The Right Side of 50: What To Wear: Wedding Guest

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friends i am so glad that you joined me


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today because we are going to get


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together and talk about weddings what do


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you wear to a wedding i know a lot of us


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are knee-deep into wedding season i have


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been to three already this year and um


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lots of questions from you as to what to


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wear the venues are all over the board


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we have some people on a beach some


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people in a park some people in a church


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and some people in a barn so lots of


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questions as i said what do i wear we're


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going to start with what to wear to a


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more casual wedding okay


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starting with this amazing dress and a


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beautiful navy color from amanda up


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richard okay what do i love about this


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dress well first of all there's two


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trends that she is featuring that i


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absolutely adore right now okay it's the


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flutter sleeve which we've talked about


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before


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a flutter sleeve just elevates anything


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from a t-shirt to a simple sundress and


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right here you go you're right on trend


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with that the other trend that this


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stays in line with is the tears okay so


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it's got a beautiful two tiers here on


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the way down um and isn't too fitted in


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here um i would say it kind of gives you


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a little bit of an hourglass but it's


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not tight or binding um so as you're


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moving around or visiting at the


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reception um you're still going to be


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very comfortable


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beautiful and v-neck neckline here which


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i think just elevates things again and i


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really like the length of this dress


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okay a lot of times at a wedding i don't


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want it to be too short or above my knee


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especially um for my age i just like to


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have it a little more conservative and


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let the bride really shine and not show


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up in like a mini skirt so


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at five nine this hits me right below


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the knee is exactly where i wanted to


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okay um and i kept the shoes very simple


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this is just a little easy slide on pair


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of heels from dolce vita and um some


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really simple earrings these have a


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little bit of a wood detailing on here


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and you are all set ready out the door


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to head to your casual wedding pop on i


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would say maybe just like a very simple


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um clutch


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you're ready to go


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next little outfit for a wedding this


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one would be really appropriate if you


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had a beach wedding or if you don't live


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by a beach or a wedding by the beach


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even if it's something that's outdoor


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okay so what do we love about it again


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that flutter sleeve she just is the best


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okay keeps things really elevated again


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i like that very nice deep v um which


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again is very formal um this one does


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have a little bit of gathering here


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around the waist so it's very


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comfortable and gives you that hourglass


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shape a little bit of a tear on the


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bottom i'm going to come close so you


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can see the um the little detailing in


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here the the pattern is little tiny


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flowers that almost have like a little


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marigold color in there as well okay now


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outdoor sometimes you might be again


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like on the sand or you might be on in a


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park where things are a little unstable


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so the shoe um is going to be really key


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because a high stiletto or something is


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just not going to work so these little


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flats here from dolce vita easy on easy


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off so if you do want


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your toes in the sand or your toes in


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the grass or whatever you can take them


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off walk and then put them back on very


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easily um i added some simple earrings


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to this this little earrings a little


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tiny pearl drop um that matches the


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color in the shoe she comes in a pack of


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three so there's two other ones that


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come along in a really cute gold and


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then um i just did a little this little


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two pack of bracelets again that little


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pearl matches the earring which matches


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the shoe which pulls it all together for


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your outdoor venue


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okay you are now off to that very


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elevated very elegant formal wedding i


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have just the dress this one is from


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norma kamali in this beautiful emerald


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color


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you can do this trust me okay


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so a couple things i love about this


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first of all i love the length that


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little a little bit of length there that


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is going to get you just a little more


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formal


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feel


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it does have a little bit of a slit on


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the side which is very sophisticated


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okay it is a one shoulder and i'm going


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to tell you the trick about this dress


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there is a body suit inside okay so the


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bodysuit is all connected to the dress


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but you get in the bodysuit and it hugs


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all the things in


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just in the right places okay


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then the overlay is a little bit of a


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ruching i'm going to come closer here so


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this ruching you can kind of play around


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with a little bit right if you want a


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little more in the hip area if you


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wanted a little more on your waist if


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you feel like the ruching should be a


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little more up here in your chest area


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you can kind of play around with it and


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make it your own okay again that one


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shoulder very dramatic very


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sophisticated all right i'm going to


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show you a look from the side because it


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all kind of gathers on this right side


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okay all kind of comes together and


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around the back and again that ruching


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just really lets you play with her a


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little bit and get just the look that


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you want okay couple things that i want


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to speak to specifically about this


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dress first of all age


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don't get hung up on your age sometimes


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i think people look at these um more


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fitted silhouettes and think that's for


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the younger girls you can do it too


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remember that bodysuit that's tucked


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inside that's going to help you out get


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the shape that you want okay


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next i'm going to talk about body shape


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okay


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you don't have to be um you know stick


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thin or


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an apple a triangle a rectangle anything


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is going to work with this dress because


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this ruching really allows you to kind


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of move it as to wherever you want to so


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it looks very flattering on numerous