How To Dress For Menopause: 5 Things You Need For Comfort And Style

Fashion Fridays, Kuel Life Thought Leader: Tracy Gold

Maybe the clothes don’t fit or maybe they fit, but just aren’t flattering anymore. Even if you are aware of it, you may not have realized just how much perimenopause and menopause changes our clothing needs.

When perimenopause hit me and I was suddenly aware of an extra three inches around my belly, I instantly felt it in my clothing. I don’t weigh myself. I don’t even own a scale, but I know when my clothes don’t fit like they used to.

During this time, I was fortunate or unfortunate enough to be going on QVC with seven cameras catching me at all different angles. So, I couldn’t avoid seeing the difference.

“When perimenopause hit me and I was suddenly aware of an extra 3 inches around my belly, I instantly felt it in my clothing.”

How To Dress For Menopause–5 Things You Need From Your Clothing:

The reason why I say I was fortunate to have been on QVC at the time was that it gave me a unique opportunity to figure out what was and was not working for this newfound body…. on national television. Yikes!

BUT… I did figure it out. Not just for me, but for all of us. This is what I found. We need these five things from our clothing to look and feel like the gorgeous kick-ass midlifers we are.

1. Clothing That Adapts To Our Body Changes:

Because our bodies can look different every day, we need clothing that adapt, can be styled various ways to best how our bodies look and feel today.

2. Shape But Not Tight:

Again, we often think in extremes. It’s either button-popping tight or it’s like a big sack. Either extreme is not flattering. We need clothing that gives us shape but isn’t tight and uncomfortable.

3. Soft, Breathable Fabrics:

I have found that my skin has become so much more sensitive to fabric texture and because of our crazy internal heating systems, we need breathable fabrics that means it’s less likely sweat marks will show on our clothes.

4. Versatile:

There is no doubt that clothing that meets all these requirements are going to be a little more pricey, but if these pieces are super versatile, you can get so much more wear out of them. Items that dress up and down, can mix and match and be styled various ways will mean that we always have something fabulous to wear, no matter the occasion. 

” Some women don’t want to show their upper arms or knees, some women are okey to show these parts.”

5. Coverage:

This will vary from woman to woman. Some women don’t want to show their upper arms or knees, some women are okay to show these parts. Either way, your clothing needs to support you and not make it look like you just threw something on to cover up.

I know this may seem overwhelming and begs the question, where will I find clothing like this?

A Collection That Meets The Criteria:

I have designed a collection that meets all of these criteria. Because of my own experience of entering perimenopause, I set out to work out what works so that I could solve it for all of us. My collection is designed to adapt to your body changes, give you shape, is made of soft, breathable, high quality fabrics, is super versatile and can be customized to suit you so you get the coverage you desire.

I have an exclusive offer to make it easy and cost effective to give this a try. https://tracygoldnewyork.us/pages/exclusive-offer

Watch the full interview I had with Jack here:

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