This spring, her picks include Proenza Schouler’s racer-back tanks and multicolored tube dress.Patel also has a penchant for tribal patterns. “I have more confidence wearing bold prints,” she says. “I love the idea of wearing a great MB Black Pointed-toe Short Boots jacket to the office or a crisp white shirt with leopard-print wedges.”"What I love about being in my 40s is that I know what suits me,” says Julie Janklow, the 42-year-old owner of Manhattan restaurant Sweetiepie, who swears by a uniform of Current/Elliott jeans and flat-heeled boots mixed with Balenciaga jackets, Isabel Marant shirts, and vintage Lacoste sunglasses. “It’s a matter of finding your comfort zone,” explains Janklow, whose sweet spot this summer will be Adidas by Stella McCartney separates and a new multicolored Christian Louboutin Trottinette ankle boots Falchi bag.When she hit 40, model mom Veronica Webb, 45, started to build a closet of luxe classics like trench coats and black cocktail dresses. “I depend on those like transportation.”Likewise, India Hicks, 42, relies on formfitting basics like Day Birger et Mikkelsen T-shirts and Stella McCartney ribbed tanks, punctuated with statement accessories like Paul & Joe studded belts, lace-up men’s brogues, and a camo fedora by Patricia Underwood. “Ever since wearing that really hideous bridesmaid dress at Princess Diana’s Christian Louboutin Orniron Boots Black in 1981, I have had an intense aversion to frills,” she says. Most of all, she avoids “in-between lengths” in skirts and shoes. “I prefer a heel the height of the Eiffel Tower or a shoe as flat as a pancake.”Nina Griscom, 55, still has fun with her look, but she’s learned what to avoid. “Sadly, I can no longer pull off that black suede miniskirt with the fringe that I’d kill to wear,” she Christian Louboutin Circus Cutout Suede Bootie. Instead, she takes risks with accessories like Anya Hindmarch’s silver snakeskin hobo bag. For day, “a Lanvin T-shirt dress and Miu Miu flats work better than a cotton polo dress with sandals, which makes me look frumpy,” says Griscom, who’s swapped stilettos for Christian Louboutin wedges.Society doyenne (and grandmother of three) Coco Kopelman, 59, opts for chic comfort.