Fashion advice needed, please!

Yes, I think you are right, Anagram, without body language and inflection things can come over quite differently from how we intend.

greatnan I don't agree with your feeling that because you wear glasses perhaps you shouldn't wear a hat. I love hats and wear them as often as I can. I also wear glasses and really don't think that it makes a scrap of difference. If you like hats - then wear one

Gagagran I got my floaty trouser suit from Condici, I have just googled them and unfortunately this season does not seem to feature them.

Does British Home Stores still exist - they used to have a wide range of hats?

Yes, they do Greatnan but I am not sure they do much in the way of hats now.

BHS as it is now known does still exist, Greatnan, but I was actually in our local store today and they definitely did not have a wide range of hats! They seem to have been taken over by the 'must appeal to the mass market' brigade, and in the process have lost their best customers.

I used to like going into specialist milliners, and trying on lots of hats, but there does not seem to be many around in England now.
I got married in 1959 in a navy and white print dress with a little navy bolero and a large white picture hat. I have had lots of hats over the years - I wonder where they all went - they hardly get worn out, do they?

There's a lovely hat shop in the Grassmarket in Edinburgh. DD2 took me straight to it when she met me off the train last time I was there. I tried on a lot of hats (everyday, functional ones; don't go in for the purely decorative kinds really) but it was the very first one I tried on that I bought.

I have a cotton 'baker boy' style sun hat, and a very warm knitted cap with a peak for the winter. Otherwise, all my hats have been lost along the way .
I did buy one smart hat in NZ on my last trip - a straw boater with a black petersham band and bow. My daughter was embarrassed by my weird sun hats, and I got the hat for £5 in a closing down sale. I don't waste money on clothes - I save it all for my travels!

Greatnan Pewter shoes would look elegant with your trouser suit.

I like that,Soop - I will look on-line for some.

My bridge partner is called Johanna- so Johanna are you German or Austrian?

Greatnan After so much posting and keeping the fashion conscious Gransnetters busy have you finally decided to keep your to linen outfit?

It's not linen, maggie, it is some silky type of fabric, fully lined, with a very long edge to edge jacket and straight-legged trousers which have a little mother of pearl buckle at the waist. It doesn't crease, which is important as I will be wearing it for both the afternoon wedding ceremony and the evening reception. It is very comfortable and now so many of you have kindly assured me that it will be appropriate, I am very glad that I asked and didn't waste money on a new outfit which I will probably not wear again. It is also light to go in my suitcase.
The top I am planning to wear is more pewter than silver, so it would go very well with pewter sandals with a very small wedge.

Hello expatmaggie
No, I am not German or Austrian.
I am from that little country right across the the sea: Holland.

Greatnan sussed.... pewtery-silver sounds great!
johanna hello, I'm from that little country across the border: Wales! ( Altho of very mixed heritage Welsh/English/Italian!)

Greatnan...that's you sorted. Your outfit sounds so right for the occasion.

Sounds good to me. Post a photo of yourself on the day!

greatnan So glad we have you sorted out all I've got to do now is sort out something to wear for best friends wedding in September and it must be that bit exrta special as mr.glamma is best man (he will Uncle Albert in tails) so I will have to start looking soon.

I have asked admin for help in posting photos and they are getting tech dept. on the job. (Er.....don't think that came out right!)

Greatnan It was a pleasure to view your photos. Beautiful lady and stunning scenery.