Ever worried about getting older? Fuggedaboutit. This will make your day. Absolutely fabulous looks.

[snagglepuss]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/angelamv/19-fabulous-style-tips-from-senior-citizens

[leveymg]

1. 6. Eyewear is Everything

[babylonsister]

2. Fun and fabulous! Thanks!! nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. The solution is to spend years in Antarctica

This scientist has just won a major award.



She is 69.

Soil scientist Diana Wall has spent two decades studying Antarctic nematodes, ground-breaking work that this year earned her one of science's top awards - the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.

"Antarctica is pretty fantastic," she says. "I can only equate it to what it must be like on Mars. There's just nothing there.
...
To work in such harsh conditions, the 69-year-old director of Colorado State University's School of Global Environmental Sustainability must pass tough physical tests and train daily to keep fit.

"I'm used to it now but I don't take it for granted," she says. "As I tell my students, people die here."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22177221

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. I'll have what she's drinking

69?

Wow!

[a la izquierda]

4. I have to tell you, this made my day

I've been crabby and moody all day (all semester is more like it)

[broiles]

5. Sorry but most look like old fools to me.

[NJCher]

10. that's my goal

To be an old fool.



Cher

[ohheckyeah]

13. And the beauty of getting older is

when someone thinks you look like an old fool, you don't give a shit.

[bemildred]

36. +1.

Exactly. What are they going to threaten you with?


"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."

[Le Taz Hot]

49. It's one of the most liberating

things you experience as you age. You don't care what ANYONE thinks. Fuck 'em!

[LadyHawkAZ]

42. +1000

[KentuckyWoman]

44. lol so true

my mother started in her late 50's to gain a little flamboyance. Now she's a parade and I love her for it. Even her great grand kids are enjoying the lssson of live free.

[ohheckyeah]

46. My mom is 87 years old

and she can rock some wild earrings and bright colored clothes. She has beautiful silver hair and really doesn't look 87. I hope I age as well as she has.

[kestrel91316]

25. Women gain power when they learn to tell people like you that they don't

give a tinker's damn what you think.

[RebelOne]

29. Well, you have a problem with ageism.

I am one of those old fools. Some day you will be there.

[broiles]

39. I'm already there. I'm 72, but I don't dress to attract attention no matter what.

[ohheckyeah]

47. That's a shame.

Live a little - wear something outrageous because it's fun. Do something outrageous and flip off anyone who doesn't like it.

[trof]

32. Sorry, but I'm glad I'm not you.

I would LOVE to know every one of those ladies.
You KNOW they all have fascinating stories to tell.

[hunter]

40. Pray you never meet the elderly women in my family.

Not only do they look fabulous, you would flee their domains looking like a fool.

Don't mess with anyone who has 70+ years experience dealing with rude boys.

[Gin]

6. Way to go seniors.....some are silly....some are glamorous....

[treestar]

7. What a riot!

Color is your friend. Or if you wear all black, put in one piece of color!

Hilarious site. Gotta love those old ladies.

[Blue_In_AK]

8. I could never pull that off,

but I love these people.

[MattBaggins]

11. Are you sure that wasn't a list of things

you should never ever do?

[ohheckyeah]

15. Why not?

They are having fun and feel good so why shouldn't they do it? As far as I know the fashion police aren't real police.

[MattBaggins]

17. OK I am only middle aged and for the most part

stuck in the 80s, so I am no authority, but even with a gun to my head, I would never color coordinate with my wife.

And that's just for starts.

[ohheckyeah]

21. I'm not that old and I'm stuck in the 70s.

I'll be cremated in blue jeans and cowboy boots. I don't coordinate with my husband unless you call both of us wearing jeans coordinating. I wear my hair long, wear what I want, and gave up caring what people think.

[ReRe]

33. Hear! Hear!

^^^^^^ except stuck in the 60s.

[mdm646]

12. Who cares?

The greatest thing about being this age is you don't give a shit about bad opinions.

[Earth_First]

14. The all look like well-heeled socialites from Manhattan... n/t

[MattBaggins]

18. Isn't that just a polite way to say

more money than sense?

Joke

[malaise]

16. Freaking hilarious

We'll pass thanks

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. The nice thing about being old is that you no longer give a damn

if other people think you look funny. I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing most of those outfits (also, I suspect many of them are expensive), but I don't care any more if people think my Crocs are ugly or my butt is big.

[annabanana]

20. WARNING!

Warning

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

Jenny Joseph

[ohheckyeah]

22. That's very cool.

Life's a banquet and most poor bastards are starving to death. (I need to find that poster again.)

[snagglepuss]

48. Brilliant. Thanks for posting.

[Silver Swan]

23. Well, I am getting on in years

I figure that if I remember to comb the back of my head, I'm ahead of most old folks out there.

Seriously, I would love to own some of the outfits those women were sporting.

[SheilaT]

24. WONDERFUL!

Co-ordinate with a friend, and color is your best friend are especially inspiring.

I'm almost officially a senior citizen, and while I do not have the sense of fashion nor the aplomb of these people, I can only hope.

I do have very long gray hair, but I live in Santa Fe, which is a city full of ladies with long gray hari.

Last weekend I was in Colorado Springs and my hair attracted much attention there.

[toby jo]

26. Some really beautiful shots. Some have me wondering what happens if we start living to 150?

Get me off the planet!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

27. I saw Tom Wolfe in there with a turquoise tie and blue suit!

I've worn glasses since I was six years old and I needed them before then, so I'm not shocked at having to wear bifocals.

I didn't know that nearsighted people needed bifocals too. Until I hit forty.

I don't like bangle bracelets because they are stiff. But I like hinged bracelets. I've dug out some Mexican silver earrings and taken them to the jeweler and gotten them converted from clips to posts. I guess my mom bought them in the 1950s. I know my folks went to Chihuahua to inspect a copper mine they had invested in.

Love the golden orange dupioni silk outfit.

[nolabear]

28. Oh, to be so brave and exciting! They look like interesting, lively people.

I really need to rock it more.

[northoftheborder]

30. The only good thing about the GWB library opening was GHWB's red socks!!!

[Demeter]

31. Wait a minute! It's April. Halloween isn't for 6 months!

[NBachers]

34. We have ladies like this that come into my work

I can see what they are now; I can see what they were before. There's always been a particular quality that comes across . . .

[HiPointDem]

35. 17. be independently wealthy and belong to the nyc arts scene....

[randome]

37. Stop celebrating your birthday.

I think we would all live longer if we could forget our age.

[smirkymonkey]

41. Awesome!

I only hope to be that stylish someday!

[ellie]

43. Jesus, I am not going to live that long

to rock those fabulous looks.

[ohheckyeah]

45. If I don't I'm going to be really pissed off.

I had a great aunt who used to wear leopard skin catsuits with anklets and high heels. LOL She was a hoot.