Sherrie Mathieson, style consultant

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Does This Make Me Look Chic?

Walk into a bookstore these days, and you can't help but trip over a style-advice book for women who want to look younger.The category is growing as boomers age -- and little wonder, since the fashion industry's tendency to design for people under 35 leaves older women with nowhere to go for style guidance. But with just a few exceptions, these books feed the culture's already deep obsession with looking youthful, sometimes offering up bizarre beauty suggestions, and more often serving to fuel readers' terror of laugh lines and sagging body parts.

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Here’s The Wear and How of Ageless Style

Fashion is geared to the young, so what's a grownup to do? It's all about classic, simple style.

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Be wary of this season’s widest belts

Also, “be wary of this season’s widest belts,” cautioned Sherrie Mathieson, author of “Forever Cool” (Clarkson Potter, 2007), which details how to look up to date as you age. “Belts draw attention to themselves, so if your waist isn’t perfect — don’t focus on it. If you want to accessorize with belts, choose thinner styles, worn slightly below the waist and angled to one side to keep the eye moving away from the torso,” she advised.

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Fashion Tips For Baby Boomers Who Have Been Living In The Past

People get stuck in a decade, and unfortunately, for a lot of people our age, it's the '80s," says Mathieson, a Ridgefield resident. "Too often, for men, that means the `Miami Vice' look, for women, `Dallas.' They stay with the same hairstyle and clothing they had 25 years ago with the mistaken notion it makes them look younger but the effect is just the opposite.

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Boomer Bottoms

I love this book enough to tell you to look for it when it comes out on Oct. 9. Sherrie Mathieson has crafted "Forever Cool: How to Achieve Ageless, Youthful, and Modern Personal Style, for Women and Men." First, I love a book that has pictures telling me exactly what looks bad and what would look better. It's classic show, don't tell.

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