Welcome to the Over 50 fashion edit. This month Jennifer and I are joined by our friend Tania from 50 is not old (I know 50??!!). We are talking about our favorite Summer Accessories. To be honest, in the heat of Summer, I wear very few accessories. Big heavy necklaces, bracelets, and earrings just don’t cut it with Summer’s light fabrics. For Summer I prefer a natural pallette of bone, raffia, shells, and wood. I wear mostly linen, and the natural elements compliment the the weight and texture of the linen. Let’s take a look at Natural Summer Accessories for Women over 50.
None of these accessories are pricey. You can find them on Ebay, Etsy, and in inexpensive shops. I prefer bone accessories that have some age. I try and pick up interesting ones on Ebay, Etsy, and second-hand shops when I see them. Here are a few of my favorites that I wear regularly in the summer.
You can dress them up or down. I am wearing a favorite pair of vintage bone earrings with a bit of silver, a bone bracelet with silver, an old straw hat, and a favorite michael stars tee (on sale), and the cp shades jen pant. All items or similar are linked at the bottom of the post.
In this photo I am wearing a couple of other CP shades favorites, the lily skirt, and a shirt that is no longer available with the same accessories, but I added a horn link necklace that can be worn long or short, and switched out the bracelets for a couple other favorites.
You may have seen this picture of my pal Kim and me from a few weeks ago. I a m wearing cross earrings in bone, a couple of bone bangles, a Target tote, and you guessed it a CP Shades tunic (old).
Here I am wearing a J Jill linen shirt with the lily skirt, the bone accessories, and those inexpensive mia sandals you need to grab!
Here I am wearing the Tula hat, my favorite J Crew Linen shirt, a jute belt, the cp shades lily skirt and the mia sandals.
I favor the monochromatic textural combinations with the natural accessories although I have been known to wear them with color as well. You can barely see them here but I have mixed the bone bracelets with a quartz that compliments the green/mustard in the outfit. The earrings are bone.
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I hope you enjoyed Natural Summer Accessories for Women over 50. If you love accessories (I do!) you might enjoy my post on How to Layer Necklaces here. I can’t wait to see what Jennifer and Tania have to share. Pop over and visit them for more fun.
I just wanted to say that the striped top and wide legged white pants struck the perfect proportions for you. My favorite! Bravo! I love the straw hat as well😊
I agree! I love your suggestions. Living down south, with the heat and oppressive humidity, I wear almost no accessories in the summer and wear pants very seldom after early June, until mid September – it’s just too hot for leggings or jeans.
I simply adore your natural palette in colour and texture. It’s simply timeless and understated. Casual but elegant. This has really inspired me. Thank you 🙏🏻
You look great Cindy. I always enjoy these posts. They give me ideas for my summer wardrobe. Thank you.
Karen
I love how you accessorize your wardrobe. For years I have worn my daily 35 year old David Yurman cross hoop earrings and bracelet, but in the summer I change to lighter jewelry. I wear turquoise drop earrings made by a local artist here in Kentucky and 3 small gold bracelets with turquoise stones. This summer I purchased freshwater pearl drop earrings and a long freshwater pearl necklace. I love your neutral summer jewelry suggestion and I will look to incorporate some items in to my look. I purchased an antique ivory necklace and bangle bracelet on my first trip to Nantucket when I was a young high school English teacher. I love wearing these pieces and wear them with black tops and blouses.
Hi Cindy! I loved this post. You always have the most stunning accessories and I hope to one day have the kind of collection that you do. I loved our lunch together. Your shirt tunic was beautiful. I need one in my life. You just wear everything with ease and style! I don’t think anyone looks as natural and effortless.
xo Kim
PS. Can you tell what the jeans you are wearing in the last pic? LOVE them!
Lovely post…and I love your navy tiered maxi skirt…can you share where it is from? Thx
Cindy, you look fabulous in everything!!! You have inspired me to get out my bone and ivory vintage accessories and start wearing them! Thanks for including me in this months post.
I really like the skirts you wear. I believe we wear similar sizes. Would you mind sharing what size you wear In the lily skirt by CP shades?
There is another skirt you wear often, especially when you are featuring what to wear in the heat; it is loose and airy. I can’t find it in your past blogs. If you can think of the brand it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
HI THERESA
THEY ARE ALL THE LILY SKIRT. THE ONE I SHOWED TODAY IS THE COTTON/SILK VERSION. THE OTHER ONES THAT I OWN ARE THE LINEN VERSIONS. I HAVE BOTH THE X-SMALL AND THE SMALL. I CAN’T TELL MUCH DIFFERENCE TO BE HONEST!
You always do such a good job with your accessories. I have gotten rid of a few of my faux tortoise pieces since I don’t think the yellow of them looks as good with my grey. I’m gravitating towards the horn and love the necklace you are wearing. I have one ordered from Etsy but I think the individual rings are going to be too large for my body size. We’ll see but I hope it works.
I also have real ivory pieces from back in the day before it was on the endangered list. Bought a necklace of graduated lima bean shapes at I. Magnin on Union Square when they were going out of business. Miss that store!
I love the way you combine accessories. The natural materials look fantastic on you. This was so fun! I am constantly inspired by you.
We all inspire each other! I learn from you every day. Thank you it is always so much fun to collaborate. It breathes new life into our blogs!
Love, love, love every outfit and all the accessories!! It’s amazing how accessories can elevate our outfits!
That’s great to think of wearing, bone, shell, rattan etc for summer. It would be cooler and just fits the linen , rayon, seersucker look of summer. Some of the new fabrics are great for summer coolness too. I wish you could darken the type. I can barely see what I type. Just old eyes probably,
Hi Cindy,
You always looks so chic, nobody wears accessories as well as you do! I consider you my fashion guru. If only I could pull off these looks as well!
If it’s hoy I find I can barely stand to wear any jewelry, I should try some of the bone pieces and see if that makes a difference!
XO Heidi
Love your style Cindy thank you for the post.I am loving the white bone cross earrings and the horn necklace from Etsy.
Hi there! Do you happen to know where Kim’s shirt is from (in the photo of the two of you together)? Thanks!
I love seeing your CPShades garments – I bought several things from their boutiques when they could be found on the east coast. Sadly, I haven’t lived near one for over a decade since the East Coast boutiques closed. I would order some of the lovely items you wear in a minute if I could have them easily shipped to my current home in France! I’m taking note of the lily skirt and other pieces to order when I’m back in the US!
And the bone jewelry is a great summer idea – I’m sure everyone is bored with the few gold pieces I brought with me and wear constantly! Will start looking for summery bone items in the markets.
just wanted you to know I ordered and just received the straw tote from Etsy. It is very nicely made (in France), and is large enough to carry items to the beach, or just a classy tote for running errands. Thanks for the recommendation! Did yours arrive?