Merriam-Webster online defines the noun Chic as:
Smart elegance and sophistication especially of dress or manner.
As I roll into my mid-fifties the goal is to be conscious not live life on auto-pilot.
Reading We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now has been a wake-up call.
This has awakened in me the urge to speak out as a Rebel/Feminist.
At this point in my life living on the cusp of getting older I think each person should decide for themselves how they want to be, live, act, dress, and think.
To be a Feminist in today’s world was beautifully expressed by Gaia Repossi, an Italian Creative Director living in Paris:
“Since I am a creative person, my style is my language, a way in which I speak.
I would encourage you to “speak” freely as yourself, to be guided by your instinct, to be faithful to your heart and mind, to say something…Contemporary elegance, to me, is rooted in an enlightened feminism, in equality of genders and sexualities, and in freedom from gender.”
To embrace and honor your individuality–of gender yet also of personality–and that of others is the goal.
My agenda in advancing the ethic of Conscious Chic is precisely to liberate ourselves from the old-school patriarchy that has caused the hazardous working conditions in garment factories around the globe.
Being chained to a treadmill of buying and spending isn’t the way to live the rest of your life after you turn 50.
I say: be Chic by being You.
Acting as a conscious consumer can be a great way to manage your mental and physical health at mid-life.
In coming blog entries I’ll talk about this in more detail via the concept of having a capsule wardrobe of 30 or so items.
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