Into the Closet with Bobbie Casalino Lewis

By Bonnie Stevens, FBN

If you’ve ever wondered how some people can look great whether they are attending a gala or washing a car, it could be because they are clients of Expression Expert Bobbie Casalino Lewis. “Fashion is what you wear; style is how you wear it. I would love to help you fashion your style,” she says. And she means it. She wants us to show up on the outside as we are on the inside, and she wants us to do it now and at every age.

Her just-published first book, “So That’s What 70 Looks Like! The Essence of Aging Gracefully,” reveals what it means to live our truth, our brand, our style and to honor and celebrate our lives. “To arrive at 70, happy with who I am, vibrant, wise and joyful, it was incumbent upon me to at least share how I did it,” she said.

With her core values described as a triangle of kindness, bravery and integrity, Bobbie demonstrates the confidence, peace and wisdom that comes from life’s experiences and truly knowing ourselves. She guides the reader on a journey through her 12 “essences,” as an example of our many layers, elegantly illustrated through stunning images.

For example, her leadership essence is described as fellowship – bridging people together. This worked well for her in her early career in international telecommunications and enabled her to become the first female vice president of a prestigious Wall Street company. She expresses this trait boldly in a photograph where she is wearing a stylish black buttoned-down blouse with metal accessories.

For the essence passion, she expresses it as animated, photographed swimming in a pool, wearing a red cocktail dress. “Facial expressions, hand gestures and full-body movements are how I express my passion for everything,” she writes, noting that she is happiest in and around water.

Her version of a dramatic essence is exuberant, displayed in a bright coral-colored dress with a hemline that is short in front and floor-length in back. “I live in the no-drama zone,” she writes. “Yet ‘dramatic’ is another story entirely – architecture, extraordinary splashes of color, sharp angles and asymmetric