(Big grin and wink would appear about now.)Īs I get older I find that there are lots of things that we need to say “Step away from the Alfred Dunner” in other words, don’t do things that age us prematurely. I’m not dressing for the world I do it because it makes me feel good and there is the bonus that my husband kind of likes it too. It doesn’t matter if I’m going to work, an event, or just staying home to clean. Every day I fix my hair, put on my makeup and make sure my nails are polished. I had to give up wearing heels, but there is a world of reallllllllllllllly cute flats out there and boots, must not forget really cute boots. Oh, and don’t only buy Rockport Walking shoes. I have several friends in their seventies and eighties and one of the first things I noticed about their approach to getting older was to stop fixing their hair and stop wearing making up. And ladies, please don’t cut all your hair off when you get older, not unless you look really cute in short cut. Think about Sophia Loren or Raquel Welch, they got the memo. Age appropriate does not have to translated into “little old lady”, but more timely. Yes, you can be tastefully wear age appropriate clothes and still dress youthful. My apologies to Alfred Dunner, you do have a place in this world, just not my world. My stock of Alfred Dunner has left my closet and found a home with Goodwill for some little old lady to ooh and ah over. Not my physical age, but my mental youthful age. As I started shopping with a different mindset I started to feel my age. I educated myself about what looked good on me and what really did make me look older than I am. What saved me? My daughter and granddaughter were the first to say, “Mom, you are too young to be wearing that.” When we would go shopping and I gravitated toward the Alfred Dunner rack, I would here this refrain “Step Away From the Alfred Dunner!!!” They also encouraged me to watch the show “What not to Wear” where I gained a knowledge about style and fashion. (Boastful grin usually appears about now) I have to admit, it was a bit unsettling to go to places and to see women in their eighties and nineties wearing my clothes. I like to hear people say seventy!! No way! You look far too young. When asked, I like to say I’m seventy, but I’m only 68, such a boring number. Because this was my mother’s brand, it became my brand when I was in my thirties and continued through my forties and fifties and somewhat into my sixties. I have to admit, they are improving in their designs, but to those in the know, it is easily recognizable. My mother wore mostly Alfred Dunner clothes.
Just in case you don’t know, Alfred Dunner is a manufacturer of women’s clothes, mostly for the “Mature Woman”.
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