theresa Turchin

When I decided to start a blog my first question to myself was???

1. What do I have to offer?

Answer: fashion, beauty and life advice.

Ok, why am I qualified to give such advice?

Brief History:

I had a dream to leave my little town in Connecticut and see the world so at 17 years old

I took a day trip to NYC to find a modeling agency who would make my dreams come true.

Ha Ha little did I know at the time that dreams rarely come true like that so being turned down by several agencies, I got to thinking, learned about what these agencies were looking for ( at the time very young looking girls that basically looked like "school girls") so I washed my face clean of any traces of makeup, pulled my hair back with two drug store barrettes, put on a pleated middie skirt and button down shirt. To make a long story short, Elite models signed me in about 5 minutes, I learned early on that you make your own luck in life, all by yourself no matter what path you choose.

 

That was circa 1982, and I've come a long way, surpassed any dream I could have thought up at seventeen years old, I have traveled the world as a model no less, (I'm just under 5'8") met and mingled with rock stars, politicians, dukes and duchesses, famous athletes, actors, been a singer/ songwriter in a band, a realtor, a fashion designer, a jewelry designer, and a finally a mom at forty four.

So Welcome To My I'm Not 20 Anymore!! Tune in to hear and hopefully learn some Fashion, Beauty, and Life Advice. That's me now in the corner right.

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