What styles will never work for you?

Straight up and down shift dresses emphasise my being a pear shape .

I look far better either in loose A line dresses or kaftans or 1950's style bodiced dress with a big skirt .

I wear both styles .

As for hairstyles which would never suit me which I've always coveted would be that of Cathy McGowan - long, straight hair with a fringe but my features are not delicate enough for it to suit me.

Skirts are a problem for me, used to love them when I was younger, I'm 65 and I look so frumpy in them now. I have tried various brands, Seasalt in some coastal designs, they didn't work either. I think pleated skirts can look elegant but I look like my mother in them now. Possibly because I wore these styles when I was much younger is why, don't know! I am tall and size 12 so I keep looking,I still admire them though on other ladies.

Wrap dresses always gape on me or dont hang right, again i love them on others.

A denim dress too isn't me but I love the look with a tan bag and boots, trainers etc.
They just make me feel like I'm dressed in a sack!

Bias cut skirts, I have big bum and thighs! I like the look of Ghost but they're always cut on the bias.

I like wearing a tiered skirt floor length but I have a tidier silhouette when I wear trousers.

Every summer I order dresses or tops that are Lagenlook,style not make, that style makes me feel like an old hippy that is shouting look at me but I still order and send back every year.

I can’t wear linen without looking like an unmade bed ?

Nowadays, almost anything that isn’t good quality trousers that fit, and tops with at least elbow length sleeves.

Except for beach and/or pool, I don’t do bare flesh any more.