Do you envy slim/thin friends who look great in charity shop bargains.

VioletSky

Everyone has a bikini body

You just need to get a bikini and put it on your body

True, but I prefer a one piece

I like charity shop clothes because there is so much more variety, I recently bought a lovely floaty Indian style over shirt which I wear over a vest top, and with short fit cotton denim jeans.
Am a 14/16, short and rather stout, so I look silly in dresses and skirts.
Am rather proud of my shape though, is like this because of 4 births and a rather horrible menopause, so it is in my eyes the shape of a survivor.

My friend dresses in everything charity shop (except underwear and socks) and she always looks so well put together.
I have a lovely per Una black coat that I bought a couple of years ago in the charity shop for £10
When I was 15 and just about to leave school, my mum had two boutiques in Ilfracombe and she wanted me to manage one of them and I said no thanks Mum. I’m off to work in the factory and I went to work in a factory called bonus tapes.
I very rarely wear dresses it’s either jeans or these days black smart trousers and a nice top but clothes have never been of great importance to me,when I do dress up (which is very occasionally.) I do get a lot of compliments.
I’m 5 foot six and 11 stone 2lbs,nearly all around my middle and back fat, slim arms and slim legs and no backside..🤷‍♀️
Happy enough how I am but would be happy to a lose few pounds…

I do think some people just have a natural gift for knowing what suits them, what to put together, and a natural confidence that carries it off, regardless of size and shape. Obviously if you’re tall and slim you’re a coat hanger for more fitted styles, but I’m a firm believer that everybody can look great in the right clothes for them.

but I’m also grateful to still be alive at 65, know so many who haven’t made it.

I couldn't disagree more. Who has died already,or out lived us all, take your pick, is completely irrelevant to how we and others look like in charity shop clothes.

Life is here to be enjoyed if you possibly can andwhether you buy chairty shop clothes or couture if you are still living lets enjoy dressing.

I think whether you look good in clothes is more to do with ones basic shape than size. I am 10/12 and was 14/16, but at the heavier weight I could look slimmer because I have long slim legs, Unfortunately I have no waist and my hips are at waist level and to the answer to the question 'Does my bum look big in this, is always 'yes' As for waisted dresses.I look about size 26 in them.

However o several charity shop bargains in my wardrobe. However I do plan my wardrobe very carefully so I do not have too many clothe, so often I am looking for one specific garment and Charity shops cannot usually provide such detailed clothes.

My teaching colleague and good friend, tall, very slim and attractive used to get so many compliments, small and plump, I always looked like the ugly sister beside her.
Now it doesn't bother me.

14/16, have my own style, I was slim when I was young.
No I dont feel envious of anyones figure, and if I did, I would do more about mine.

I don’t think it’s the fact that your friend is slim . Some people have the nack of looking great in anything, whether it’s charity shop or high end . Although being slim, clothes hang better . But I know larger ladies who look amazing because they dress for their shape .
I’m 65 and size 12 on the bottom and since menopause 14 on top. I know what suits my bigger busted shape and what gives me a mono boob.
I’ve always loved fashion and my DD is a buyer for a high st store and she’s great at telling me what suits me .

They say at a certain age you have to choose between your face and your figure... not sure if that's true or what the age is?

Everyone has a bikini body

You just need to get a bikini and put it on your body

VioletSky

I think you just haven't found what suits your figure!

When you're short and dumpy, the problem is that there's very little which does!

No, why should I?
TBH while the younger generation seem to find wonderful designer bargains on Vinted , EBay , local Sell or Swop or in charity shops, none of my friends admit to shopping there.

As someone who dieted down from a size 22 to a size 14 I feel great at 14 and people tell me how well I have done. It’s hard maintaining it, but I am e bays best friend! I certainly do not feel overweight at size 14. I am 5 ft 6, so not short.

Most of my friends have always been on the heavier size, but still manage to look smart and up to date. I have always been by nature slimmer, and try to look my best.

I would hate to think I was making my friends feel bad when we are together. I think we are all of an age to accept the bodies we were given.

I look like a bag lady mostly: a clean and tidy bag lady, of course.

I'm not envious of slimmer friends. I'm small and was always curvy, then fat. I'm still bigger than I would like. My best friend could wear anything and always found a bargain, however she died at 64. My other friends vary in size but have different issues. I realised a few years ago that I was content with my lot and I still am

I accept my weight and my changed older shape, I am healthy, fit for my age and enthusiastic with my hobbies. Don`t worry about weight, it is the inner self that counts. My mums stroke ward was full of thin women.

I think you just haven't found what suits your figure!

I’m like Puzzlelove, just very grateful to be alive and well. I have lost so many old schoolfriends the last couple of years and so many friends have had major surgery.

I dress how I like not for anybody else. I must look OK because women I don’t know often stop me and ask where I bought something I’mwearing.

One of my neighbours is a very large lady, her two daughters have the same build but they are all glamorous and dress beautifully and look amazing. I am a 10/12 but cannot look like they do. Some people are just very glammy…..

I am short for my weight with a generous rump, so hardly ever/ never feel lovely in anything.
Yes slim can carry clothes far better, c’est la vie. At 76 I shouldn’t care, but I still do, so am my own worst critic.

Always had a weight problem. Lost over 3 stones about 8 years ago and kept it off for a long time but it’s creeping back up. Back to Slimming World in October. DH eats tons and doesn’t put on weight. Am I jealous of slimmer friends? A bit but I’m also grateful to still be alive at 65, know so many who haven’t made it.

Georgesgran

I just envy slim/thin friends.
Period.

You and me both. Story of my life.

I’m a size 14 now, always a 12 in younger days. I’ve accepted it and try and wear clothes that suit my body shape and size. Nothing too tight fitting (so many women wear clothes two sizes too small for them with rolls of fat sticking out everywhere- WHY?) Long shirts, cardigans etc to hide my bum ( it’s not that big but I don’t like the shape of it) and plenty of bright colours. 😎

No I don't envy other slimmer friends. I've accepted that I won't be a size 10 again so dress to please me not to impress.