Stylish Grans.

Sometimes, but only fleetingly, I wish to be stylish. But somehow don't think it would work shinning up and down the lock ladders on the rivers and canals. Mind you, Pru (of Pru and Tim) manages it somehow when they're out boating

Do you think she's stylish I thought she looked a bit of a mess on the programme where they were in Amsterdam

Just a thought about those shoe sizes ....I had a neighbour here in France using my computer (she doesn't have one) to search for large sizes .....she found some in 43 on Amazon .fr, one pair, I think, in the Daxon catalogue website, and several pairs up to a size 48 ...two sites, one was cendriyon.com and the other sacapuce.fr ...don't know how much they were, some I think were cheaper and some very expensive ! Have a look ...you might find something ! (some styles we laughed over, like that chap on the UK ad wears when swaggering down the road .....but other styles were pretty normal ! I know she bought some flats, a pair of sandals and some lovely silver and grey boots ! She had a size 43 (not sure what that is in UK sizes ...I know my size varies from different manufacturers here in France, I have from a 38 up to a 41 in my shoe cupboard !) Good luck !

Oh heck according to most of posters hair most important mine looks like I've had a perm but it's chemo curl and is unstylable at moment but hey I'm alive so who cares

Vogue centenary issue in May had photographs of 100 year old Bo Gilbert. (Try googling her and the YouTube pix something like Looking Good at Eighty. ) As suggested by many of you, Bo was wearing plain colours, smart tailored white trousers, black blouse or sweater and a wonderful pink silk coat thing on top. She looks super.

No hope for me, then, I love flowery things............

Great advice. I love Joules and have quite a few of their Breton tops, I love that gilet and as I have a birthday coming up, think I know what I will be asking for. Not so keen on florals personally, but do have one top , again a J one !

Totally agree , a good haircut is the best starting point together with a good bra.

I am almost....... at the age of the Beatles song, "will you still need me, will you still feed me " etc but I still wear jeans and leggings tucked into boots in the winter with tunic tops. I love White Stuff, Mint Velvet, Hobbs and Joules . Its a matter of sifting through and finding things that are age appropriate without being dowdy.

Patterned fabric is better for hiding bulges sometimes.My hair is thin and awful and I can't wear many shoes [even Hotter sandals hurt my feet]so I have to have a style that looks stylish when wearing trainers and, if possible, a hat#noteasy

Well I am nearly 72, and have just lost 2 and a half stone. So I bought myself some skinny jeans. I love them and DH is keen also. DD said I had legs like I used to have when she was little.
Am I too old? Who cares, I'm happy

I am 93 but still wear makeup and dress smartly (not trousers) And believe in being well groomed. Am often complemented on my appearance and people do not believe my age.

I think I'm well-groomed, but never seem to look stylish
where am I going wrong .....

and hulahoop I start out with blow-dried straightish hair but end up on a hot day looking as if I have had a perm

When I worked at M&S we had a lovely customer who was over 90 and always beautifully dressed and made up. During the last year of her life she was confined to a wheel chair but still looked immaculate.

Well done Bijou it's great to hear from someone in their 90s who takes care with their appearance.

My late mum always looked well turned out and I was proud of her.

I wear jewellery, make up and perfume every day.

jalima, I have the same hair problem. I emerge from the hairdresser looking immaculate but my hair has been the despair of hair dressers for half a century - it has a mind of its own. In humid weather it goes curly and wavy; in frosty weather it stands on end. I use plenty of conditioner, mousse and hairspray, but still it finds its own way! Now I am looking like my granny who had soft, curly silver hair.

Yes yes yes - no more old lady perms. But PLEASE tell me what to do with hair that curls up 10 minutes after leaving the salon with smooth and straight stylish hair.

My hair goes frizzy in hot weather & wet weather and I find it hard to look 'groomed' as my curls go crazy despite gallons of Argan oil etc!

Narrowboarnan to be frank, all is lost if you think Pru looks 'stylish'. She doesn't , she looks like a 'bag lady' . She even wears the bag lady hat.

Penstemmon - where did you get that picture of me?

Penstemmon
Cornergran I like florals too. I've got flowered dresses from Coast, Toast, Jigsaw and Boden and I feel great in them. They'd have gone to the charity shop or been sold on Ebay if I didn't.

That's the secret, I think. If you feel good in something, you probably look good too

I like a liberty print, and polka dots and Missoni type zig zags ( not together though!). You don't have to stick to plain colours to be stylish. It's the way you put an outfit together.

When I asked my hairdresser for a blue rinse she nearly fell over in surprise, laughed her head off and suggested white streaks. I complied and love my whiter hair - but now she has suggested a shampoo that "keep the white bright". Guess what? A purple rinse by any other name!

Don't wear trousers because my bum is too thin these days, but try to look neat. I do wear plain skirt and patterned top or vice versa. One lady said she looked forward to seeing DH [who wears his clothes wonderfully] and me in church - she calls us the most handsome and well dressed couple. being tall helps for stylishness, but not for getting clothes.

i have recently started going to a charity shop where i get "disposable clothes". If I don't like it after all, I return it to the shop to be sold a second time.

I never seem to have the time to shop. I have an every day collection of denim skirts and chino skirts. I'm tall but sadly shrinking and I like long skirts. I'm trying to control my inner hippy.i love flowery tops and sadly CC/ Viyella closed here. I could order on line and pick up in the shop as I went past.. M&S seem to have crimplene in an amazing array of truly awful clothes this year. The sale racks are full and have remained full for a while now. You can walk in the store and see people going through the racks with puzzled looks on their faces. Yes who on earth thought anyone would buy this stuff.

Penstimmoni always loved Alistair and Christaltips.?spelling?

A lot of us hate the latest Crimplene because we remember it first time round and to us it's just old-fashioned. M & S are on a hiding to nothing because this applies to their core customer base. But to the young 'uns it's vintage, and it does look great on them.

There's a great clearance sale on at Boden at the moment, if anyone's interested. I shouldn't have looked last night, but fortunately they do free returns....