Dressing fearlessly: throwing out the style rule book

There must be some posh charity shops in your town Coolgran65

Referring back to the linked article one of the items not to be seen in is anything 'fur'.
Well... I have a Gerard fur gilet, it comes out each winter and has done for the past 10 years. Never dates and is great over a tunic/sweater when going out and it's not raining. It always get a compliment as looking glamorous - and I do believe these comments are sincere and not tongue in cheek. My friend would soon tell me if it didn't look right.

I also wear sneakers, on my feet at present are Gabor, mid grey suede front and heel with pewter coloured leather sides, and white thick sole. £3 in the local charity shop 'as new' and so comfy.

When at home I dress tidily and matching, at the moment I'm in M & S grey palazzo pants, the Gabor sneakers, and a grey/blue/black tunic from the Hospice Charity shop (David Emmanuelle) and it cost me £3 yesterday. Always wear my earrings and makeup. At any time I could go out to the shops and be presentable. But if going into the city I'd smarten the clothes a little... maybe smarter trousers and add a pashmina.

I default to (not obvious) elastic waists and always comfort.

It's a pride thing, considering that apart from a dentist appointment I haven't been out of the house since last Saturday - must do something about that !!..... dh always is tidy and shaved also.

I have been wearing a cream, red and black striped top with black trousers for quite some time now (not continuously, you understand, I have washed it ) until I realised the other day it is a cream, red and navy striped top.

It's another new trend

Done that too rosesarered & rosequartz
Same style, one purple, one black....

That's a good idea janea! I'm finding it increasingly difficult to distinguish between black and darker navy, especially in electric light.

I think the only fashion rule I follow is not wearing very short skirts. My legs are far and away my best feature but skirts shorter than about knee length do strike me as being mutton dressed as lamb at my age. I do wear short shorts but only in the privacy of my own garden; otherwise I'll wear cargo pants or similar (or a cool skirt or dress) on very hot days. Generally speaking, I tend to wear much the same sorts of things that I have most of my adult life, jeans being my everyday default. Oh – and a heavily scarred and lumpy tum means that I haven't worn a bikini since I was 21.

When I had to get dressed for work in the half-light I resorted to sewing a bit of turquoise thread in the top of my navy tights so I could tell them from the black ones.

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I went to work in odd shoes once, it was one of the men I worked with who pointed out that, although they were the same style, one was black and one navy.
A new trend

She's the same age as DD!! (well a bit older!) lol

So - dressing fearlessly can also mean going around dressed like a bag lady if you want to - it just means you don't care what others think

As jings says, it's size that matters, not age.
Personally, I don't like to see obese young women with it all hanging out fearlessly, but I have never dressed like that myself either. Not that I'm obese, just slightly plumper than a size 14 12.

It's when you wear odd shoes that you need to worry!

Don't suppose anyone else noticed, alea. You wait, wearing odd socks will become The Thing.

I wear what I want. A few years ago I made trousers out of old curtains. Wore them till they wore out. Got quite a few positive comments. Now what I would call curtain trousers are all the rage. My mum always used to say "Start your own trend". Done.

On which subject. . . . I went to the V&A shoe exhibition last week, involving an early start. Didn't want to wake the DH so got dressed by the light of bedside lamp.
Fortunately I was wearing trousers as when I looked down at my own feet/shoes later in the day, I realised I was wearing one black and one navy knee high

Nobody wants others to think that they got dressed in the dark!

I like some pink too, as it suits me, but prefer a pink scarf or jewellery to avoid the blancmange look.

As others say, shape determines really, what we can wear, or carry off properly.Silly to make ourselves look worse, simply because it's fashionable.
The other thing ( for me) is also not wanting that mutton dressed as lamb thing.That doesn't mean wearing 'elderly' clothes, but maybe giving very young fashions a miss.I also avoid anything fussy and frou-frou going more for simple lines.Lastly, comfort is high on my list these days, so wear mainly flats in boots and shoes.

Connection

granarchist I know what you mean about having that mob tattoo

For both my DDs weddings I had a cotton dress from Coast. First time I had s jacket and the second a lace cardigan from Peruvian Connevtoon that I had had for years.
MrA couldn't understand why I had to have a different dress for each wedding
I felt that as the dresses hadn't been that expensive I could spend on shoes & other accessories

I have a lot of pink tops too, I like pink.
To add to my previous post, the "senior" men here also dress mostly in old clothes. Even the younger ones. Husband used to be very fashion conscious, but he's going the same way now.
Occasionally we go to Toulouse to shop, and it's a revelation to see the youngish business men looking handsome and attractive in their fashionable clothes. I had almost forgotten such men existed!

I went to a colour consultant years ago who told me to wear pink. I never had anything pink before that but she was right. I do think it lifts my mood so I shall wear it regardless of age.

Ooooo!! Gillybob, it might give him ideas!

I have the "keeping things for best" problem too. I very rarely go out so I have this set of clothing that never sees the light of day (or night) .

Which makes me think I might put a frock and high heels on tonight for when DH gets in from work. It seems a shame not to.

I've got a really nice leopard print cardigan - well I think it's nice. And, I love pink - no hope for me then! But, I suppose I always knew that!

I'm guilty of wearing "American Eagle" jeans, in fact I'm wearing them now!! They are plain denim and are not low cut. They actually fit and as I'm only 5ft it's nice to have some that didn't have to be altered!! Why are they not suitable for older women?

Any suggestions then for me as mother of the bride next April. Short and fat and over 60. Hats suit me. I dont want to have 'mother of the bride' tattooed on my forehead but dont want to let daughter down either. I want to be able to be comfortable and able to rock with the best of them - I would love people to think I look great - even a little wacky but not embarrass the bride (mother of groom is tall and pencil thin - grr)

Should been a comma after work!