<p>I look forward to it! Want to borrow some silver shoes?</p>
<p>OK, now I have ordered 6 pairs of pants! I am convalescing from some minor surgery, so this beats hitting the stores again. Hereâs hoping one of them works! Thanks, everyone.</p>
<p>Too bad we canât post photos. You could take pictures and we could tell you which one looks best on you!</p>
<p>Iâm still working on setting up a Facebook page :o</p>
<p>âA person who lives a frugal lifestyle but stays fashionable and healthy⊠a recession warriorâ</p>
<p>Apparently, this is from the NYT. Stay fashionable and healthy my dear CC friends!</p>
<p>I found some great pants at Chicos: black silk shantung, narrow, just to the ankle, with a little split in the hem at the side. I would post a link, except that on me they donât look anything like they do in the photo. The photo makes them look sprayed on. (Iâm told that the chicos models are all well over 6 ft tallâŠ)</p>
<p>So now I have 6 more pairs coming in the mail! Oh wellâŠif you see that consumer spending is up for the month, it just means I havenât returned all those pants yet.</p>
<p>Today I spent an hour at the mall looking for a necklace for a holiday party dress⊠then I went to a store that I had previously deemed too âtackyâ⊠they had dozens of what I wanted, plus evening purses and all that âglitzâ in prices well below malls. The chain is called Charming Charlie - I wonât post a link but they have stores in several states. I even found a nice evening wrap for $10.</p>
<p>My personal âSantaâ asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I sent him an e-mail with a link to a very beautiful pair of boots. âSantaâ needs to get his rear off of that couch and move fast because they just went on sale, and 8 1/2 seems to be the size that sells out first!</p>
<p>DD and I were at the mall yesterday, and I solicited her opinion about older women dressing youthfully. DD said, âAs long as the skirts are not too short, it is OK. Too much glitter doesnât look good on older women. Also, there should be no underwear or bare bellies showing 'cause it is tacky, and pants that have muffin tops are inappropriate. Skinny pants on fat people - ewwwâŠâ Guess what? It sounded like she was reciting her Jr HS dress code -LOL!</p>
<p>I donât know if this has been mentioned already - just stumbled across this thread - but my opinion is that if your daughter is wearing it, you should think twice before you do too. At least modify whatever âitâ is to look age-appropriate.</p>
<p>My pet peeve is women over 45 or so who wear shorts - I mean real shorts, not walking shorts. I donât care how good your legs are, it just doesnât look right to me.</p>
<p>One of my managers wears incredibly youthful skirts, shirts, hairdos, etc. to work. </p>
<p>I was surprised to learn she was the mother of several teenagers rather than being in her mid-20s.</p>
<p>But maybe it fits because sheâs incredibly cheery compared to many mid-life adults, I find. And her language is youthful too. She (as a working single mother!) also goes to parties. How appropriate it is may have to do with how everything else fits â i.e. more than just the clothes.</p>
<p>Maybe itâs also because sheâs black. I dunno how much race has to do with it, but it prolly has some say in social image.</p>
<p>My general rule is that you are only allowed to participate in a fad once in your lifetimeâŠso that goes for tie-dye, leggings, go-go boots, frosted lipstick, âDynastyâ shoulder pads, bell bottomsâŠyou get the idea. MInd you, I am guilty of hanging on to some things in the hopes of whatever it is to come back into style, but save closet space and get rid of them because even if the style DOES return, itâs always a little different and fresher and your hold-over just looks old. And âdressing youngâ is the name of this thread!</p>
<p>elizabethh- I donât follow your logic wrt the shorts. What are you SUPPOSED to wear on a hot summer day or at the beach? I wear shorts all the time- they arenât Daisy Dukes but they sure arenât Bermudas, either. As long as most of the thigh is covered, I donât see a problem with old legs in shorts. Itâs like everything else, I guess, it works for some but not for others.</p>
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<p>My D is more conservative than I am so I can definitely wear her clothes without worry. Anyway, this whole age-appropriate thing is more about having some common sense than any rules about what a 50 year old can wear. Most things that I deem inappropriate for me to wear now, I wouldnât have worn 30 years ago either because of general tackiness.</p>
<p>Fit. I think it often comes down to fit. I am fine wearing some of the styles that younger women wear, I just have no business wearing them as tight as they can! No matter how thin I am, my body will never be as taut as it was when I was 16!</p>
<p>DD and I saw a show off Broadway this week called âLove, Loss and What I wore.â We ladies should/could have written it instead of Nora Ephron! Went through stages and events of life and how clothes helped define them. There was a line that says youâve given up when you start buying Eileen Fisher!</p>
<p>Even brought in college dress memoriesâwhat was worn to the Dartmouth Winter Carnival and the Yale Club.</p>
<p>Currently stars Rhea Perlman, her daughter, Rita Wilson and a actress from Glee. Really wonderful for anyone near NYC.</p>
<p>^^^^^when I was in my early 30s I wore Eileen FIsher & Laura Ashley
now I wear Anthropologie & Free People 20 years later ( mixed in with my faves from REI)
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<p>âelizabethh- I donât follow your logic wrt the shorts. What are you SUPPOSED to wear on a hot summer day or at the beach? I wear shorts all the time- they arenât Daisy Dukes but they sure arenât Bermudas, either. As long as most of the thigh is covered, I donât see a problem with old legs in shorts. Itâs like everything else, I guess, it works for some but not for others.â </p>
<p>MomofWildChild: I donât know why it doesnât sit well with me when middle-age women wear shorts - just a pet peave. I live in Southern Cal and most of my friends, many of whom are in excellent shape, feel the same way - bermudas and capris are our hot weather pants of choice. Also, lots of dresses. Having said that, I have no problem with tank tops on middle age women - though I really donât like tank tops on men of any age!</p>
<p>I guess we all have our sartorial preferences - I didnât mean to offend you in any way.</p>
<p>And I too wear Anthropologie and Free People, but only when it fits properly!</p>
<p>I live in the South and wear shorts in the summer (over 45, good legs). I would have heat stroke if I didnât.</p>
<p>I havenât worn shorts in over 10 years, only because they are not very flattery on me. I tend to wear a sundress when itâs hot out, or wide linen pants.</p>
<p>Coastal Ca- most of my 40 and 50 yr old friends still wear shorts. I donât have a problem unless they are too tight or too short.
I agree about men in tank tops. Yuck. My youngest had a young man come over. She asked when he left what I thought. I told her he seemed nice but the tank top needed to go! She agreed.
I was at a party this summer and the men all had an issue with capri pants. They just didnât get them.</p>