<p>toneranger, if the fringes look like this, then it is OK:</p>
<p>[Nordstrom</a> Tissue-Weight Cashmere Wrap - - Nordstrom](<a href=“http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2815691?refsid=261280&refcat=0~2376776~2374327~6020449~6020451&SourceID=1&SlotID=1&origin=related&cm_Sp=Related-Items-_-Product-_-Manual]Nordstrom”>http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2815691?refsid=261280&refcat=0~2376776~2374327~6020449~6020451&SourceID=1&SlotID=1&origin=related&cm_Sp=Related-Items-_-Product-_-Manual)</p>
<p>yeah…but the ones in the store were much bigger than what is shown. More like armless coats.
I think I might have a black big scarf in my closet.
Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>How about a snuggie? haha. (only kidding…those ads get us hysterical)</p>
<p>yeah, who BUYS those? The family at the football game cracks me up.</p>
<p>I’m always cold - honestly I’m a reptile in search of a heat lamp (thyroid issues). D bought me 2 snuggies for my birthday. I’ve threated to bring them to church. They cool the sanctuary to about 60 degrees in the summer.</p>
<p>in my part of the world snuggies are worn by hipsters.
<a href=“http://www.seattlesnuggie.com/[/url]”>http://www.seattlesnuggie.com/</a></p>
<p>EK now that is funny. I have the Slanket and I love it. My friend ordered the snuggie. The fabric was much cheaper and neither of us liked it much. The Slanket is definitely superior but you have to bring yourself to order from QVC.</p>
<p>BB: that Nordstrom wrap/scarf is so pretty it makes me long for it… and I never wear scarves even though I own three or four of them because I’m a sucker for the colors!</p>
<p>I bought a splurge off white pashmina 5 years ago and by golly it is perfect for bringing out to eat in the summer and handy for throwing around your neck in the worse winter days. Mine is the size of a small tablecloth LOL anyway it’s wider than the “neck scarf” types. I thought it would be one of those expensive, use once type things, but I’ve grabbed it over and over and over again. We are now into the coolish mornings hot afternoon type weather and I noticed one of my associates had one wrapped around her yesterday morning. They are much “handier” than a cardigan which always reminds me of my mother. Haven’t looked lately, but like someone said, there are rayon ones now that are more reasonably priced than the original pashminas.</p>
<p>dke, It’s all coming back to me - the Lilly Pulitzer dress thread, right? Thanks for the book recommendation! </p>
<p>toneranger - It’s been chilly - you could absolutely do a longish, dressy cardigan (maybe with ruffles) if it went with the dress. There are lots of them in the stores now.</p>
<p>my D brought back about twenty scarves/pashminas from India, both something like cashmere and even more striking woven heavy silk.
( she also has quite a collection of vintage cashmere cardigans but I can’t find my favorite- she must have taken it to college with her 
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<p>hmom5 if you are 50 something and you want to dress young… this might be hard. Since you are already in your 50’s you should stick to what 50 year old women wear. Unless you have moisturized your face or body all the time when you were younger, then you can always try and buy the 20 or 30 year old womens clothing 
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<p>I always moisturize my entire body especially the face natural plant extract moisturizing cream is just AMAZING!</p>
<p>Sarutobi- You are a freshman in college. You have no concept of what 50 year old women wear. In fact, 50 year old women wear such a range of clothing that one of the intents of this thread is to sort out what is interesting, fun and still appropriate for us to wear! Moisturizer isn’t really the issue here- all the moisturizer in the world won’t keep our butts from sagging and prevent the batwings! Give us credit- we’re doing the best we can! :)</p>
<p>My moisturizer is so expensive now, I am thinking plastic surgery maybe cheaper at this point.</p>
<p>Update: Went to SYMS and got a pretty black Liz Claiborne wrap for 17 bucks. It’s a fake wool but it looks fine.
Regarding what 50 year old women wear, I would wear a much broader range if I could just lose those 10-15 pounds. I tend to wear too much black when my weight creeps up…very boring. I also tend to avoid tucking shirts in…and that makes me feel really old.<br>
Time to kick up the exercise routine!</p>
<p>I like tucking in but my 13 yr. old daughter busted my chops about it so much that i’ve stopped doing it. I don’t shop at Talbot’s, Chico’s or Coldwater Creek, but she gives me major flap about my love of the GAP and J. Crew. Thing about J.Crew is their skirts (corduroy) would be perfect if they weren’t so short. I am slim but this 53 yr. old would look silly in that length. I’m with Michelle Pfeiffer on that one. Tempted to start a clothing line for people like me who want to be/feel stylish but stay looking age-appropriate. The Eileen Fisher (aside from the price…so expensive!)look doesn’t do it for me…sort of droopy and shapeless? Like woolen moo-moos.</p>
<p>I think 50 year old women are all over the map in how they feel about themselves and how that presents in their clothing.</p>
<p>I dress much more youthfully than when I was in my late 20’s and early 30’s because I had young children, I was too exhausted to exercise ( even though I never sat down) and I dressed very dowdily ( I loved Laura Ashley cord dresses), because I wanted to look like a * mom*.
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<p>Since I had a breast reduction about 10 years ago, I dress differently, I don’t tuck shirts in ( but I will wear shirts that barely cover the waist of my jeans), if I wear dresses they have a definite waist and I wear my 19 year old daughters discarded clothes,( she is at least 5" taller than I am, & they look more appropriate than if she was my height).
I wish I had the reduction long ago ( but I had to make sure I wasn’t having any more kids)</p>
<p>dke - I got the same message from DD about the shirts. If you start a clothing line you will have an eager customer base and a ton of advice from all of us here at CC!</p>
<p>ek…I can relate. I was looking at some pics from when my s was a baby and I can’t believe how dowdy I looked…and I was quite young! Ugly gray jackets, scuffed up sneaks, lots of sweats…no makeup…yuk. I had gained some weight due to the pregnancy and wore lots of very loose clothing. My then teenage son was watching one of our “baby” videos a few years ago and said…“Hey Mom, you look better now.”
DKE, you can make big money with that new line…</p>
<p>The most cathartic thing I did thisi past winter was to go through my closet and bag up stuff for Goodwill. I am a “keeper” and it was silly to have stuff from my 20s still in the closet. The styles were wrong for my body even if I could still ‘fit’ into them. It was like an archeological dig of my history and somethings had such memories attached it was tough to let them go. I did keep some skirts that went to the tops of my shoes and hem them up. Did we really wear those long skirts…I don’t even remember that fashion phase. And the 80s suits…wow, the shoulder pads were amazing, but I guess those are coming back in style, but jackets that come below my rear are no good for me so I’m sure it will become someone’s Halloween costume.</p>