Hey awesome ones Heather here and today I'm going to talk about seven fashion
mistakes. And I am guilty of making all of these myself but I have reformed I've got
a lot better and I thought I would share them with you it all starts in just a few seconds.
Now before I get into this video I just want to stress that this is just my
opinion. I'm always saying to be authentically you but I found that I got
into really a fashion rut and I want to show you some of the things that
happened to me and maybe you'll get the lightbulb moment like I did and just
kind of notice that things had to change. So without further ado let's start with
number one. So for number one do you have your most favorite pair of shoes? You
know those ones that are just so comfortable maybe you paid a lot of
money for them and they're kind of an orthotic or whatever. Well say hello to
my favorite pair of shoes. I have had these shoes...let me just show you a
little close up here...for about ten years and you can see they're worn on the
inside they're worn at the bottoms also the last time I wore them they actually
ripped right....I don't know if you can see this Bill...they ripped
right up the side here and I still kept them. You know my mom always taught me
that people look at your shoes but they're just I don't know if you can see
this they're just so worn in beautifully. Well right after this video I am
absolutely tossing them out. They're going in the garbage. Don't wear old
worn-out shoes no matter how comfy they are. So enter my new boots shoes that I
don't know...Bill can you see these okay? All right and they have...their Skechers
...and on the inside they have air-cooled memory foam they are also really really
flexible really comfortable and also I found some other pairs of shoes too that
are really really comfortable. Let's see if I can sort of set it all up here.
Check out these animal print shoes and again they're called flex so they're
super comfortable they're really really padded on the inside and then one more
pair of shoes even a pump a beautiful pump like this you can see that this is
sort of got a comfort kind of padding here. There's also a padding in the front
as well and super super comfortable so we don't have to wear old worn-out shoes
that we bought like 10 years ago. We think that's the only pair of shoes we
can wear. They've got all kinds of orthotic shoes there's a lot of
specialty stores out there right now and you can get a little pep in your step. So
the second one is going crazy for animal prints. I must admit I bought the
scarf. I bought the jacket. I bought the shoes. I bought the skirt. And you know a
lot of times I would think oh I gotta wear the shoes with the jacket and oh I
might as well put a scarf err I was just wearing too much animal print and well
actually I wasn't wearing animal print I was BEING an animal print.
So with this look you could see that you just really especially with something
like an animal print, you just want a touch of it and here it is just in the
pencil skirt and it looks quite attractive with just that. Too much of a
too much of a good thing is just a little too much. So for number three as
most of you know I was a model and when I started getting you know that tummy
spread thing, oh my gosh like I just wanted to hide. So what I did was I
decided to hide behind oversized clothes and I would actually shop in the
plus-size stores. A lot of the women would say hey you're in the wrong store.
I would go no I'm not and I would gleefully wear clothes that
were probably four or five sizes too big for me. So hiding behind oversized
clothes it doesn't do anything for you. It actually makes you look heavier and
the one thing that I noticed when I was hiding behind you
know especially all the black clothing the oversized clothing I have no
incentive to kind of keep exercising or stay in shape and so those old pounds
they started to really really creep up on me. So now I wear clothes that
actually fit me and with my pants fitting me properly as
well I feel like going on more walks and staying in shape and doing those 10,000
steps. So talking about pants I have quite a few pairs of skinny jeans and
tight yoga pants but I gotta tell you you know they just for me they just
don't look right in there if those tops are not covering your butt. Like I really
think you gotta cover your butt. Now yeah if you're going to a yoga class or
a workout or to the gym yeah anything goes. Go ahead you can wear a crop top if
you want but for every day I'm gonna say cover up that butt. So I think it's much
better to wear a longer top like this and you know you're covering up the
front these are the same pants that I just was wearing and also for in the
back again a lot of these tops are even longer in the back so it's covering up
your tush and I think that's a really good thing. So for number five it's too
much bling bling. I know we have our favorite pieces of jewelry, but just
sometimes it's just too much and I'm also showing you this little cuff
bracelet that I have with this and it just does not go with the outfit at all.
It's just...there's just too much overpowering...everything is trying to be
a statement piece. So I'm much better off removing this bracelet and also you know
maybe I can put a couple of little rhinestones or little bangles, blue
bangles maybe, but not much here on my wrist. Also these earrings they could be
worn by themselves but in this particular case they have to go and
let's just let one statement piece really really reflect the look. And if I
did want to wear some kind of earrings it would probably just be a little stud
earring. And there you go. Let your accent piece do all the talkin.
So number six. Bulges and tightness and overflow! Oh my! What am I talking about?
Well what I'm talking about is the wrong fitted bra and I gotta tell you the
wrong fitted bra is so last year. And you really should check and get a new
fitting every year but it makes such a huge difference in the way that I wear
my tops of my dresses. So this is one of my new bras and it has the right kind of
circumference that's what goes around your chest part and that's where you
have like a 34 36 38 plus. Also the cup size is the right size for me and that's
going to be maybe at an A, B, C or D+ and the cup size is right but what I love
about this bra also is the fact that it has the side panels to help with that
dreaded role. You know the underarm roll. And I mean in the summertime I wouldn't
even want to wear like a short sleeve top because of that roll. Well now it's
really looked after and I just love having these new bras. Now I
actually got this fitted bra at Victoria's Secret.
There's a lot of different boutiques out there in cities that have stores
that are just fitting for bras the right size bra. So check them out because I
gotta tell you with a properly fitted bra I feel better and I look better and
I say bye-bye to 34b and now I actually have something that's comfy and it fits
me. So I didn't want to make this video too long but for number seven because I
know there's other fashion mistakes, but for my number seven I really wanted to
talk about how you can get in a fashion rut. Now I talked about
my comfy shoes and those shoes were a rut. Like I'd even wear them with dresses.
I just...... they were so comfy I just wanted to wear
them with everything and the same thing went with the oversized clothes. But
another thing I knew that black clothing was making me look slim. And you see this
...I see this even with a lot of celebrities. They just wear black all the
time and that was me too, hiding behind just all black clothing and you know it
is a fashion rut. Hey your go-to outfit might be jeans and a t-shirt that you
wear all the time or maybe you have an office kind of a uniform where you've
got that lawyer look and you have a black blazer and you have a crisp
white blouse and you have a black pencil skirt. Well that's kind of a right too
because you're wearing the same old thing to work all of the time and I'm
just suggesting that you kind of get out there. Break the mold a little bit. I also
wouldn't shop my wardrobe before I went to the mall and I would buy another pair
of black stove Pat...eerr stovepipe. It's stove pipe pants. Yeah that's hard to say a few
times. I would I would buy the same old black tops. I mean right now I have three
black turtlenecks. I mean who needs three black turtlenecks. So now I look at
Pinterest and Instagram a lot and hey did you know that I have a Pinterest
page for awesome over 50 and also an Instagram at awesome over 50, but I get
so inspired looking at all these, you know different people just like me
wearing different kinds of clothes and that's why not too long ago I bought my
very first animal print skirt. And you'd say hey she was a model what you're
talking about, but you know what I just couldn't bring myself to wearing an
animal print and now I absolutely love it. I've also gotten into some of those
you know...Wow...kind of retro geometric designs for dresses and I'm having a lot
of fun with fashion. So I really hope I kind of
opened your eyes to changing things up a little bit whether it's finding a new
bra or maybe throwing out those old ratty little shoes that you still are
holding on to like I was. You know there is a new you and you could be a new
evolving awesome you. You just have to give it a chance. And talking about
someone awesome it's time for the cuteness factor. My little Yorkie Hurricane. And
when Hurricane comes on the scene he reminds me to talk about videos and new
videos coming up. And hey talking about online shopping I did a video lately of
unboxing a lot of just Amazo. I don't know if you saw it but it was just
amazon fashion and i'd loved everything that I got. So make sure you check that
out in the back videos. So what I'll do too is I'll put that video in the end
screen for you so if you didn't miss it you can take a look at it. And over at
our other channel our second channel which is youtube.com/AwesomeOver50inspiration
I talk about...and my husband too...we talk about tips and
tricks for online shopping. You know we're doing...aren't we Bill?...we're doing a
lot of online shopping theses days and everything is returnable if you don't
like it and we thought why not do a little video on tips and tricks of
online shopping. And that is coming up very shortly as well. There's also a lot
more on that channel, we've traveled to Europe, so we're
sharing that there, also some healthy cooking and fun and all kinds of things
for the holiday season. Here on our beauty and fashion channel my 64 year
old skin I am really starting to notice a lot of wrinkles starting up and I
don't know where they're coming from. I think a lot of you know that I
moisturize every night and I really have to step it up a notch. I've got to start
using a stronger eye cream and also those nasty lip lines that are starting
to happen above my lips. I've been trying out for weeks and weeks
now some new products and they're doing okay. I am really happy with the results.
I want to share those with you and of course more fashion and more makeup for
you the awesome ones. So until next time get out of the rut and get into the
groove. Maybe try some colorful or retro animal print fashion. Also get rid of
those old shoes. Like I said get some new ones and put a little bit of pep in your
step and remember to keep it awesome.