40s

Finding the Balance: Style, Confidence, and Age After 40.

There is a particular courage in wearing what feels like you, even when the room disagrees. This reader, at 47, with a linen skort that falls mid-thigh, is feeling the weight of outside voices. She is not asking for permission, but for clarity. I understand that tension between self-assured style and the fear of looking foolish. Her instinct to dress for herself is right; the only question is whose voice she lets in.