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When Google Met von Furstenberg

Posted on 09/30/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Beauty & Fashion | TechnologyWhen iconic fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, 65, met Google’s Sergey Brin at a conference and learned of the Glass by Google eyewear his company designed, it was collaboration at first sight. Von Furstenberg didn’t question if a promotional partnership between a fashion brand and Internet company would work. So she inked a deal that allowed her Spring/Summer 2013 creative process to be taped via the glasses and edited into a short film called DVF Through Glass. The glasses, which …

Too old to walk the runway? Not these ladies!

Posted on 09/21/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Beauty & Fashion | EntertainmentWhat do Carol Alt, Karen Bjornson, Alva Chinn, and Carmen Dell O’refice have in common? Besides being over 50, they are all legendary models who walked a Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week runway a couple of weeks ago, garnering a lot of press. The woman behind this buzz-worthy moment was none other than Norisol Ferrari, a fierce designer with an impeccable eye for detail and structure. Inspired by sexy icons and powerful women this season, Ferrari sought to make a collection that spoke to both. …

Louis Vuitton’s 83 Year Old ‘IT’ girl

Posted on 09/14/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Beauty & FashionI’m obsessed with Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama for lots of reasons but one sentence can sum it up: She’s inspiring. Kusama, 83, has chosen to live in Japan’s Seiwa Hospital for the Mentally Ill for about 30 years for multiple issues, and has still created art that is in worldwide demand. She is best known as an avant-garde, pop art purveyor of repetition and patterns (see video,to the right). But she also shines as an abstract artist, providing a minimalist perspective that has been recognized and …

Cut From the Same Cloth

Posted on 08/24/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Beauty & FashionOn a recent trip to south Georgia, I got the opportunity to spend a few days at the home of an 83-year-old who embodies timeless style. While this octogenarian may not be able to wear stilettos and chooses not to don miniskirts, she is a fashionista and seemingly my style icon. You see my grandmother, Idella, has a penchant for being the best dressed at religious and social gatherings though she would never admit it. Sporting sharp midcalf suits or …

The Miniskirt: Warming Up to a Hot Fashion Trend

Posted on 08/14/2012 by Barbranda Lumpkins Walls | General News | Comments

Beauty & FashionShort and sassy, it’s style with an attitude. And after all these years, I’m just now really embracing the ever-popular miniskirt. You can say my relationship with the fashion icon, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, has been more of a you’re-no-good-for-me-but-I wish-you-were type of thing. Back in the 1960s, when the mini was making a huge fashion statement, I was a reed-thin girl with long birdlike legs and this must-have piece didn’t flatter my frame at all. Yes, …

Finding Fab Clothes for Post 50 Fashionistas Just Got Easier

Posted on 08/14/2012 by Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Beauty & Fashion | Your LifeThe older I get, the more I have embraced these two key concepts: “less is more” and “the simpler the better.” This is especially true when it comes to fashion after 50. When I turned 50 a few years ago, I was so confused about what I should or shouldn’t wear that I preferred unloading the dishwasher — my least favorite household chore — to looking for clothes. Shopping, for me, was intimidating and time-consuming. I usually got hungry, tired, …