I whole-heartedly agree. I’m in excellent shape, don’t have awful arms, legs, and my neck is fine. I’m 44. I’m tired of blanket generalizations about what women over 40 shouldn’t wear, as if we’re all the same. I never hear about what women over 20 shouldn’t wear. In fact, 20-somethings are told to go all out. Never mind if they’re out of shape, or a particular style doesn’t work for them.

In fact, I feel “age-appropriate” dressing is ridiculous once you’re past 21. What’s most important is occasion appropriate, lifestyle appropriate and perhaps most importantly, body shape appropriate.

In the 4 years I’ve been over forty I have worn almost all the no-nos. Baby dolls, low rise jeans, capris, tank tops, spaghetti straps, you name it. What I have sense to never wear are the clearly teenaged styles like the shrunken parkas, uggs, shrunken blazers, wildly embellished denim, sparkly message tee shirts, belly shirts, etc. Other than that, I stay contemporary and find it easy to do so.

Hey, I’m 44, I know what looks good on me, I know to mix classic with contemporary to not look too stodgy. I actually don’t need Tim Gunn’s specious advice and I don’t think any of us grown up girl’s do. Tim needs some advice himself. LOL.

I’m a big fan of Tim’s and am a bit surprised to hear him generalize about women over 40. A woman should definitely be mindful of her age and body shape, but not worry about questionable parameters set by someone else.