The Beautiful Badass Bod Era: How fashion can help create a midlife revolution

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Has your body changed in perimenopause or menopause and suddenly your clothes don’t feel like you anymore?

Heather Bolt, founder of Dotty Clothing, joins Lisa Boate for a funny, honest conversation about midlife fashion, changing bodies, body confidence and what happens when we stop trying to dress the woman we used to be.

We talk about the messages Gen X women inherited about our bodies, the ridiculous rules around dressing “age appropriately,” sensory and body changes in midlife, colour, comfort, visibility and why getting dressed can be a surprisingly powerful part of reclaiming your identity.

Because the goal isn’t to get your old body back.

It’s to dress the body you have now in a way that makes you feel like yourself.

And sometimes, as Heather puts it, we need to remember who the hell we are.

In this episode:

• How perimenopause and menopause can change the way clothes feel and fit

• Why “age appropriate” style rules deserve to be questioned