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The styles I love and feel great in seem out of reach.
The Best Matching Sweatsuits for Women
In a range of colors, styles, prices and sizes.
The 8 Best Products to Organize Your Closet
Make the Most Out of Any Sized Closet Space
The Well Dressed Life Wardrobe Challenge 20223: Week 3
Things are Getting Messy
Outfit Formula: The Sweatsuit
Making the Romanticized Version of our Style Practical
What to Buy at Talbots Semi Annual Sale
Take 50% off sale merchandise until January 29th.
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Classic Fashion, Style, and Beauty for Women Over 40
We’re redefining what classic fashion, style, and beauty look like for women over 40.
No more feeling overwhelmed when shopping, intimated when getting dressed, and worrying about being “age appropriate.”
At The Well Dressed Life, we help you love your wardrobe, feel confident in your choices, have fun with fashion and save precious time and money.
We share practical and approachable daily recommendations, including shopping lists from your favorite brands, guidance and inspiration, outfit formulas, personal style tips, and more.

The Well Dressed Woman Workshop
If you love The Well Dressed Life, you will LOVE The Well Dressed Woman Workshop, created SPECIFICALLY for our readers who want a little more personal guidance and advice.

52 Outfit Formulas
Every Thursday we post a new outfit formulas, using popular items featured here on The Well Dressed Life and show you the blue print for wearing them, along with recommendations.

Dress for Your Body Type
Every Thursday we post a new outfit formulas, using popular items featured here on The Well Dressed Life and show you the blue print for wearing them, along with recommendations.
Latest Fashion
Let’s get dressed! But let’s get dressed thoughtfully, with your personal style top of mind. The Well Dressed Life differs from other fashion sites because we work alongside you. Our daily posts take you on a journey. We start each week with What to Buy at, highlighting a popular retailer and sharing our top picks based on everything we know about our community. Then, we take a top seller and style it in three ways in How to Wear it, using previously featured reader-favorite items so you can see true mix-and-match wardrobe options.
And throughout the week, we share tips, real-life outfit inspiration, and our popular “Outfit Formula” series every Thursday.
The Best Matching Sweatsuits for Women
In a range of colors, styles, prices and sizes.
The 8 Best Products to Organize Your Closet
Make the Most Out of Any Sized Closet Space
What to Buy at Talbots Semi Annual Sale
Take 50% off sale merchandise until January 29th.
Work from Home to Dinner Out in 5 Minutes
How a Thoughtful Wardrobe Gives You Back Your Time
Meet Megan Kristel
In 2006 Megan Kristel started Kristel Closets, Inc., a full-service personal styling firm with offices and clients across the east coast. It quickly became one of the most successful firms in the country, with hundreds of clients ranging from stay at home moms, professional women and retirees.
With years of hands-on experience dressing women of all shapes, sizes, and lifestyles, Megan transitioned from working 1:1 with clients and founded The Well Dressed Life. [Read more]
What to Expect
Classic Style, Fashion and Beauty Advice and Inspiration for the Modern Woman Over 40.
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Latest Beauty
Stay current with our simple, practical, and effective skincare and beauty advice for women over 40 with our best tips and recommendations, including drugstore-to-designer brands.
What is Skin Cycling?
The Best of 2022: Skin Changing Skin Care
Why You Need Vitamin C in Your Morning Skincare Routine
This Splurge-Worthy Product Provides a TON of Benefits to Your Skin
5 Products for a 5 Minute Face
A Gorgeous Glow for Women Over 40
How to Get the Best Self Tan at Home
And The BEST Product to Make the Process Easy
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Simple, easy-to-implement tips and tricks to create a lovely, peaceful, and organized home on any budget.
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Helpful Items and Thoughtful Touches to Welcome Guests
6 Steps to Creating a Gift Closet
And Why it Helps My Over-Run Brain
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And How We Keep Up with ALL THE WASH
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A Welcoming and Functional Tiny Space.