<p>Thanks for reminding me- I have to work an auction this weekend- but not sure how fancy it is going to be- I have a great modified pencil skirt ( it has a bit of a flip at the hem), from Jcrew or Banana or one of those places and with a sweater and a belt ( and bringing several pairs of earrings depending on what seems to work), it should be fine.</p>
<p>I agree with the exercise, even though I weigh a bit more when I work out almost every day- instead of having all the tissue in a puddle on the ground, it goes in and out where it is supposed to. Of course I havenât been actually doing that for a while, so while still active- I can sense that gravity is having its way!</p>
<p>Thatâs so funny. I tore my achilles tendon this spring and just got âreleasedâ a few weeks ago to resume exercise. Basically I had 3 months of sitting on my posterier except for stretching my legs. I donât weight anymore than in May but my tissue did really strange things. Itâs all sorta concentrated from my waist to my hits around my middleâŠwhat do the kids call itâŠoh yesâŠmuffin top. Yup Iâve got muffin top now. Hope the tissue moves quickly when I resume activity.</p>
<p>In the last 30 weeks or so I have lost 30 pounds on Weight Watchers and I had not really intended to start dressing younger - but I am. Bought some new jeans and they are more stylish than my old ones. Not super trendy, but just a little more with-it than the ones I had before. And Iâm fitting into some of my old size 8 or 10 stuff that at least seems more hip than the size 12 or 14(!) stuff I was wearing. </p>
<p>It would be nice to have an hourglass figure but no luck - and Iâm not tall enough to be a âcolumnâ - at least I have transformed from coffee-can shaped to Pringles-can shaped.</p>
<p>Thank you! I think the shoes look good with dark denim straight-legged jeans. (My daughter told me I was not allowed to wear my old Adidas with my new dark straight-legged jeans. Apparently there are some minimal standards.)</p>
<p>Agree, ditching the tennis shoes with jeans instantly drops years off you. Guaranteed. And yes they are cute shoes. Congrats on the weight loss. It is darn hard to drop those pounds. I wore âtightsâ out to dinner tonight. Not only âtightsâ instead of nylons, but patterned tights . I was quite proud of myself and felt darn frisky.</p>
<p>According to my fashion bug friend, animal prints are âinâ, and tights are âhotâ Denim is stylish, as usual. So, ladies, you are on the right track!</p>
<p>Iâve been think about this threadâŠfor one, I wore a cami to work under a long sweater, yesterday, lol! </p>
<p>But also â in defending moms who âdress youngâ --I was thinking that part of the reason is that in American culture, it seems to me that we have few examples of women who are older who still are very fit and dress stylishly (unlike say, in France). Many older women in my suburban area (younger ones too) walk around in baggy sweats, with frizzy hair and no make-up or in sneakers all the time (Iâve probably been guilty of all of these at one point or another!). </p>
<p>So when a young dude suggests âdress your age!â the mental picture that arises (at least for me) is of someone who doesnât care that much. Whereas HS girls pour all sorts of energy into look beautiful, stylish and wearing flattering outfits. </p>
<p>Despite my teen consignment store shopping, I think the real goal for moms might be to dress in super-figure flattering ways & stylishly, rather than purely âyoung.â Moreover, if older women dressed in ways that made them look as beautiful as possible â it would counteract our cultural obsession with youth (as compared to Asian countries, for instance, which respect age more).</p>
<p>End of over-thinkingâŠback to the fun style convo!</p>
<p>Cute shoes! I have about 4 pairs of black patent flatsâŠall in different styles. Ballet, loafer, pointy toe, decorated. The go great with dark jeans and look cool (IMO) with black tights and a skirt.
So what is the right length for a pencil skirt? Above the knee, at the knee, below the knee? I have one thatâs below the knee and it looks dowdy. But I wonder if Iâm acting too young to go above the knee (even though I wore it last week!).<br>
And are long skirts (hitting at the calf or below) in our out now? Being tall, Iâve always looked good in long skirtsâŠbut donât want to look like an old lady!
I agree about the jeans and sneaks. Looks really boring. But I do go out shopping sometimes after my yoga classesâŠusually wearing fitted t shirts with black capris and sneaks. I refuse to go home and change just to get some groceries!</p>
<p>Midwestmom, thereâs a woman here at work who has lost 35 pounds using a weight watchers-ish program. But she just went out and bought her âmom jeansâ and other clothes in a smaller size. I wish I could think of a way to get her on this thread, but her kids have long graduated from college.</p>
<p>All the pencil skirts I find are too long for me. I have large calves and straight skirts below the knee are not flattering. I ending up buying a Petite size at Banana Republic so it hits me right above the knee.</p>
<p>I donât think a pencil skirt above the knee is too young! I wonât wear mini-skirts anymore â those I think, are too young (unless khaki & a little longer).</p>
<p>I donât have many very far above the knee, ( cause since they are so narrow, you donât want to show your a$$ when you sit down)
My favorite is the one with the little flip in the back and it hits at the top of my knee, but since it is a little bit fuller, it doesnât really show much knee at all.</p>
<p>ewwwâŠmom jeans. I picture those stretchy top pants I sometimes see advertised for 10 bucks in the Sunday Parade magazine. If I ever 'have" to wear stuff like that, I think iâll start fasting!
Regarding weight, my weight is finally creeping back down slowly after creeping up for 5 years. I lost 35 pounds ten years ago, kept it off for years, then about 20 pounds came backâŠ10 of them in the last yearâŠvery depressing! At least itâs going the right way nowâŠdown 5 pounds and counting! I have decided that I REFUSE to blame menopause (which I havenât even officially reached yet) and will just need to adjust my habits. It really DOES make a difference with clothes.</p>
<p>I did take some of my favorite long skirts to be hemmed this year. Iâm very tall so can wear a longer skirt, but now I keep them to the top part of my calf instead of the bottom of my calf. I think they are officially âout of styleâ but being tall I think they still look fine if I wear a top tucked in or a shorter jacket or cardigan. I didnât want to send them to Goodwill but did notice if I wear a longer cardigan or jacket with them it does look âdowdyâ. I wear my pencil skirts to the top of my knee. I donât like them to creep up too far when sitting in an office chair.</p>
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