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Andrea Pflaumer is the author of three books including her latest, an Amazon #1 Best Seller, Self-Care: 30 Compelling Life Lessons from Happy, Healthy, and Successful Women…and some men!” She is also the author of Shopping for the Real You: 10 Steps to a Better Wardrobe for Every Woman: Fashionistas, Fashion-phobes, and the Over Fifty,” and She’s Got Good Jeans,” a primer on where to find and how to style the perfect jeans for your body and budget.

Latest Posts By Andrea Pflaumer

2 years ago

Do Your Clothes Spark Joy After 50? (Do They Have to?)

A lot of people, including myself, have fallen hard for the “Konmari” craze. In case you’ve been hiding under a rock, the trend – which has spread like wildfire – is the result of the enormous success of Marie Kondo’s best-selling book, The Life-Changing Magic…

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2 years ago

Five Ways to Wear “Youthful” Spring Colors

Many of us are itching to shed our heavy and darker “sophisticated” neutral clothes that we have been wearing and don something bright and cheerful. Not that there’s anything wrong with neutrals or with looking sophisticated…

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2 years ago

Shrinking? Expanding? 5 Tips for Looking Taller and Slimmer

The holidays are behind us and some of us might find things fitting a little snug. Also, if you’ve found that you’re taking more things to the tailor for shortening you’re not alone. Gravity and bone loss are real at our age. We can start losing bone density…

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2 years ago

Shopping Challenges – And Solutions – For Petite Mature Women

Let me just start by saying, I feel your pain. On a good day I measure 5’1”. And here’s a little FYI to clothing manufacturers: the average height for women in both the US and the UK is 5’3” or 161.6 cm. So designers, you’re missing a HUGE demographic!

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2 years ago

Inexpensive Ways to Bling Up Your Holiday Outfits

This time of year, we look for ways to bring in brightness and light for the holiday season. (And we could really use some brightness and light right about now!) One way we do this is by blinging up our holiday outfits…

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2 years ago

Why Are Women Over 50 Still Insecure About How They Look?

Some years ago, I decided to interview women over 50, 60, 70 and 80 for a video series about the importance of staying visible as we age. It was the most challenging project I had ever done. For one thing, becoming visible – on camera…

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3 years ago

Too Lazy to Shop for Clothes? You Are Not Alone!

My question is: Why do you think of yourself as lazy? Often, what we think is laziness is just a natural response to uncertainty or insecurity. The entire fashion industry is based on insecurity. The entire fashion industry is based on insecurity…

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3 years ago

Does Minimalist Style Make Us Invisible?

Recently, there has been a lot of buzz about minimalist fashion. At its core, it can be described as a Classic, unadorned, neutral-colored, or solid-colored, wardrobe made up of high-quality interchangeable pieces and little to no “logo” accessories…

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3 years ago

7 Packing Tips for Summer Travel

Vacations in the summer months usually involve traveling to warmer destinations where we can just let go and relax. But preparing for any travel can be anything but relaxing. So here are some fundamental things to consider…

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3 years ago

When Should You Give Away Your Jewelry? (VIDEO)

My mother had a fabulous collection of what is now called “fashion” jewelry, much of it acquired through her sister’s costume jewelry company. One of the greatest thrills of my childhood was walking through the aisles of stacked wooden drawers at my aunt’s…

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