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October 25, 2016

There's a Totally Badass Shopping Site for Us Old Broads Called Apprécier

October 25, 2016/ Eve Vawter
There's a Totally Badass Shopping Site for Us Old Broads Called Apprécier

We are all united in style after a certain point, and have no tolerance for back-handed compliments that end in "for your age."

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October 25, 2016/ Eve Vawter/
Fashion
Fashion, Aging, Shopping
October 20, 2016

Get The Look: Margaret White in 'Carrie'

October 20, 2016/ Eve Vawter
Get The Look: Margaret White in 'Carrie'

You have to give Margaret props for how nicely she decorated that punishment closet, what with all the candles and the Jesus pictures and all. At least she made an effort there. Maybe that's why she was too busy to do a deep conditioning treatment. 

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October 20, 2016/ Eve Vawter/
Fashion
Dirty Pillows, Religion, get the look
October 07, 2016

Hello, I'm the Ghost of Feet Past

October 07, 2016/ Victoria Barrett
Hello, I'm the Ghost of Feet Past

I am the ghost of your stylish life, one box over from the $400 studded leather boots you got for $60 on clearance and never wore because you should've bought the extended calf size in the first place.

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October 07, 2016/ Victoria Barrett/
Fashion
Ghosts, Ugh feet
October 06, 2016

Get the Look: Chris MacNeil From 'The Exorcist'

October 06, 2016/ Eve Vawter
Get the Look: Chris MacNeil From 'The Exorcist'

Chris MacNeil, mother of Regan MacNeil, and a true hero because the second my kid started peeing all over my floor and making her bed shake I would have abandoned her in a dumpster. 

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October 06, 2016/ Eve Vawter/
Fashion
I'm too scared, The Exorcist, Possessed Children, Spider Walk, get the look
October 04, 2016

Beauty Tips From an Old Bag: Puffy Eye Solutions

October 04, 2016/ Eve Vawter
Beauty Tips From an Old Bag: Puffy Eye Solutions

I knew I would get wrinkles. I knew I would get laugh lines. But everyone failed to tell me about how on occasion I would wake up looking like my eyes were surrounded by puffy death bags™ and dark circles.

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October 04, 2016/ Eve Vawter/
Beauty
Puffy Eyes, Skin care, I look like I haven't slept in weeks
September 01, 2016

Get the Look: Baba Yaga

September 01, 2016/ Jessica Jernigan
Get the Look: Baba Yaga

This is what the woman-in-the-know knows: We endure, even when youth passes. Beauty is only fleeting if we let others tell us what is beautiful.

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September 01, 2016/ Jessica Jernigan/
Fashion
get the look, Old Lady Style, Looking old, We are all witches, baba yaga
August 29, 2016

7 Style Choices That Make You Look Older — You Old Hag, You

August 29, 2016/ Eve Vawter
7 Style Choices That Make You Look Older — You Old Hag, You

Here are the things you should never wear that make you look old because you are actually older. 

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August 29, 2016/ Eve Vawter/
Fashion
Looking old, Old Lady Style
August 18, 2016

Get The Look: Joyce Byers from 'Stranger Things'

August 18, 2016/ Eve Vawter
Get The Look: Joyce Byers from 'Stranger Things'

When you're a single mom of two, one of them missing, and you've got a total douche-canoe for an ex-husband, and you need to spend a lot of time hanging Christmas lights and also crawling around the Upside Down, well, you need to dress for comfort. 

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August 18, 2016/ Eve Vawter/
Fashion
Old Lady Style, get the look, Stranger Things
August 17, 2016

Every 1980's Concert I Need to See & Everything I Need to Wear While Doing So

August 17, 2016/ Cara Paiuk
Every 1980's Concert I Need to See & Everything I Need to Wear While Doing So

I just might wear a billion jelly bracelets and tease my bangs until they are straight up in the air, half a foot at least.

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August 17, 2016/ Cara Paiuk/
Fashion
Fashion, 1980's style
August 16, 2016

They've Gotten Bigger, Those Things on My Chest

August 16, 2016/ Guest author
They've Gotten Bigger, Those Things on My Chest

So, last week I finally stopped avoiding the issue and went to get fitted for a new bra... I'm a G. G as in gobsmacked. G as in goddamn ginormous.

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August 16, 2016/ Guest author/
Beauty
Shopping, Bras
August 11, 2016

Get The Look: Minnie Castevet from 'Rosemary's Baby'

August 11, 2016/ Eve Vawter
Get The Look: Minnie Castevet from 'Rosemary's Baby'

I urge you to look beyond the obvious to the real style icon of the movie, which is Minnie Castevet played by Ruth Gordon.

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August 11, 2016/ Eve Vawter/
Fashion
Ruth Gordon, Old Lady Style, We are all witches
August 10, 2016

Getting Tattooed at 50 Was a Totally Different Experience Than at 25

August 10, 2016/ Marion Rosenfeld
Getting Tattooed at 50 Was a Totally Different Experience Than at 25

I got the tattoo on my lower back in 1990 — when tattooing in New York City was in the grey area of illegality and it would still be a good decade (and a half?) before that specific placement of body art was referred to as "tramp stamp."

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August 10, 2016/ Marion Rosenfeld/
Beauty
tattoos, age appropriate
August 04, 2016

Get The Look: The Junk Lady From 'Labyrinth'

August 04, 2016/ Eve Vawter
Get The Look: The Junk Lady From 'Labyrinth'

As much as I loved the struggle Sarah faced when she was up against King Tightpants, another character from the movie struck me as being incredibly haunting and sad and foreboding: the 'Junk Lady.'

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August 04, 2016/ Eve Vawter/
Fashion
Old Lady Style, get the look, David Bowie, Labyrinth
July 28, 2016

Lisa Frank Designed a Sweatshirt for Middle-Aged Women

July 28, 2016/ Theresa Edwards
Lisa Frank Designed a Sweatshirt for Middle-Aged Women

Now, Lisa Frank has done us all a favor and made a sweatshirt that's just perfect for Olds. Here it is, and I will fight you for it.

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July 28, 2016/ Theresa Edwards/
Fashion
Old Lady Style, Lisa Frank
July 28, 2016

Get The Look: Yahtzee!

July 28, 2016/ Eve Vawter
Get The Look: Yahtzee!

My question for you, dear reader, is this: Why not challenge your family and friends to a game of Yahtzee! and serve up some delicious and snacks and beverages and also dress to look like Yahtzee!?

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July 28, 2016/ Eve Vawter/
Fashion
Games, Old Lady Style, get the look
July 26, 2016

What My Shitty Curly Hair Taught Me Over Four Decades of Hell

July 26, 2016/ Guest author
What My Shitty Curly Hair Taught Me Over Four Decades of Hell

As a child I learned that my curly hair made me stand out, was basically the worst, and made me feel like a walking circus clown. While I've come to terms with it as of late, the lessons it has taught me will never be forgotten.

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July 26, 2016/ Guest author/
Beauty
hair, self acceptance
July 22, 2016

In Defense of Blue Eyeshadow and Doing Whatever the Hell You Want

July 22, 2016/ Seraphina Ferraro
In Defense of Blue Eyeshadow and Doing Whatever the Hell You Want

The first piece of makeup I ever owned was a compact of Cover Girl blue eye shadow. A super hot girl in my class gave it to me in the bathroom like it wasn’t even a big deal and said, “This would look great on you.”

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July 22, 2016/ Seraphina Ferraro/
Beauty
Makeup, eye shadow, blue
July 21, 2016

Get The Look: Mona 'Hatchet-Face' Malnorowski From 'Cry-Baby'

July 21, 2016/ Eve Vawter
Get The Look: Mona 'Hatchet-Face' Malnorowski From 'Cry-Baby'

The New York Times once described Kim McGuire as 'Hatchet-Face' a  hideously contorted floozy. I don't know about you guys, but this sounds like #StyleGoals to me. 

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July 21, 2016/ Eve Vawter/
Fashion
Old Lady Style, Movies, Icons
July 21, 2016

Old Enough to Know Better: Come Take a Sip From My Fountain of Youth

July 21, 2016/ Nina Bargiel
Old Enough to Know Better: Come Take a Sip From My Fountain of Youth

Since I do not have the access to the virgin blood my mother is clearly feasting on daily, my
anti-aging regimen needed to take a different tactic. I experimented with cheap creams and
fancy lotions and crafty homemade Vitamin C serums. But they all had one thing in common:
they take time to work.

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July 21, 2016/ Nina Bargiel/
Old Enough to Know Better
Youth, Nina Bargiel
July 15, 2016

For the Millionth Time, Every Body Is a Beach Body

July 15, 2016/ Marion McNabb
For the Millionth Time, Every Body Is a Beach Body

What in the hell is a 'beach body' anyway? And why does it make me antsy in my pantsies?

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July 15, 2016/ Marion McNabb/
Fashion
Summer style, Beach, Bathing suits
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