Can I Wear Miniskirts At My Age?

Dear E. Jean: I hate looking frumpy. Is it uncool to wear miniskirts at my age? I’m beginning to notice other women giving me these up-and-down looks and glancing at me rather nastily when I walk to work in my black-and-red plaid Converse and short skirts. If other women knew how messed up my hormones are (I just entered perimenopause), they wouldn’t be trying this crap! —Not Over the Hill

Not, my nymph: Oh, please. Fashion is art. If you don’t occasionally shock a fellow woman on a walk to work, you’re missing one of the joys of life.

This letter is from the Ask E. Jean Archive, 1993-2017. Send questions to E. Jean at [email protected].