Outandabout March 2022 Issue195
Welcome to March 2022 the Spring air has arrived and St Patrick's day will be celebrated again in Benidorm without restrictions. Tourism is already back to pre-covid numbers and the British holidaymakers who love Spain and the Costa Blanca are already on the beach and sunny terraces eating, drinking, and having lots of fun in the sun. The new Out and About magazine is right here to read and find out what's going on in the Costa Blanca region of Spain. Lifestyle and leisure articles and reviews are written by the people who know, business professionals, and members of the public living in Spain. There are also popular pages that include puzzles and horoscopes with a host of supporting businesses that supports the charity work that editor Carol Leavy has undertaken for many years in Spain.
Welcome to March 2022 the Spring air has arrived and St Patrick's day will be celebrated again in Benidorm without restrictions. Tourism is already back to pre-covid numbers and the British holidaymakers who love Spain and the Costa Blanca are already on the beach and sunny terraces eating, drinking, and having lots of fun in the sun. The new Out and About magazine is right here to read and find out what's going on in the Costa Blanca region of Spain. Lifestyle and leisure articles and reviews are written by the people who know, business professionals, and members of the public living in Spain. There are also popular pages that include puzzles and horoscopes with a host of supporting businesses that supports the charity work that editor Carol Leavy has undertaken for many years in Spain.
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36 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA WALSH’S WISDOM<br />
Walsh’s Wisdom<br />
VOGUE IS PERCEPTION<br />
AND A LIFESTYLE DIET<br />
Russian women are acutely conscious<br />
of the importance of the impression<br />
they make. Fashion in Moscow and St<br />
Petersburg is a statement without words.<br />
Couture isn’t fixed otherwise it wouldn’t<br />
be the current style, or fashionable then or<br />
in the future. As recently as ten years ago,<br />
the standards in the apparel industry were<br />
focused on models up to 25 years of age.<br />
There were other parameters such as size<br />
limitations, typically 90-60-90 and height<br />
from 175 + (5’ 7”).<br />
The concept of the ideal model is today<br />
closer to the reality of life. Designers have<br />
turned their attention to women with ‘nonstandard’<br />
constraints and appearances.<br />
These are women who are of plus size,<br />
women of 45 + years of age and women<br />
who blend in easily but pleasingly with their<br />
contemporaries.<br />
Because modern fashion is democratic<br />
and flexible women discover themselves by<br />
immersing themselves in the creativity of<br />
fashion. Such women tend to influence the<br />
direction in which the elegance of fashion is<br />
going. The modern pace of life has greatly<br />
changed the style of modern women.<br />
Fashionable women 50 + are choosing<br />
Classic, Boho and Chic styles.<br />
For women 50 +, palette matters a lot.<br />
Stylists recommend abandoning bright<br />
and pied or particoloured items and giving<br />
preference to muted pastels. Fashion is<br />
also a personal statement. I myself love<br />
bright colours in clothes. Mature women’s<br />
wardrobes should include clean colours,<br />
minimal decorations and a concise design.<br />
Physical appearance must, of course, be<br />
important in expressing oneself through<br />
their attire. I am often asked how I maintain<br />
such a figure and asked what is my secret for<br />
achieving my physical appearance.<br />
When I was young, I was a chubby girl +<br />
15 to 17 kg more than I am today. I tried all<br />
sorts of diets, I even tried starvation. The<br />
result of dieting and starvation was shortlived.<br />
The extra pounds or kilos if you prefer<br />
did not add value.<br />
I then came to understand that any diet is<br />
a restriction of certain foods and the chosen<br />
diet must become a way of life. This is the<br />
theory but the reality was at odds with<br />
my preferences and lifestyle. Apart from<br />
‘healthy and proper’ foods, I loved sweets<br />
and biscuits. There was a need to discipline<br />
myself. I adopted a new approach to what<br />
and when I ate.<br />
I chose to eat less and I carefully measured<br />
my intake. In those days I did it by eye<br />
and I maintained a disciplined interval of<br />
3-4 hours. At the same time, one should be<br />
careful with wheat and dairy products and<br />
sweets; it is better to eat them in the morning.<br />
Over time this chosen diet has paid off.<br />
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