It’s
the handbag you have to have, until you notice that everyone else has to have
this bag and then it loses its appeal.
But if you were younger you would buy it anyway.
Maturity brings with it a sense of freedom.
No longer do you feel dictated to buy the “it”
of the moment. However, a woman is always
a woman no matter the age and a woman will always love a nice handbag. I am
no different and so I decide to hunt for my own personal “it” bag. It had to be
versatile and comfortable. No longer would I endure discomfort for the sake of
fashion. It also had to be stylish and make a statement. Maturity gives you permission to speak your own mind.
So I began to search for just the right it
bag that did not make me look old, did not make me look like everyone else and
did not make me look dated. Proactive anti-aging to me means I don’t date myself. Getting hung up in
an outdated style immediately gives away your age.
After several futile attempts at finding
the right bag I must say that a certain
PVC tote made it to the bottom of my
list. Not because it wasn’t versatile, functional and attractive, but
because it was the handbag that everyone was wearing so it had lost its appeal.
I bought one for summer. Then I began to see it popping up everywhere on the
streets. So I sold it and made a profit. With the money I began to search for
my own individual it bag.
What was it I was trying to say? I wanted a
statement bag and not just an “it”
bag. I wanted to be proactive in my hunt. Being proactive means creating a situation, rather than simply responding
to something. So my search began by taking a proactive approach to finding the
right bag rather than responding to what everyone else was wearing. My statement: having the freedom to be different rather than responding
to the dictates of the marketing world.
But I love the PVC effect. It’s better than leather. Or is it? Leather requires tanning and tanning is bad for
the environment. PVC requires manufacturing using toxic chemicals and it too is
bad for the environment. I have
grandchildren so if I don’t try and do something good for the future of the
world my grandchildren may suffer. Such a dilemma!
Then I found
eco leather. Suddenly I felt young again. I flashed back to my old hippie days when we marched to end the war, for civil rights, women’s rights and to
save the environment. Earth Day began in 1970 as a by-product of my generation.
In the sixties and seventies I was young and full of ideals. Somehow those ideals had slipped beneath the surface as I
struggled to mature. There were times when I simply conformed and followed the
crowd.
It was eco
leather that led me to two high end Italian
designers with flagships stores in Milan. Could this be where I would find
my statement bag? First I found a
handbag described as being sexy and bold
and then I found a handbag that was described as for the open minded, art- loving, exotic, sometimes ethnic and other time’s
bohemian woman. I found my
statement! And the two bags together cost less than the PVC tote I was
trying to avoid. They both were made of Eco leather. They both were bold and spirited, but with a touch of class.
Eureka! I think I found my “It” bags.
I found two “it” bags that both made an individual statement. If maturing has
taught me one thing it is not to be afraid to express who I am. Wisdom is the beauty of aging. In a flash of wise insight there comes a moment where
who you are becomes more important than who you are trying to be.
Bear with this little digression that will
lead bag to my statement bag. One day I took a photo class for my new IPhone 6.
In my class was a young girl about
twenty-four who lives in my building with her mother. She has pink hair and is quite artsy. She
noticed me right away and we bonded immediately. She was wild and free, friendly and warm. She reminded me of myself at her
age. I loved the wild and free side of life.
Several
weeks later and after I had purchased my statement
handbags I ran into Channel (yes that
is her name) in the elevator. She went on and on about how much she loved my handbag. I thanked her and
I smiled with delight. If Channel loved my handbag I had made my statement. I’m
not losing my wild and free spirited touch. I’m still marching to my own drum
and the young kids want to march along with me. Suddenly I felt young again.
My Proactive
anti-aging tip – leave the “it” behind and make a statement that says I am free, spirited and never follow
the crowd. I’m not “it”; I’m me and
that “me-ness” will make you feel bold
and feisty just like you did when you were young.
And another thing about a statement bag; if it’s cute enough you
can always use it to put a bag over your
head on those days when you just don’t want to be seen. Sometimes it’s nice
to pull a bag over your head and take a break. Here is another thing you can do with a statement bag.
When a guy (or girl) is too ugly to look at their face, if you put a bag over their head then you can be
with them without guilt. Tip; If you
use a European designer bag, it
makes them look even better.
Keep
making your statement and you’ll be surprised how young you’ll feel!
Here’s
to being it!
Doctor Lynn
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