Dressing Fearlessly: Gail Sheehy’s Fashion Journey

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Summary Gail Sheehy had a crucial interview in her twenties. It was her dream to work for editor Eugenia Sheppard. Gail had been warned that Sheppard disliked old people and pregnant women, but because of her fashion inspiration of Jacqueline Kennedy she was able to impress and get hired. In our twenties don’t we all think at least once what would happen if I don’t know what they think I know. Being a journalist, she quickly learned that in fashion it’s easy to fake it by blending in with the crowd. By the age of thirty, she learned to trust her instincts in dressing freely without caring about her age. As a divorced woman she found a partner who loved women’s fashion. He convinced her to wear a bright suit something she thought she would …show more content…

Older women are often stereotyped into the older you are the less effective you are and less doors open for them. When it is the older you get the more knowledge and experiences you have the more opportunities you have of doing more and new things. The phrase you should dress your age is proved wrong in this article and is instead replaced with “dress as young as you feel”. Just because you are at a certain age doesn’t mean that you should dress like everyone else in your age group. That it is ok to get out of your shell to explore new and different things. In the article there is also a small connection to culture shock, because she moved from New York to Berkeley, California. Although it doesn’t mention all the stages of culture shock it is easy to tell that she was able to adapt. Such as when Gail Sheehy mentioned she felt as if she had been reborn, and was able to explore into a more comfortable style of fashion and trading her heels for …show more content…

As well as coming out of your shell a bit opens a world of possibilities. Your age doesn’t stop you from doing something you would like to do. In fact, your knowledge and experiences opens more doors for you to explore a whole new a world of possibilities the older you

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