Fellow Fashionista Grans: do you wear what you like or what you “should?”

Hi there.
I'm in My mid 50s and wear what I like...Im certainly not a fashion model and absolutely love bright colours from Spring through to Winter...I'm often that woman that stands out wearing bright Oranges;Pinks,Blue Reds ...I'm off to a funeral this week and even My "funeral dress" is Black with bright embroidered flowers ...I hate Black.
I know I'll be the sane when I'm 70 plus

At 66, I dress for comfort and practicality first and foremost. I can't wear high heels any more because after a stroke a few years ago my balance isn't great when I'm rushing about or under stress, so it's got to be flatties only for me. As I've always had wide feet stylish shoes that are wide enough for my plates of meat are difficult to find at the best of times. I also have two small dogs so flat 'dog-walking' shoes are the only style I wear nowadays.

Short skirts and tight clothing - I no longer have the physique for these!

Hairstyle - I have long hair almost to my waist and don't agree with my 91 yr old mother that I'm too old to have hair past my shoulders. I consider myself too young for an old-lady style poodle perm!

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I wear what I like. I love high fashion and enjoy wearing it. I wouldn’t wear short skirts or very low, busty tops. This is me in my 60s

*practicability.

Dress for comfort and practibility. Dog walk, so Jeans,top (according to season). Whatever works really.

Not a "fashionista" but I wear what I like. And can - flat shoes only for me for some years as heels kill me.

I wear what I like and it's not run of the mill. It's statemented, it's colourful, a mixture of Boho, rock chic and my unique style. If I like it damn what anyone else thinks

To me “fashion” means following the crowd and conforming to what is acceptable.
Understandable when young but now I’m older I’m more confident with myself and wear what I like and is comfortable. We have too much stuff anyway, which is wasteful.
I value people for who they are, not what kit they have on.
Taste in clothing is an individual thing anyway.

I wear what I like. Jeans and a jumper or jeans with a T-shirt most of the time unless I am going somewhere. Shoes have to be comfortable whatever the occasion.

I wear what ever I like

I dress to suit myself, love fashion but don’t slavishly follow it. I was considered tall but now am small by todays standards. I know what doesn’t suit me, would love to wear high heels but can’t walk in them, so it’s trainers, ballet pumps or loafers, however, malways boots in the winter, ankle and mid calf. Look better in scoop necked tops not round neck, but if I did wear one would put a scarf on. Accessories are very important to the basic capsule wardrobe and that’s wear most of my colour comes from.

No! ?

Irrelevant I know - but is anybody here quoting their height in metres?

I have the descent flat shoes with glee

I hope the flat shoes prevented any unwarranted descents !

i wear what I like and am comfortable in. I am 5 ft 2inches (was 5ft 4.5), but have long legs, so petite sized clothes tend to be the wrong shape for me and the trousers are always too short.

I wear midi dresses, including this summer's fashionable shape and style. My trip propensity means I have always worn low-heeled shoes and have made the descent flat shoes with glee.

I’m 5 7 so perhaps it is easier to wear wide legged trousers?

Why can't you wear capris or crops? I am barely 5'3" I wear cropped leggings and stretchy capris (Roman) with long tops I hate trousers flapping round my ankles and/or having to shorten them. I avoid midi length dresses and buy petite fittings whenever i can. Small prints and no frills! I don't do baggy or droopy! Most of my shoes are flat, i like an ankle strap because i have weird heels and a strap with a heel feels safer.

I have a very favourite wide legged trouser outfit which I’ve had for donkeys years. It never goes out of fashion as really it is evening wear. So it is a green silk trouser and matching silk top edged with white. A bit like a 1930s pyjama style outfit. It is incredibly comfortable and easy to wear.

I suppose lifestyle really dictates what I wear. So walking and gardening take up a large part of my day. This morning then was olive trousers, emerald green sweater and navy slightly padded jacket. Mistake to wear sandals as feet got wet?

Friday out to lunch so as it is forecast to be a warm day I shall put on a summer dress which will be a cobalt blue midi dress and matching cardigan. Summer sandals.

But really my life is spent in trousers from long to shorts and everything in between depending on the weather.

Working life gear bore no resemblance to what I wear now.

I can’t walk in wide legged trousers. They somehow manage to get bunched up and like MOnica I trip over them.

I love the look of wide-legged trousers, just cannot wear them without constantly tripping over them

I’m only 5’2 and love my wide legged linen trousers. I have 1 pair in black and 1 in dark blue. Both look good (I think) with a close fitting white t shirt and flip flops.

It is not the length it is the flappy bits that wide trousers have, My leg catch on the flap on the other leg and suddenly slows me and I trip

I will not wear wide leg trousers because, for me, they are a constant trip hazard

Only if they are long enough (too long) and trail on the ground. .

I wear what I like and what I feel comfortable in. I do keep an eye on fashion and love clothes but rarely adopt trends unless they fit in with what I already like to wear. Most of my clothes are quite old but well looked after, haven't bought anything new except underclothes for nearly four years now.