Still Becoming

Still Becoming — Jewels By Nora journal cover.

There is a particular idea Nora has never understood.

That women are supposed to reach an age when they become less interested in beautiful things.

Less color.

Less jewelry.

Less experimentation.

Less attention.

As though style slowly belongs to somebody else.

Nora disagrees.

Strongly.

If anything, getting older made getting dressed easier for her.

There were fewer people left to impress.

That helped.

She knows what she likes now.

She knows which pieces she will actually wear.

She knows that somebody else's opinion about whether something is “appropriate for her age” is usually much less interesting than they think it is.

So she wears the jewelry.

Sometimes one simple piece.

Sometimes several.

Sometimes something understated with an outfit that does all the talking.

Sometimes the exact opposite.

There are no rules posted beside her mirror.

For Jewels By Nora, that matters.

Our visual world does not revolve only around youth because style does not suddenly disappear when somebody turns forty, sixty or seventy.

Neither does curiosity.

Neither does confidence.

Neither does the desire to walk into a room wearing something you chose simply because it made you smile.

Nora is older.

That is not something the brand needs to soften, disguise or apologize for.

It is part of what makes her interesting.

Her face has lived.
Her jewelry has somewhere to belong.

And she is not finished becoming whoever she is going to be next.

Maybe none of us are.

So wear what feels like you today.

Change your mind tomorrow.

Add another necklace.

Take one off.

Try something unexpected.

Growing older does not mean becoming less visible.

And beautiful things were never reserved for the young.

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