what to wear at 60 plus?

Call a spade a spade
(or a bloody shovel as the Australians would say)

"Banbury was situated at the top of a steep hill and in order to help carriages up the steep incline a white cock horse (a large stallion) was made available by the town's council to help with this task." Found this at forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1595627 but the poster had it as a quote without saying where from.

However, a cock horse is obviously a stallion (and the reverse is true - a stallion is obviously a cock horse ) The toddler riding his hobbyhorse would have hopes of one day owning a big hunter of his own. They weren't so coy about things in times past.

I thought a Cock horse was a stallion (may be wrong)
and the child's toy was something that was probably thought up because of the nursery rhyme.

I like the Queen Elizabeth version best.

A 'cock-horse' is a child's toy, a horse's head on a stick.

Oh, I looked it up and thought it was spelt as one

Two words, and the fine lady apparently refers to Queen Elizabeth the First.
Or someone's great-granny as they would have you believe

www.rhymes.org.uk/ride_a_cock_horse.htm

but two words, not run into one.

Yes.

What is a cockhorse?

Is it rude?

I have stuff that I know it is at least 20 years old because I know what I bought it for. Pays to buy quality

And me grandtee I put on a pair of sandals last summer but they were so old the glue stopped working and everything fell apart- very inconvenient.

I still wear what I wore 10 or more years ago, because it is what is in my wardrobe. No style icon here.

choose your normal size
I am in between sizes

(Ride a Cockhorse to Banbury Cross)

Can someone link to one of these floral "no no" skirts I'm best avoiding please
I would like to know as well, wildrose.
At the moment I have a mind to throw almost all my clothes out. However, I can never find anything I like in the shops these days to replace them.

I don't ride no flippin' 'orses!

I'm trying to think which nursery rhyme that comes from.

Jings - I can just imagine you wearing it!
Plus rings on your fingers and bells on you toes

Oh! I'm gonna have Marks and Sparks' dresses in my adverts for ages now.

Why do they use such tall models?

The model is 5'11! I'm 5'2.

I've had a look on the M&S site. You are clever I wouldn't have thought of it as it looks too short but she is 5 11 I am about 5 6

God no! It had better not be above the knee!

I like the colour. That would suit me, as long as it wasn't above the knee.

I sent for this dress from M and S yesterday. It won't be that short on me as it looks on the lanky model!

I think so too whitewave