by Carrie Eckles

Created on: October 15, 2009

The worst fashion advice anyone could give you is to "dress your age"; usually, that advice is focused at forty-year-old women who wear their teenage daughter's low-cut, faded jeans. But some women really take that advice to heart. They think that dressing your age means to dress like a mom in your thirties and forties, and when they become a grandmother, they think it's time to dress like an old lady.

Ideally, the best fashion advice for a mother or grandmother is to: A) dress appropriately, and B) dress for your shape. It's not written anywhere that you have to become a frumpy mess the second you turn thirty-five - - or even fifty-five. You're still young. You should still enjoy your body and the clothes you put on it.

Dressing Appropriately

Dressing appropriately is usually likened to "dressing your age", but it's not really the same thing. To dress appropriately simply means to do just that: dress appropriately for each occasion. Once you hit your thirties, you should know what to wear and when to wear it. After all, your thirties are when you're finally your own woman. You're far away from your mother's nest; perhaps you yourself are a mother, a wife, or a career woman. Whatever your position in life, it's important to dress the part.

Dressing for your Shape

Dressing for your shape is just as important as dressing appropriately. And dressing for your shape is never more important once you've had children. Having children changes your body; it's important to learn to love it again and flaunt every last curve to the fullest.

Dressing for your shape not only slims you, but it also says to the world: "I'm mature, but I'm not old". And that's exactly what you want to say in your thirties, forties, and fifties. It says to the world that you're classy and confident - that you're young enough to be vibrant, but you're old enough to be mysteriously alluring.

Anti-Mom Jeans

Just because you're a mom, or a grandma, it doesn't mean you have to wear the dreaded "mom jeans". Mom jeans come up high at the waist and are usually pleated, which is unflattering on any figure. Instead, your best option is to go for a pair of sophisticated jeans that work for your shape.

Don't think about your age when picking out jeans. Think about what looks best on you. Avoid anything with pleats and keep your eye only on what's stunning. However, there is a rule: avoid light-colored denim. Light colored denim is hard for even teenagers to pull off; it's impossible once you it thirty. Instead,

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