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The Frump Factor
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Reflections on beauty and fashion for women who weren't born yesterday. Bring your sense of humor and fight the frump with me!
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Visibly thrifted: A top for spring

For some time now, I’ve been fighting the scourge of Thrift Envy. This disease is a side effect of reading too many fashion blogs. So many of my favorite bloggers are champion thrifters. They g...

07 may 12

A sports bra of one’s own

Public domain image from wpclipart.com Women of all ages, sizes and fitness levels strap themselves into some kind of exercise gear on a regular basis. If you’re like me, you probably don’...

01 may 12

Those were the days

Beauty pageant from another era (public domain photo) A friend of The Frump Factor, the inimitable Maggie T, recently drew my attention to some interesting online content created a few years back for...

22 apr 12

We have a winner!

With a little help from some invisible robots over at Random.org, I have chosen my MarketPlace giveaway winner. Let’s have a big round of applause for Tamera at Menopausal Supermodel! Tamera is...

12 apr 12

The mascara games: Fear and loathing at the drugstore

Not too long ago, as I was half-squatting, half-sprawling on the floor of my local drugstore, unsuccessfully searching the lowest possible shelf for a replacement mascara, a question popped into my h...

06 apr 12 1 person likes this

Visible Monday: Green fashion, a good cause, and a giveaway!

After about a year and a half of writing this blog, I am happy to announce my first-ever giveaway. I’m even more pleased to be giving something that I would definitely love to win myself —...

26 mar 12

An apple and a banana walk into a bar…

This month’s style-related obsession? Demystifying body types. I thought I had figured this out long ago, but learning is cyclical and recursive, right? Why should I care? Well, there is a very...

20 mar 12

Late to the arm party

When I was in my early thirties, I used to make bead necklaces. It was fun while also being a source of endless frustration. For every successful necklace that got worn, there were several others tha...

13 mar 12

Visible Monday: One dress, seven outfits

I’m not sure when or why I stopped wearing dresses, but it probably had something to do with my belief that they’re less versatile than separates. While people are much more likely to not...

05 mar 12

Playing with Boho-chic

For months now, I’ve been wanting to try some necklace-layering techniques that I learned in this post by the lovely Debbi at She Accessorizes Well. I’ve noticed that fashion bloggers lay...

22 feb 12

Fantasy vs. reality: The closet edition

In the fantasy, I stroll into my perfectly organized closet to assemble my perfectly coordinated outfit. My clothes are color-coordinated and organized by type. Outfits assemble themselves effortless...

08 feb 12

Visible Monday: Tropical shopping

Straw hat by Peter Grimm (purchased at Charme in Ft. Myers, FL); Belt by artist Leoma Lovegrove Who doesn’t fantasize about ditching everything and fleeing to a tropical island? Sure, it’...

30 jan 12

Not quite an “it bag”

We’ve all heard about the “it bag” — the gaudy, blingy, overpriced-but-I’ve-got- to-have-it bag of the moment. Your attitude toward the “it bag” may depend on...

11 jan 12

Visible Monday: Rocking a fake pashmina

Once you start wearing a big old shawl everyday, you’re on the express train to old ladyhood, right? Well, that’s what I’ve always thought. So it was with mixed feelings that I fell...

02 jan 12

The other gold

Mr. Frump and I recently got together with two old friends. They started out as Mr. Frump’s coworkers, but they soon became friends in earnest. But things changed, as they often do: first th...

23 dec 11

Glasses half full

So I finally did it. I finally gave in and picked up some reading glasses. I’d been thinking about it for over a year. Maybe I resisted because it’s a sign of aging. The first time you ...

27 nov 11

All aboard the gratitude express!

This is the time of year when many of us pause to reflect, with gratitude, on all the good things in our lives. But what about all the bad things that are finally gone from our lives? Can’t w...

19 nov 11

Visible Monday: Authority & Authenticity

The phrase “fake it ’til you make it” has been on my mind a lot lately. I’m facing some challenges at work, beyond the normal, everyday challenge of staying on top of the four...

14 nov 11

Still here! Almost.

In the outfit post you see here, I am on day two of no electricity or running water. Fleece vest by Columbia Pajama-style shirt, also by Columbia Sweatpants: Target (Champion diffusion line) Boots: T...

01 nov 11

Dressing in the Dark (and other joys of fall)

Post-harvest hijinks at a local farm We are entering the time, my friends, when leaving the house with one black shoe and one navy blue shoe is a very real danger. While I’ve never done this myself,...

15 oct 11

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