Hey Awesome ones, Heather here. Do you remember when you were younger and the summer time
came along or the spring or the fall or whatever. And you put on that beautiful flowing dress
and pair of strapy sandals and you felt so so cool. And cool in many different ways in
the warm weather. Well I kind of lost the whole dressing up. I lost wearing a dress
and feeling fantastic in a dress but I got it back and I'm going to show you how I got
it back and some of my favorite dresses and it all starts in just a few seconds.
So first of all I'll tell you what happened to me. And kind of why I got out of wearing
the dresses and then I'm going to show you some of my favorite styles and why I picked
them especially with my age and my shape. And also how I can wear them with other outfits.
So as most of you know I'm a former model and I was kind of use to being skinny and
once these...the natural tummy started to get bigger and all of that sort of thing,
I started hiding and I really thought you know what I'm going to wear trousers and even
if I went to a wedding and I thought man I can't wear trousers to a wedding. I would
wear the longest maxi dress and just hide underneath this. So I'm going to call this
the frumpy stage of my life. Because here I am hiding my tummy and then oh my gosh,
what are those? Are those Varicose veins? I better start hiding those as well and wearing
trousers and I guess its just frump city for the rest of my life. And then I took a real
good hard look in the mirror one day and I wen't, I'm too young to look this old. So
all those frumpy oversized clothes they got donated. I would only shop in the extra large
stores. People would come up to me and say this is the extra large or plus size and I'd
say yes I know. But what they didn't know is Psycoclogically I just wanted to hide behind
these clothes. So then I had to set out and try and find clothe to wear. And it was an
adjustment. You know, no more of the tight tummies or that kind of material thats silky
and shows every little bulge. Also no more dresses that were six inches above the waist......er
above the knees. So with endless try ons and it seemed like hundreds of different stores
I wen't into, I finally found so dresses that were comfortable and made me feel confident.
They also covered up some of the.....you know anyway and I'm going to share them with you
right now. So number one is a fun dress. And this is a great dress just it's so much fun
its so cool and why are we wearing trousers that are you know a little bit above the ankles
and calling them capris. They are not really summer pants they are binding they are sweaty
and they're still trousers. So on those days when the weather is really hot and I'm kind
of out for the day of fun I wearing something like this. So this dress its made of a breathable
jersy and it has these cute little seagulls designs on it and I really love it. Now I'm
probably wearing this dress maybe to the waterfront or maybe to a festival. So I'm going to be
doing a lot of walking so I'm just wearing a flatter pair of sneakers. I don't want to
be wearing high heals with this. And they really they really work quite well and I have
gone eight hours in this dress and sneakers and its totally comfortable and I'm cool as
a cucumber. So my second dress its really flowy and kind of a little sexy as well. Because
it shows a little bit of leg with that built in mini dress underneath. Its actually sown
right into the dress. And this is great for something thats maybe an outdoor event a little
more formal. And its all about getting dressed up again and really owning your look. You
know you're a beautiful woman an let your light shine and one way to do this is to wear
a dress like this and feel really confident. And as I said own it. Now in the evenings
with a dress like this you might have rolled up in your purse a little sweater or maybe
a little shawl because sometimes the evenings they get a little colder as we know. And check
out the sandals on this. Its a nice pair of strappy sandals and it really does complete
the look. So for the number three dress its the one I'm wearing here but also over here
and It...did you see the video I did on shopping in the summer? I'm going to put the link up
there for you because this is how I found this red dress. I just...I don't know why
I bought it. Maybe I wanted to be the Lady in Red....or maybe it was just I kept on seeing
a lot of red dresses at the mall or maybe it was because it was our annivegrsary coming
up and I wanted to wear something special but you know what I think it was? I hadn't
worn a red dress in about 30 years. So when I tried on this dress I just knew it was the
one for me and as we can see over here it has the roushing that makes the tummy area....kind
of a wrinkled material and that really helps hide a few bulges there. And also I love the
shoulders on this. It is short sleeve so its great for the summer but its not those spaghetti
straps that kind of you know shows every little bulge you have so I really really like this.
Now as for our anniversary. This was the dress that I wore. And Bill took me out to a wonderful
theatre play and it was just incredible. We had dinner before and as you can see with
this beautiful dress I decided to pair it with a pair of kind of Gladiator sandals and
it really kind of finished the look for me and of course its summer time and it works.
So when I was wearing this dress I didn't feel frumpy at all. Like a beautiful woman
and you know, just as a side note these dresses I'm showing you they are right out of my closet
but what we're going to do under the description is we are going to link some similar dresses
for you so you can get dressed up too. Now of course what would a video on dresses be
without the L-B-D the little black dress. This little black dress is one with a little
longer sleeves and I would probably wear that you know maybe in the fall or the winter.
I also have two other little black dresses with shorter sleeves but this one in particular
you could wear with maybe a nice scarf you could change it up with a cardigan or a blazer
to wear to work. There is so many different ways you can wear a little black dress. And
actually I did a video on different ways you can wear a little black dress so I'm not going
to get into them all here. And I'm going to put the link up there for you so you can take
a look at how to wear this versitile dress. Now of course black is very slimming because
its black. But I urge you I urge you just don't have black dresses. Go out and find
some fun colors. Maybe you can be the Lady in Red or maybe you can find a really fun
print and change it up a little bit, don't hide behind that color. Now my number five
dress has to be something absolutely gorgeous and I found this dress at an after Christmas
sale and I got about 90% off of it. And this the kind of dress if you're invited to a fund
raiser or a gala that you would have it. You know those kind of events where men are in
tux's. I wouldn't wear this to a wedding though, its kind of a little be dazzled for that.
Now for this dress usually I'm wearing it in the winter and I'm not wearing it around
the same people all the time you know if I'm going to a new years event there is usually
new people there at every event we go to. So I can wear it more than once. Usually what
I do is I wear a pair of like silk stockings or dark stockings with it sheer though and
I wear a pair of kind of gold and black pumps. You don't want to be wearing sandals in the
snow, where we live there is snow. So this really works. When I'm wearing a dress like
this I kind of feel like Cinderella at the ball. I just feel so I don't know...so awesome.
And I urge you to have one of these in your closet too. So just before I bring in our
little yorkie Hurricane and I talk about future videos, what do you think? If you're not wearing
dresses that often did I convince you to maybe go and try on a few of them and we just have
to relax with the whole thought process of like with me its...my legs are too pale.....I'm
showing my varicose veins....well there is self tanning products to help you out with
that. Or if its the winter time you could put on a really nice silky pair of hose or
also what are....oh yeah the tummy thing. Well get a dress with some roushing in it
andshow off those curves a little bit. Hey I can guarantee you there is lots and lots
of reasons why you can talk yourself out of a dress but at the end of the day its usually
just a lack of confidence. If anybody should be having that lack of confidence it should
be me as a former model. But no I just go out and I own my curves and I gotta tell you
something at that anniversary I own that red dress.So put on that dress, paint those toenails
and lets show the world that we are awesome over 50 and we can rock it. And talking about
someone whose awesome over 50.....did you know that are little yorkie Hurricane in dog
years is about 60 years old. So lets bring him out and talk about the future videos.
So here is little Hurricane and this is the time I talk to you about the future videos.
And have you seen our new channel on youtube? It's AwesomeOver50inspiration and on there
we have just put up some new...well we went on a vacation....it was not sponsored so it
was really us. And just talking on our vacation in Paris and London and again its Youtube.com/AwesomeOver50inspiration
And when you're there....did I say about putting a link up there Bill? Ok well I'm going to
put a link up there anyways to one of the videos. And while you're there don't forget
to subscribe and don't forget to click the bell so that you're notified about the videos.
Now as for this channel the Beauty and Fashion channel, I'm going to be checking out some
more products...I'm going to the drug store again and I wanted to do some more review
of makeup products for you and also a video on revamping some of the clothes in my wardrobe
and a lot more. So I guess this video is really all about feeling pretty again and getting
our confidence back. I know when I was in that frumpy stage I was like Eliza Doolittle
you know but inside I needed to find Audrey Hepburn again and I really feel like I found
her again. I really want that to happen for you too. So get your confidence, head held
high and lets show that world the women you were meant to be.