Wow , I saw a lady today.....

Her outfit sounds great oldbatty but I don’t think size has anything to do with style. I’m a size 12 and always look like a bag of slack .

I hesitated before writing that . I suppose I have my own issues with body size. She looked bloody marvelous.

[sigh]
I need to up my style, I never seem to get it right!
(although grey is not my colour)

Was she tall, though, oldbatty?
That can make a difference to looking stylish.

Oh I wish I was noticeable for all the right reasons - I never seem to get it right either. You would think that by now I might have got style sorted.
I often see women 'of a certain age' looking chic and stylish and it doesn't seem to matter whether they're tall, short, fat or thin (although I do agree Jalima that height does help). Some people just have that 'je ne sais quoi', others (like me ) don't.

Tallish? Not being obsessed with the size thing, but a larger lady. It was the colour, the skirt which took my eye. I am forever trapped in black bottoms. ( can I say that?)

Also I was at a hospital and everybody looks shocking.

Sounds good, batty!

gillybob, you do not!

She had " attitude"

I have never had the remotest desire to look chic - probably just as well!

Size has nothing to do with it but how you wear your clothes. As you say she had 'attitude'. That is great. I wish I dare show the same panache!!

Sorry, but a beret always looks a bit mad on an older person IMHO.
Ditto long grey hair.
The rest of the outfit sounds good though.

I saw a woman on a tube a few months ago and she was also looking very stylish but what went through my mind was that she was a target for a robbery.

Bathsheba worry not because I'm clueless too. Though I say it myself, I've got the height, a size 12 a lot of hair with no style in it as it's that way to keep my head and neck warm much the same as my body is covered in thick jumpers thick tights and trousers because I'm such a cold creature.

Makeup, again I haven't got a clue and when I attempt it---------well, picture Bette Davis hahahaha. Or Lucille Ball if I really push the boat out and don mascara, though I've been known to resemble Alice Cooper if I've forgotten about having the mascara on. Humph ! I give up.

Just tell yourself there's no need to gild the lily !

lemon, you are so right about the long hair and the beret. It can look awful. The beret was soft, angora maybe? It looked great.

Agree long grey hair, all wrong but not so for her. And the orange lipstick, just wow!

Not if it's a genuine Breton "Boina", lem.

Txapela if you're speaking Basque, MrB tells me.

It depends how you wear it as well.

ah well, there goes that light hearted bit of fun. I bow to your superior knowledge.

<Curtsies back> lightheartedly.

Whatever I wear I look like a cube in a sack, as that's the shape I am. Ought to be able to pull spongebob I spose....

And I love it when people notice how nicely someone else is dressed. I really dislike the posts you see on a lot of sites, and in newspapers etc, which basically bash any woman for not looking like a style icon. In the words of the immortal thumper, 'if you can't say nuffin nice....' (grammatical errors forgiven for a good sentiment)

I love to see someone bucking the trend,there's no law that says everyone over 50 has to be frumpy and identical to each other.Grey hair can look fantastic and as for the length although my hair is dyed its way beyond my shoulders and I have no intention of cutting it anytime soon .My late mother used to say I was too old for long hair when I was in my 40's .She'd be apoplectic at it being long at 64 .

Yes that was it paddyann. It was different and vibrant and she owned it. Unlike the huddled masses in their beige raincoats.

I love people watching, and people like that are a breath of fresh air.

I have no style!!! I need a makeover!!!
I've been looking for a long (full length) warm skirt. I don't want Tweed or jersey though.
I can't find anything even on eBay.

Some just have style. I don’t but then again I prefer to be warm and comfortable with generally no makeup and sensible shoes. Doesn’t matter what the season is, I’ve just given up being stressed about it.

I'm a larger woman, at size 20, and I always wear bright colours and always have a full face of make-up on (though not overly done). I dye my hair a chestnut/plum shade.

I think if I'm big/fat, whatever, I won't by some miracle look slim if I wear black or baggy clothes, so I tend to wear colours I like - pinks, reds, purples, usually. I'm 59 and like to look feminine. I would never go outside without make-up on and small heels.