Realistic fashion advice

I agree with you Cagsy!!

I look at these style guides, including the ones on GN whenever I feel like having a giggle. By the time we are old enough to be on Gransnet we are such a wide variety of sizes and shapes that no generic advice like that given here is likely to be of use to more than one in ten of us.

I am not overweight but I am pear shape and have little or no gap between waist and hip, so I immediately ignore any advice that includes a neat waistline like the wrap round dresses because anything emphasising the waist emphasises my bum, and for me, that is not a good look.

Then there is the LBD, I haven't owned one since I was about 20 when I realised that black and my pale, yellowy complexion do not go together. I got fed up with being asked if I was feeling unwell every time I wore black

I expect most GN members looking at the recommendations will have their own tale to tell.

I wear what I like and feel comfortable in and DD and DDiL have given my the thumbs up for being stylish. The clothes that best suit us are the ones we feel comfortable and confident wearing.

I agree with Maw. I'm nearly 70 and have settled on my style after years of getting it wrong. I also have daughters

Didn't mean to be harsh!! I too am 60's, overweight and enjoy my clothes.
I take the point of "realistic" but still think there is lots of scope if OP reads through the assorted Style and Fashion threads.

That's a bit strong, MawBroon. I think the OP was only suggesting that more realistic images would be appropriate. We are not all 5'6" and a size 10. What looks good on a woman of that size is not going to look good on a larger person. Totally agree with you about having one's own style, though. We should all wear exactly what we want, what we feel happy in. Personally I'm a great hater of 'mother of the bride' clothes. Yuk!

I don't agree.
While I am happy to pick up style tips from others or new labels I might not have known, as believe my "style"(ha ha) is my own and some generic advice from GN (who, exactly?) would not interest me .
Very often there is a blog or article by somebody on looking fab at fifty/sexy at sixty/super at seventy but none of them tell me anything I don't know!
There are loads of threads on Style and Fashion, look at those for inspiration, but please don't let's expect GN (HQ?) to tell us what to wear.

Agree, Cagsy.