One for the 50 + club

[Joanne f]

(Seeing that sissystephanie has made us aware of how many there are of us )

I was just wondering seeing that styles have changed so many times over the years if you have changed your dressing style to keep up with the latest styles or have you been happy to stay with the type that you knew and enjoyed from the early years although they do seem to bounce back every so often :D.

[Michaelasfun]

Personally I like to keep up to date (at least clothes that are current within the last 2 years). Afraid I would draw attention going out in Scarlett O'Hara style lol

[Barbara Ella]

SHOOT! thought this was a thread that I could really respond to, but I missed the boat again. I am a member of the 50+ club, but have only a very short time in grade (7 mos) so I cannot comment on changing styles. I do find myself drawn to the styles of the 40s and 50s, but am a modern girl I am afraid.

Barbara

[Millie]

I am also in the 50+ club, but I like to dress trendy. I don't want to look like my mother. Love Millie

[Cristee]

My wife keeps reminding me that over the years my skirts keep getting shorter and shorter.

[joandher]

me too I'm in the 50s club and got me badge to prove it,there is an old saying that everything comes around full circle, I remember platform heels and the invention of the mini skirt FIRST TIME ROUND , (I knew I should have kept those platform boots)

[ArleneRaquel]

I'm 64, I dress as a 40'ish woman. :):thumbsup: I've just about always dressed younger.

[Cheryl T]

I haven't changed my style to stay in step with fashion, though I do adopt certain aspects to keep my look current.
I could never wear most of what the industry tells us in "IN" as it's just not fitting for someone my age and size. Many of the looks are so tailored to the younger set that they would just look out of place on me. Also, I don't have the budget to keep up even if I wanted to.
I prefer to add pieces that are more timeless so that I don't have to empty my closet every year just to satisfy the fashionistas of the world.

[katie_barns]

At 55 I always try to dress my age. I do pay attention to style. Weather in male mode or female I try to say with the times. To me part of passing is blending in. That means makeup and dress appropriate to where I'm going.

[Stephanie47]

Nearing age 65 I dress to reflect my age. Now, age appropriate does not mean donning a granny dress. There are many attractive dresses for the 'mature' woman. For me, age group and body structure, a 1960's era mini skirt is NOT going to make it. For those of us growing up in the 1950's and 1960's women did NOT wear pants. That includes jeans. In fact girls did NOT wear pants or jeans. If a woman wore pants, well, she must just as well had a scarlet letter burned into her forehead.

For me to complete the woman within, I must wear a tasteful pretty dress, just above the knee to mid calf. And, whether the dress is lined or not, I must wear a pretty and lacy full slip. Slips hanging in the bathroom in my youth lead me down the line to cross dressing. Maybe, like so many others of my era, dressing would not be complete without heels to go with the dress.

I know there are many cute styles and appliques for jeans, but, I will not be caught dead in feminine jeans. As to pants suits? Well, shoot me now!

[Kate Simmons]

If you know me, you know I have no set style Joanne. I can make pretty much anything work any time.;):)

[Eryn]

I'm in my 50s and tend to dress appropriately. That doesn't mean frumpily. If the occasion allows, my hemline and heels can go up, but most of the time I prefer clothes that combine both comfort and style. I don't think that this is much different from a GG.

[sissystephanie]

I am almost in my 80's (3 weeks), but dress in whatever styles are popular with middle aged women today! I do like some of the older styles, but most of my clothes are fairly modern! BTW, everybody tells me that I don't look my age at all!! Myfriends think that I am in my early 60's!!

[Lorileah]

I don't change. Truthfully I am the perfect age as far as clothes go. I love the styles my peers wore in the 70's (short) and I love how the same women dress now when the do dress up.

[NicoleScott]

I'm stuck in a style, though some would argue that it's far from style. Whatever it is, I like how I dress, and it's to please only me.

[Jilmac]

I started dressing in the era of poodle skirts and layered petticoats. I guess I've kept up with the times, even while I was deep in the closet. I always managed to find updated clothes and enjoy current fashion trends. I think I would be too conspicuous nowadays in a poodle skirt and layered petticoats.

[sandra-leigh]

Me... I go in to stores and bemoan the lack of nice coordinates, of decent quality skirts or pant-suits, of linen dresses.The ones that never go out of style, and don't wear out after a single season.

Fashion: a code word for "the top is too short for you" !

I'm not really that bad, but I buy good-looking things when I find them, rather than buying according to fashion.

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Joanne, I'm in the 60+ club and with my collection I can find something in my closets
to work almost anywhere in the last 50yrs.

[Diane Smith]

I try to stay reasonably up to date, but I don't throw away clothes or shoes just because they've passed their opening season. I do adopt some older fashion traditions in underdressing, including corsets and non-stretch (sometimes seamed) stockings. But these still work well with contemporary clothing styles.

- Diane

[Alberta_Pat]

I always dress according to my hair colour.

[DeeArel]

I like to stay somewhat current with style. However, it all basically is cyclical with some minor exceptions. One reason my closet is stuffed and overflowing. The major exception I find now is that slips are generally no longer needed, especially if you get a fully lined garment. I do mis the full fashioned RHT seamed stockings.

[Lynn Marie]

Yeah, I'm 50+. I pretty much stick with the naughty librarian from the 50's look. You know, stockings and garters, and heels, and tight skirts, and foundation garments, and pointy bras. I've no interest in trendy stuff at all. Just like to look feminine and a just a little naughty!

[noeleena]

Hi,

64 , style i see it as it has changed over the last 54 years. & i dont really take any stock in it, as i dress for my self & i buy clothes that i like or did. ill get a few more tees & tops new & any thing eles second hand . i dont follow fashon. never did & i wont now,

My real like is the Renaissance clothes better still the ones i make & wear. & its going to be interesting as ill be wearing my Wench outfit, on the planes in Austraila with a friend ill have with me. so my style is that period & im more than happy with that,

...noeleena...

[sally silverfox]

My wife often reminds me that I need to dress my age,then comes home with new lingerie and a skirt or top that id definitely to young for me.What is the message?lol Hope she doesn't stop!

[erickka]

I'm 51, but I like to dress as a 40-ish lady would, and I also like to keepup with,or at least be semi-current with the styles.

[Claire Cook]

Mine is defined by the clearance racks and consignment shops!

[Raychel]

I am in my 50's and pretty much stuck in the style clothes that I like. I am loking at new styles all the time, But never seem to find anything that really steps outside the box.

[TrayciCD]

I'm a member of the club and intend to neither act nor dress my age. I'm having way more fun in my 50s than I did in my 20s.

[Tina B.]

Like most women, I shop from time to time, just to freshing the look of my wardrobe, but since I Seldom throw away anything, I try to stay away from anything that will be a short lived fad. But the last two years Block dressing has been the in thing, and it's easy to add a few colors to an already exciting wardrobe, to update it. Unfortunately those, skirts are rather short, and that changes quickly, but a girls got to have a few, at least for summer.
Tina B.

[Jennifer in CO]

When I was in my 20's and living full time I was a clothes horse. I was about as trendy as any 20 something girl could be with probably 20 dresses and a similar number of skirts, 20+ pair of shoes, etc. But that was a different time. As I have aged (and transitioned back to male), my "style" has transitioned from "trendy" (couldn't afford 2 wardrobes and I just didn't dress as much "trying" to be a guy) to my current style called "simple". I have many nice tops/blouses and slacks but very few skirts/dresses and only two of the skirts are above the knee and my two dresses are knee and floor length respectively. My how times change.....

Jenn

[Andria]

I'm not in the 50+ club, but admire those that are. :)

[janet p]

I'm in the 60+ and my style is what ever I like at K-Mart. I do at times go for the younger look. My lingerie is always stockings and garters.

[Xena]

I prefer my own style of taste. A combo or clash of fashion.

[DonnaT]

I don't worry about current trends/styles, I just worry about finding something I'll like.

And I haven't noticed any stores sectioned off according to age, as opposed to size.

If it fits, and I really like it, I couldn't care less if it was meant for someone younger, or older.

[suchacutie]

With only 6 years of experience, everything is still pretty new, especially my sense of style. I'm finally getting one that I like and I'm not sure I'm ready for changing just yet. Having said that, shopping and style testing has got to be a part of life forever.!!!

tina

[Sam-antha]

Since I started going out for real in the nineteen fifties I have had to change my style considerably. Then skirst were near ankle length, but sweaters were tight - too tight for me, I could not have carried it off -. Now I am happy with the micro mini, the mini or the pencil variety. Tops too change considerably,Ii love the cami which would never have done anybody any good in public in the sixties.
~S~

[Leslie Mary S]

I go into my closet and pick out something and then my daughter will say 'NO' or 'Yes". she also goes with me when we go shopping and helps me pick out clothing that fits and doesn't clash or make me look like a granny (which I guess I am since I have 10 grand children).

[Patrice_CD]

Some very interesting comments. But thats to be expected once you're in our age bracket. Yes, I'm in this bracket as well. I do not dress my age but more of a mid 30's woman. I'm more of a trendy girl. I don't mind spending money on nice thing, after all, I'm worth it. I want to fit and blend in as much as possible.

[RedBaron]

I am 60+, but I love miniskirts. I didn't have a chance to wear them when they were popular the first time, because I didn't go out in skirts then. This time around I enjoy wearing them very much.

[Lorna]

My first experience with women's clothes was in the 1950s and I do enjoy the 50s era clothes. The firm girdles and bras i need to shape a reasonable figure reproduce the sensations felt by women, even young women, of that period whose figures, like mine, were not perfect. On the other hand, I also like to feel the comparative freedom of the younger 1950s and 60s women in a lighter bra and suspender belt - sometimes even the complete freedom of bare legs under a skirt. Then again, there is something different about wearing a short dress or skirt, tights because stocking tops would show and, if needed for figure reasons, a pantie girdle. I then understand how young women felt in the 70s, freed from their stockings and suspenders - but having to be careful because of their short skirts. I'm afraid I don't want to wear trousers, shorts, leggings, jump-suits, etc and imitate so many more modern styles. It's the 50s through to the early 80s I find most tempting - and, in their way, I enjoy them all.

[Sarah Doepner]

I can't afford to follow trends and look for things that will work well over the long run. Thrift stores and the clearance racks tend to be my source for most of my clothing, so I'm always going to be off the cutting edge. That being the case, my wardrobe is comfort based and designed to not draw attention.

[Joanne f]

Thank you for all the reply's , I just realised I have not mentioned my taste's , it is a sort of jump from one to the other anything from a smart skirt suit, jeans and a modern top right though to BoHo/hippy types of long skirts and dress's , i have to be a bit careful now as i find most of the high street shops are much to young for me now ( but that does not stop me looking at them):D just down to wishful thinking though :heehee:.

( None of you look your age , I just think you are making up that you are older just to join the 50+ club) :straightface:

[Rogina B]

I hate "frumpy"!! Makeup takes AT LEAST 10 years off us,so my 40's "nicely' dressed woman is my style..Oh..but with garters and stockings underneath..Another version of the "naughty librarian" also mentioned..lol

[paulinescotlandcd]

I like to think that I dress my age (54) of a woman heading off to a wedding, then another wedding,and another!!