MARCIA TURPIN says she avoids stress at all costs, eats well, exercises, thinks positively and adores dressing up.
It shows.
But, above all, the 60-year-old retired fashion designer attributes her good health and great looks to her optimistic outlook on life. "Now that I have retired, I dedicate myself to wearing nice clothes and looking great at all times. My children are all grown up now and so I have a lot of time on my hands to make up for all those years spent on raising them and I am loving it," she says with a youthful grin.
Besides her lovely home in Jacks Hills, St. Andrew, Turpin says her prized material trappings include a leopard print scarf which also doubles as a blouse that she likes wearing with her favourite white cotton pants.
I LIKE IT BECAUSE... I like white, earth tones and leopard-inspired fabrics.
I BELIEVE... that these colours are best suited for black women in our tropical climate.
I DESIGNED... this leopard scarf/blouse more than three years ago and have since made two others in black/white and beige/brown, but I absolutely adore the one in this picture.
TO MAKE THE BEST OF LIFE... simply celebrate what you have. One shouldn't get used to the habit of complaining. Always cherish what you've got and never beat yourself up for what you don't have. As long as you focus on the latter you'll always be unhappy because you'll never have everything.
Paul Brett
