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DH has just bought me a dress from Seagrass. 💕

He may be a keeper after all 😂

He has a lot of work still to do Blossoming 🤣

It's a start! 😁

DH has never bought me any clothes apart from a dressing gown --which I returned--

I helped him out by ordering it myself, all he needs to do is pay! 🤣

He once came back from a business trip to Helsinki with a beautiful purple Paisley pattern top. I was gobsmacked. It was a first.
Sadly, I was was about three sizes smaller then. 😒

So many posters saying that age shouldn’t affect what you wear but for some of us age brings changes in body shape and health conditions that demand changes. I’ve shrunk nearly 2”, the padding on my backside has migrated to my waist, necklines never seem to sit properly after a double mastectomy and arthritis means that I have to wear clumpy lace ups. I would so love to look smart but it seems those days are past. Having said that I’ll sit down this afternoon and make a list of websites mentioned and have a look - you never know!

teabagwoman

So many posters saying that age shouldn’t affect what you wear but for some of us age brings changes in body shape and health conditions that demand changes. I’ve shrunk nearly 2”, the padding on my backside has migrated to my waist, necklines never seem to sit properly after a double mastectomy and arthritis means that I have to wear clumpy lace ups. I would so love to look smart but it seems those days are past. Having said that I’ll sit down this afternoon and make a list of websites mentioned and have a look - you never know!

Teabagwoman, I am in a similar situation, multiple comorbidities have resulted in many body changes, but I have no control over it.
However, I have learned to adapt and make the best of my appearance and disguise the not so good parts.
My mother looked old in her forties, unlike her I do not intend to be a frumpy old woman.
I sound really vain, perhaps I am! 😉

None, or at least very few of u, have perfect figures at any age, so adapting what we wear to our shape is always part of our clothing parameters.

My hips are very close to my ribcage, which means I have never had a proper waist and any clothing that cinches in at the waist makes my bottom look enormous in this, I do not need to ask. As a result, most dresses do not fit me so I have always tended to wear trousers or skirts with tops that skim over the problem area. Spine shrinkage has made the problem worse, butthe solution remains the same.

My sister rarely wore trousers because her legs were quite short, but she had a tiny waist, so she frequently wore the kind of dresses I avoided.

Looking smart is a state of mind, Wear clothes you enjoy and feel comfortable in and then step out with confidence, assumed if not actual.

No shops apart from snag for tights and doreen for bras

I keep an eye on styles for the fashionable and make my own, all beautifully made and in nice colours. Nothing dull and elderly

Upside is that my clothes all fit properly

I’d love to see some of the clothes you make, karmalady. Any pics?

I would love to see some pictures too, Karmalady. You are very talented!

Clothing that appeals to one won't look good on another. It's all down to skin and hair colour, imo. The colour my skin, hair, eyes has always been appropriate to my clothes. No age related sartorial changes.

No age related sartorial changes
Whilst broadly agreeing with you, Norah, I guess there are some clothes that are inevitable age related - high heels, mini skirts, very low tops?

LucyAnna

^No age related sartorial changes^
Whilst broadly agreeing with you, Norah, I guess there are some clothes that are inevitable age related - high heels, mini skirts, very low tops?

Indeed.

I never consider clothing I wouldn't wear. No low tops, no leggings, no bright colours. I'm one in jeans with crew necks tucked in.

Crew neck tops tucked in--

I never wore high heels or low tops, let alone very low tops. I would still wear a miniskirt, but over leggings.

I once owned a pair of black patent, six inch stilleto heels, when I was newly married. I loved those shoes!
Now, I'm permanently in flats. 🤭

somethingaboutrose.com/collections/tops

Somewhere else to check out

This a boutique I frequent in Prestwick.

Lovely staff and great service.

emporiumboutique.co.uk

We used to have a similar shop here but it shut down, unfortunately.

Brightandbreezy, I too love Fatface! I actually came out empty handed last week, as I realised that I was just about to pay nearly £60 for a jumper!
I love their Simone dresses, and have about 8 of them in different fabrics! I know I can just pick one off the rail and not bother trying it on. Easy to wear in summer, bare-legged and bare-armed, in winter add thick tights and a cardi.

And I'm 78!

Marydoll is that the one half way between Prestwick and the Toll? Haven’t been in there for a couple of years.

Gin, it's just beside the Post Office, halfway along the main street, on the left hand side heading towards Troon.
I don't know the names of the streets in Prestwick, I used to live in Troon. It is always busy.
It was the first shop I visited when I stopped shielding. DH asked where I wanted to go for my first day out in two years. I chose there! 😁

BlueSapphire

*Brightandbreezy*, I too love Fatface! I actually came out empty handed last week, as I realised that I was just about to pay nearly £60 for a jumper!
I love their Simone dresses, and have about 8 of them in different fabrics! I know I can just pick one off the rail and not bother trying it on. Easy to wear in summer, bare-legged and bare-armed, in winter add thick tights and a cardi.

I like the Simone dresses too - but be aware they now often offer them in two lengths - regular and long. I bought a long one online last summer and it didn’t look right / I was able to exchange it.

LucyAnna, I normally stick to the regular, but the length on those varies - sometimes just below the knee, sometimes knee-length, sometimes above the knee! I am only 5ft nothing, but have not had to return anything yet.

I have just looked at the Texture site - OMG, someone lock away my credit cards!

Uniqlo for basics - t shirts, jeans, Cos for a bit more inspiration, Sahara or Poetry if I want something a bit upmarket. I’d make my own occasion outfits. I try to operate a one in one out policy for clothes.

I wear Uniqlo casual trousers about the house. The ones I am wearing are over ten years old and still going strong. I tried to buy a new pair this week, but they are sold out.
They are well worth the money.

I have just taken delivery of the Texture purple coat. It fits perfectly. I love it!!! 😍