CLOTHING COMMANDMENTS Over-50 dos and don'ts

Brenda Kinsel, a San Francisco-based fashion consultant and author of "Brenda's Bible: Escape Fashion Hell and Experience Heaven Every Time You Get Dressed", says the over-50 shopper should:Avoid too-tight clothes. Pick the size that fits, even if it's not the size you prefer to wear.Avoid the other extreme -- hiding your body in loose clothing.Leave the bare-midriff stuff alone. No belly buttons, please.Run from long, baggy denim jumpers.Get rid of those khaki pants with the double pleats on each side of the zipper.Nix the big shoulder pads.Avoid dressing in too-young looks. "If I see a woman really trying to look 15, that really bothers me and I want to get her into therapy," Kinsel says. "She needs to accept that she's moved on and she's beautiful as she is."