In a time of anti-aging this and that skincare, it's kinda kooky to think that fashion has become the anecdote to Dorian Gray, but this ladylike trend is just fashion's way to evolve into a more conservative, refined state of tailoring. Yes, the tie-front blouse has returned with a vengeance. Though shall not wear the full ladylike look unless thou is tender enough to NOT remember when a payphone call cost a mere dime. Realize that the same outfit that looks powerful, pulled together, and fresh on someone under 25 makes a woman more mature look like a frump. And, at this fashion moment, a nineteen year old thinks it's cool to look frumpy.
Missy is just sooo enthralled with looking like a dame-again.
That does not mean you have to entirely eschew ladylike luxe. Toy with edginess, strut your sassiness, and loosen up the look to KO the dowager potential. Paradoxically, a trend has come where extensively adding youthful details doesn't make you look like an old bat trying to recapture her youth, but as a woman clever enough to keep the right amount of trends sprinkled into her mix to make the look of the moment work for her. Simplify makeup to one shot of glam for drama, rather than a heavier, more powdered makeupy application. Avoid looking like a Central Casting call for the Queen Mum by wearing some of the look.