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  • Tosca at The State Opera – an opportunity for evening dress

    Tosca at The State Opera – an opportunity for evening dress

    We have seen Tosca at The State Opera yesterday. The performance was breathtaking. And we finally enjoyed the opportunity to wear evening dress. 🙂

    Due to the covid pandemic, the performance was moved from the spring term, and took place in a slightly modified mode. The individual groups of visitors were separated from each other, including separate entrances. We thought for a while if we should go at all, but in the end we were glad we did. Even though the performance was sold out, in the end one third of visitors did not arrive. So even the social distancing was artificially created.

  • Tip No. 1 – Dress according to your age

    Tip No. 1 – Dress according to your age

    So let me as a woman dive little deeper with the first tip mentioned in previous post What the girls know, but no one told the boys. 🙂

    I’m sure we all know that. We look at a photo of a beautiful model in a perfect outfit, and we long to look the same. We browse e-shops, we will find the same or similar clothes that we buy and wait impatiently for the package to arrive. And here it is. We eagerly open it, dress new pieces and … that’s not it. What happened? There may be several reasons, but the most common reason is that the model on photo was young, slim, tall, with ideal female proportions. And lets face it, even most of us women doesn’t look like her. It’s called marketing. But anything she puts on would suit her, even a bag from potatoes.

    We all grow old, we all change, we all know it. In the first third of life, we look forward every day to being older, taller, more mature. Then, unnoticed, the time comes when we look in the mirror every birthday and slowly come to realize that we are no longer teenagers. Our body is changing. Everyone changes differently, it depends on how we care about ourselves, what genetic predispositions we have, what health shape we are in.

    We must learn not only to live with our wrinkles, degrading skin and hair, altered proportions, but also with the fact that we can no longer wear everything that comes to our mind. But I think that by following a few simple guidelines, we can enjoy fashion at any age. But don’t get me wrong, if I am talking about age, it means how you look and feel, not exact biological number.

    Couple of guidelines for you to help

    • Be careful with miniskirts. We all enjoy miniskirts, it’s a bit of a symbol of femininity and every boy who wants to wear a skirt wants to have it. BUT…. The miniskirt is tolerable even at a later age, if you have nice legs, but it must be combined with higher boots, nylons and ideally the upper part of the clothing should cover the maximum. It always looks more elegant when only one half of the body is exposed. For example, when I show my legs in a short skirt, I wear a turtleneck, and vice versa, when I wear a long skirt, I can have a neckline or short sleeve. In short, we must leave something of the body covered, so that there is room for imagination.
    • Bare arms and shoulders until 25, then I’d rather not. Of course, there are exceptions, as always. But spaghetti straps or a sleeveless outfit is nice when you have bony shoulders. If you like this piece of clothing, try throwing a light sweater over your shoulders. Pay attention to the quality of the skin, if you suffer from acne or do not want to shave, forget about this part of clothing. It will never look nice.
    • Easy with neon colors. Enjoy neon colors on your nails and in summer. It looks a bit “fiercely young” on clothes from a certain age.
    • You will look younger in lighter colors. Pastel tones are cool, and will do the trick.
    • Leave the pictures on the T-shirts to the young generation. If you can’t do without it, go jogging in it, or do housework. 😊
    • Avoid wearing scarfs or shawls. Even if you feel that the scarf or shawl is nice accessory or hides something, usually it is not so. Boys have a shorter neck than girls and a scarf will shorten it even more. A shirt or a T-shirt with a collar will do you a better service.
    • Try a hat, straw hat or panama hat. But beware, not everyone is a hat type. For example, Vlasta does not look good in any type of hat. Just don’t overdo it with the size of the crimp. The smaller the figure, the smaller the crimp.
    • Look for inspiration from celebrities. You can take advantage from celebtrities fasion. But whenever you are looking for inspiration from the stars on a silver screen, look at women your age and similiar figure.
    • Don’t wear poor quality clothing. I prefer less clothes, but quality. Clothes from the Asian markets or e-shops like AliExpress are not expensive, but the quality of the fabric, workmanship and cuts is usually not very good, to put it mildly. And it’s recognizable at the first sight! As we age, we are expected to advance to some level of society, including better clothing. Most of you definitely have expensive and quality suits in your wardrobes, so why should you suddenly wear a lower quality dress or skirts?
    • Don’t lean forward, smile. The older we get, the more we tend to hunch over. When you straighten up and smile, you immediately look younger. We have such a trick. Imagine that you have a string on the top of your head and someone is still pulling you up. Just focus on that, when you are walking on street. You will see what immediate effect this has. You radiate confidence and pride, look younger, surprise your surroundings and feel amazing. And it often discourages unbalanced individuals from making silly remarks to your address. So you achieve several goals at once. Isn’t it great?

    So let’s look at a few examples

    • Skirt is too short, and the shirt with bare shoulders is too much for Vlasta’s age.
    • For the red pumps is much better to wear longer skirt and T-shirt. Because of the longer skirt, he can have short sleeves.
    • Skirt with over the knee boots looks much better, but the shoulders are still too much.
    • That’s how it suits Vlasta best. With short skirt over the knee boots, and a light sweater with long sleeves at the top. And voila! He doesn’t look like a cheerful schoolgirl.

    And my summary at the end 🙂

    Don’t think of this article as a dogma, but rather as a few tips that could help you better orient yourself in the world of women’s fashion. Nor does it mean that with age, your style must look like an old aunt. Not at all. I was just trying to say that it’s good to think about whether your outfit is more for someone younger or for someone much older.

    I wish everyone a lot of courage and freedom in fashion and fun and joy it brings to your life. It’s a feeling that as a girl, who can wear whatever she likes, I can’t fully and trully experience, and you have my admiration for it.

    Hope it helps and feel free to express your thougts in comments bellow.

  • New dress, amazing lunch

    New dress, amazing lunch

    Yesterday we went for a walk around Prague, but in the end we did not go very far. Along the way, we came across a shoe store with huge sale, where we spent almost the entire afternoon. This is one of the accompanying phenomena of the ongoing pandemic – almost everything is on sale, almost everything can be bought for 50% or less. The less hilarious part is that it’s almost nowhere to wear. But this is hopefully just a transitional state.

    On the way back home, we stopped at our favorite restaurant Tiskárna for a late lunch. We had a meal that all Czechs from school cafeterias know – dill sauce. One Czech proverb says: “When two do the same thing, it is not always the same”. In this case, it was more true than ever. 🙂

    We had beef in traditional creamy dill sauce, baked potatoes, cured egg yolk, and for dessert we had homemade blueberry ice lolly. The food was, as always, amazing. Pilsner beer here is probably the best beer in the whole of Prague, and the service in the restaurant is excellent, friendly and professional. Definitely worth a visit.

    And one more interesting thing. From the moment we know each other, we have one habit that helps us stay fit. In addition to walking a few kilometers every day. We share the meals in the restaurants. Usually we only have one main course, no appetizers. You wouldn’t believe how little food is enough for us, and how we as people are constantly overeating. And as every girl knows, and the men should know as well – it is not very good for your figure. 😀

  • Wonderful Venice in these extraordinary times

    Wonderful Venice in these extraordinary times

    In these extraordinary times we have decided to visit the wonderful and charming Venice. We did go there because we wanted to take advantage and see the city without tourists. We have been there before and have seen it packed with hordes of them. But this time it was different. We do understand, that for the business are these times difficult, but we think, that it was once in the lifetime opportunity.

    We don’t want to tire you out with the details of our visit, but we thought you might like the photos of our outfits we wore in Venice. Hope you would enjoy it, as we enjoyed the visit.

    Take care, be yourself and don’t waste your time with people who do not deserve it. 🙂

    Vlasta & Michaela

  • Lets have the pink dress and beer in the harbor

    Lets have the pink dress and beer in the harbor

    It’s finally here, there are open beer gardens in the Czech Republic and we can have a beer. We choose summer clothes, I ignore Vlasta’s remarks that 14 degrees is not enough for a beer outside, that it’s cold. In the end, my enthusiasm wins, we add pantyhose and we are standing in front of the house and it is… COLD. We’re taking the car, so what, a non-alcoholic beer is fine too. A little blueish, but determined. In the half-empty garden we look exotic, not only because of Vlasta’s dress, but because the people around us have winter jackets… 😀

    I capitulate soon. I order mulled wine for me, Vlasta quickly “kicks in” a non-alcoholic beer and we disappear in the car where we get warm. In the end, it’s good at home on Friday too, and we’ve been to the garden before. Hopefully it’s going to be warmer tomorrow, because we would like to go sailing.

  • Unexpected shift – I’m invisible!!!

    Unexpected shift – I’m invisible!!!

    When I’ve met Vlasta I noticed that women’s dresses on him cause a stir everywhere. I mean EVERYWHERE. People were staring at us, taking photos, commenting. And than I suddenly realized:

    I’m invisible!!! 😀 It was a whole new feeling.

    As a girls we’re used to attention. From an early age, the surroundings evaluate us (nice dresses, shoes, hair). But not for boys. They are measured by their actions. He broke it, arranged it, repaired it, invented it. And suddenly it’s different. There is a lot of attention around us, but not on me, on Vlasta! I’ve became used to it. But it’s a completely new experience.

    One story for all. It’s a February night and we’re leaving the dance ball. We’ve decided to walk because we don’t live too far. We both have dresses. It’s three o’clock in the morning, at the National Theater we pass a couple of young and handsome people (boy and girl). The boy suddenly stops and says:

    – “Excuse me, weren’t you at the National Theater at the Ballet Bridges in November?“

    We’re both a little surprised, but we answered unanimously yes. The boy smiled, looked at Vlasta and said:

    – “Blue cocktail dress and brown pumps! Am I right?“

    He was. But no one remembered what I was wearing. We all started laughing and a couple disappeared into the darkness.

    P.S.

    Once, in the morning, we went to work together. Vlasta was exceptionally wearing pants. He looked at me and conspiratorially said:

    – “Now, if they’re staring at us, they’re staring at you“. 😀

    And he was right. I had my attention again. Even though it was so little compared to him wearing dress.

  • Cycling & Beer by the river

    Cycling & Beer by the river

    We fine-tuned our outfits in the morning, so it didn’t look like one was going to the theater and the other for a picnic. The length of the skirts is also important. Finally, Vlasta found a use for his fishnet tights, which I usually smirk at. They look beautiful with a long pleated skirt. Pumps everything fine-tuned. You will definitely agree with me that it is an elegant outfit for a light ride through the city by bike. I’m wearing the same skirt, it’s just gray. We know from experience that we look like fools in exactly the same outfits. 🙂 Our skirts fluttered beautifully, people were amazed and we enjoyed a beautiful sunny day.

  • How do you meet guy like this?

    How do you meet guy like this?

    I.

    Vlasta and I met on a dating site. He was funny, prompt and he hasn’t been “too pushy”, so I wasn’t quite sure of his interest in me. I was more surprised when he invited me to breakfast. He picked my favorite chain of cafes in Prague and left on me the decision to which one I would like to go. It was nice and gallant. At the end of the invitation, he texted me “And don’t forget, I’m little crazy”. I thought it was clear from our conversation, and I was looking forward to the breakfast.

    I arrived a few minutes later, I’m really trying to get on time, but…. You know that. Vlasta was already sitting at the table. I really liked him, tall slim and ….. for God’s sake he’s GOT HIS NAILS PAINTED, neon pink… so, it was a shock. I started looking for a hidden camera in conspicuously. I was wondering if I should leave. In the end, I fell on a chairing fainting, after all, his nails will not spoil my favorite eggs Benedict. And all I was able to do, was to ask “Why?” Vlasta smiled and said to me “Because I like it. And I don’t eat kids”. I didn’t understand how it is related to children and cannibalism. Anyway, I don’t have to understand everything right away, do I? Breakfast was very good. Vlasta was attentive, (brought me glass of water when I started choking on the sandwich) unforced and funny. I think he’s had a good time all along with my “derail”. It was a very nice breakfast … Except for the nails, I’ve never seen a guy wear painted nails, liked it, and wanted to meet a woman. And even though I was in shock, it was clear to me that this guy was really “crazy” and that the nails were just the tip of the iceberg which I could see. When we said good-bye, except that I called all my girlfriends about what kind of crazy guy I met, and it was clear to me, we’re not going to meet again…. Too bad, finally a smart guy who made me laugh. But the NAILS and everything we didn’t talk about…. No, it wasn’t sexy to me.

    II.

    I’m in my car driving to the beach volleyball… late again. My iPhone rings, for me, from incomprehensible reasons I don’t see who’s calling. I was thinking that the guys from beach are nervous where I am – you know they can’t play it in threes. I picked it up and I’m trying to calm the situation down. “Oh, I’m already around the corner”. Silence. And then Vlasta “Hey, I was going to ask you if you would like to go out for a beer, but if you’re around the corner than it’s cool”. He laughed at me. And I figured it out, nails aren’t sexy, but funny guys are. We didn’t go for a beer; I had a beach.

    III.

    I was the one who wrote him. There was an exhibition of Kupka in Prague, it was the event of the year. I really wanted to see it. My kids had a weekend with their father. And somewhere in the back of my head, I felt that see it with Vlasta could be a great experience. He didn’t have time. He had a weekend with the kids. I mean, after all, just with his son, but Vlasta said if I don’t mind, all three of us can have a dinner. I decided to go. Vlasta has great taste in restaurants. I almost late again, because he kept writing what I was going to wear. I’ve never been asked by a guy before a date what I’m going to wear. 😊. Even I have no idea what I’m going to wear, and I change my mind several times. “I am decided” I wrote him “I’ve got it, I’m going to wear pants, feel free to wear a skirt”. And I had no doubt he’d wear it. He did. We went to the exhibition the next day with his son.

    We were circling around each other in next months, and I had a lot of questions and a lot of doubts. And I’m sure Vlasta too. But we never stopped laughing together since that date, and I’ve never regretted it.

    Vlasta and Michaela