Dress code dilemma

Why a "black wrap" Jane10? It's not a wake!
Try cerise, bright turquoise, emerald or lime green or even red depending on your eye colour.
Statements should not be whispered!!

I'm afraid I disagree about wraps. I think they're ageing difficult to carry off with any degree of elegance. They remind me of women trudging off to the mill in their shawls and clogs.
jane just wear your lovely top with black trousers and your pearls and you'll look and feel fab.

Just don't wear the wrap 'granny shawl-style' very ageing!

X-posts janeainsworth.

Ooh can we start pashmina wars janeainsworth??
I have not met jane10 so I do not know her height or style, but a pashmina/serape can add an injection of colour near the face to play down the black. I agree they are not for everybody, but if worn need to be the antithesis of the millworker's shawl.

Pistols at dawn then maw

I don't know what it is about wraps really. I had an aunt (Dad's older sister) who loved clothes and one year (in the 60s) she came for Christmas dressed in knee-high black boots and a Black Watch tartan cloak. As she was 6 ft tall she looked mesmerising to her 13 year-old niece, but I doubt whether anyone else could have carried it off.

Too often people look as though they are trying to hide under their wraps and I don't think Jane should be hiding her top

MawBroon- I like black. It cheers me up, miserable git that I am!
Obviously my vivacious personality will shine out -unless I don't like the company in which case I'll use the wrap like a niquab and hide my face. Probably for the best!

I don't know whether wraps referred to in this thread are Pashmina type scarves, of which I have many and although I'm not trying to all of me under mine just my bust, which imo is too large, if only they were chicken fillets they would have been whipped out long ago sadly they are attached, they were indeed an attribute in my younger years, but as one gets older they ruin the line of everything in a matronly type way. I'd really like to be completely flat chested now and I have a friend who feels the same about hers, so I know it's not just me. On the subject of wraps of scraves, call them what you will, I'm not mad about the way Jenny Murray always seems to have one draped over one shoulder, it seems quite superfluous to me. Shawls I do agree are not a good look as you get older.

oooh I've made two errors, missed out hide and should have typed and not of. Careless!

I think Jenny Murray wears them over the shoulder above where she had her mastectomy. Supposedly to detract attention but I think the opposite , she draws more attention . Its so daft looking. I heard her speaking at an event and couldnt concentrate for looking at the scarf over her shoulder.

Enjoy yourself Jane and have a lovely evening

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