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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when? https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:22:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php jill58 on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/3#post-1820427 Sun, 02 Jul 2017 17:43:38 +0000 jill58 1820427@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Yes, Angie's words are so true!  Anonymous on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/3#post-1820423 Sun, 02 Jul 2017 16:01:31 +0000 Anonymous 1820423@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Susan, I am thrilled that you have joined the forum. Thank you for posting Angie's wise words! Susan on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/3#post-1820391 Sun, 02 Jul 2017 13:10:49 +0000 Susan 1820391@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ No matter your age - the goal is to look healthy, stylish and modern, and not to look younger than you are. You want to look like you care, that you matter, and that you are comfortable in your own skin.  (from Angie) My feelings exactly -- at 68.  And learning is the main reason I recently joined this forum.  I think it's sad that so many women my age think/feel they have to settle for frumpy.  Anonymous on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/3#post-1818947 Tue, 27 Jun 2017 00:16:08 +0000 Anonymous 1818947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Such great stories and inspiration. Thank you to all who shared. I suspect that we will all keep trying to dress the best we can for as long as we can, trying to have fun with fashion and feel that we look good. Janet on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/3#post-1818781 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:06:35 +0000 Janet 1818781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Great insights and conversation here. These days I'm conscious of keeping these things in perspective and keeping judgment out of it. I am less and less worried about 1) what anyone else chooses to wear, and 2) whether other people like what I wear. I want to look "good" and current and not older than I am, sure, but I'm not putting a *ton* of energy into these efforts, mainly because I have a wardrobe that usually allows me to pick out something I feel good in. But I will always put in effort according to how I feel. One of my best friends watched his wife slowly die of cancer last winter, after 17 years of battling on and off. She was always a gorgeous woman who ate right, worked out, and dressed beautifully for as long as she could. Disease gradually robbed her of most of her bone mass, half a lung, and about four inches in height. Right up to the final months of her life, she still made an effort to look nice, and I know it bothered her that she could no longer wear her beautiful clothes from her old, healthy body, but that paled in comparison to the fact that she wanted to see her four children grow up. She did live way longer than any medical professionals thought she would at the time of her diagnosis. So I understand what many of you are saying about dressing an aging body, and keeping it all in perspective. My mom lived to be 80 (which doesn't seem all that old to me), and dressed nicely right up until the day she went into the ICU because she was able to. As long as I am able, I will make an effort too. Anonymous on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/3#post-1818772 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 13:03:06 +0000 Anonymous 1818772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I interpret this thread as being about people who can dress better but don't. It's not about people who have medical conditions or whatever that prevent them from being able to dress the way they'd like.  Sal on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/3#post-1818735 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 08:33:27 +0000 Sal 1818735@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I think people often don't want to dress a generation older (or younger) than their age.  At 47 I dress quite differently to how my Mum dressed at this age, and even more differently to how my Grandparents dressed at this age. I also have little desire to dress a generation younger than I am. I remember commenting on a thread a couple of years back that I think in the past people were less fashionable, but  more stylish, and I stand by that comment. There has been a lot of wisdom in comments above this one.  My own mother is currently battling RA and complications and many people may think she has given up on fashion - she can no longer wear shoes and barely get dressed and pull on sweaters.  I have struggled to find clothes both small enough in length and frame size for her, yet with room in the mid section where she is a little bigger.  Jeans and pants with buttons and zips are hard, but she can't manage many drawstrings or pants that need any force to lift.  Tops are easier thankfully.  To be honest if I had her pain and complications clothes would be low on my priority list too. The Cat on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818496 Sun, 25 Jun 2017 08:49:03 +0000 The Cat 1818496@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ In the early 1960s, when I was a little girl, I often noticed little old ladies all dressed in black, in the streets. I was surprised, because I seldom saw any black clothes in the shops. So I asked my mother: "Where do all the old ladies get their clothes?" And she answered me: "I think they have inherited their clothes from their mothers and other old relatives." So I always imagined the little old ladies living in appartments filled with old black clothes which were passed on from generation to generation ... :-) Now, for decades, I have seldom seen any old ladies wearing all black. Quite the contrary. Black clothes have since long been a sort of uniform to the younger generations, while many old ladies seem to enjoy wearing colours and prints. Jenni NZ on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818407 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 21:09:34 +0000 Jenni NZ 1818407@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Another interesting perspective Laura! How much societal pressure does affect us. It seems Westerners then have 2 opposing fears. One is looking "too young" as in your nearby immigrants and as per the "mutton dressed as lamb" phrase. But the other is looking "too old" as per the need for hair dye, Botox, face lifts, lip plumping etc etc. And the latter pressures, while not skipping men altogether, certainly appear to affect women disproportionately. I feel this is a feminist question. Could be another whole thread. I feel I would be likely to offend should I go there however. I have been hurt by comments where I am guessed to be older than I am, but I feel the hurt is because I am also subject to the societal pressure to "look young". Therefore I feel the hurt but "shake it off" ( thank you Taylor Swift). Laura G on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818339 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 17:58:32 +0000 Laura G 1818339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I think there are (at least) two things that can look like "giving up" to the rest of the world. One, as many of you have expressed so beautifully, is just doing the best you can within your physical limitations. The other is actually giving up, because you're afraid "now that I'm X years old" to be seen as actually still wanting to be beautiful. I live in an area with a lot of Chinese immigrants, and I see them shift, somewhere in their 40s, to mannish haircuts and colorless, shapeless clothes. A Chinese friend told me that back home they'd be ridiculed if they didn't, "at their age".  The shift may be later and more gradual with native-born Americans, but we still do have (and fear) that expression, "mutton dressed as lamb." I know when I'm considering a purchase I often do ask myself, "but how will it look with a lined face?" Anonymous on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818301 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 16:45:18 +0000 Anonymous 1818301@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ My sister doesn't care a whit about fashion, and pretty much never has. I almost always see her in hiking boots (oh, I hope she's replaced once or twice over the years, but I'm not sure). Imagine my surprise when she picked out a beaded and detailed wedding dress (20 years ago). She looked amazing. She paired it with slip on keds. See - she was just ahead of the sneakers with dress trend. Now we have a big family event coming up and I don't know if she will dress up at all or pull something very dated out of her closet, which is small and limited for selection. She just doesn't like the whole concept of shopping or figuring out the perfect outfit for each occasion, and she doesn't plan to change now. Although I would enjoy having common ground to spend time with her in this arena, I accept this is not the case. I can acknowledge she has spent way less time and money to this part of her life, and its easy to argue there is something positive in that. gryffin on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818248 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 14:49:58 +0000 gryffin 1818248@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thank you all, what a beautiful and insightful thread.  So bottom line - perhaps we must always keep in mind, not just in fashion but in life, we are all doing "the best we can."  The choices we make reflect finance, age, innate preferences, culture norms, illness, sometimes eye sight etc.  The only important thing is that we hope we feel like our best and most comfortable selves at every age no matter what our sartorial choices.  If we achieve that then we've really succeeded at life.  We just need to keep in my we all succeed differently and we have different criteria and measures of success.  When we embrace that diversity then we can appreciate everyones' unique beauty.   Anonymous on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818236 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 13:04:02 +0000 Anonymous 1818236@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Married at 15. Yikes!!! My mom, born in 1918, thought black was only for funerals. I think I got my love for color from her. rachylou on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818235 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 12:47:12 +0000 rachylou 1818235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Back again, because I also seem to recall there was a time / culture when you'd just put on your black dress and that was that. You never wore anything else ever again. You'd get your first pair of heels at 15 and you'd get your black dress at 40. And I remember people being mad that they had to 'hang it up' at 40. And no one thinks it's ok for a 15 year old to get married anymore in the western world... but you know I had a boss who married at that age; he and his wife were on their 25th anniversary at 40. Weird to me, but obviously solid. They had three kids. Bijou on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818228 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 11:57:40 +0000 Bijou 1818228@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ There is much wisdom in this thread. I have found that getting older has given me a better sense of self acceptance. I don't compare myself to others as much as I did in my youth, and I am more grateful for my good health, something that I took for granted when younger. My late mother suffered disability in her later years after having a stroke and she made the most of what opportunities life gave her in that new phase of her life. She made many new friends at her nursing home and still enjoyed her life (and fashion), but just in a different and more pragmatic way. I never thought of her as an "old lady" because she was a vibrant and fun person who just happened to be 76 years old. Liz on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818225 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 11:40:28 +0000 Liz 1818225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thanks, as well, to Echo and Gaylene. As I have aged, I have looked at the judgments I made as a young woman, with regret. And I have often been curious about why so many mothers and daughters seem to accept ruthless comments from each other about clothing. Maybe I'm feeling a bit bigger-picture this morning, but now this discussion has me wondering why we even have the mindset that it's a bad thing when people "give up" regarding their style or dressing. What if people (even before age or poor health or limited mobility "requires" it) simply don't care about fashion or trends and have other things that are important to them. Maybe they dress in clean clothes that are appropriate to their life and call it a day.  Why is that "giving up"? Jenni NZ on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818202 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 10:38:28 +0000 Jenni NZ 1818202@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Think you've nailed it there Deb. Even Joy asking in her original post if the shoes looked "old lady" : Joy was that you having a fear in your own mind of not looking current or that you have given up? Which is why I asked, only half joking, when it would be OK to be one. Not to put too fine a point on it, but really at age 70 you probably are an old lady just as I am halfway from middle age to old age at age 56. I am not sure what age 56 is classified at, probably at least late middle age, if there is such a thing. And I am trying to embrace it. It can hurt at times, that I may be seen as older than I am because I have chosen to let my hair naturally grey and not have any enhancing procedures done. But those are, as Angie says, my choice to have or not have. ( Although I do question, in such a youth obsessed society, how much "choice" there is if you decide you are worried about looking your age or older.) I am making that choice for authenticity and it is a somewhat brave choice. Not that those of you who choose the opposite are not brave, you just may need to be brave about something else in life. And is being an old lady so bad, really? The alternative is being dead, is it not? And the 90 year old I showed in my photo only gave up on her appearance when she had no real choice as her health faded. I would like, I think, to model myself on her and dress for my own enjoyment until either I cannot or I decide something else in life is more important- which could happen. deb on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818141 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 03:41:16 +0000 deb 1818141@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Gaylene, your last post nails it all!! is the 'old lady' look just a state of our own minds and not the state of the person we are viewing? bridgie on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818140 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 03:23:11 +0000 bridgie 1818140@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ A very interesting conversation going here.  No old lady thinking or dressing on this forum.  ETA That is one of the reasons I am on it.  And I suspect that is true of most all the members here.  Anonymous on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818124 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 02:38:01 +0000 Anonymous 1818124@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Such utterly thoughtful and intelligent conversation . Thank you again , Gaylene and Echo. Echo on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818102 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 01:58:23 +0000 Echo 1818102@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Gaylene, if I could give you a standing ovation that you could see here, I would. Amen to everything you said. I remember my mum taking out my grandmum in a new outfit. In my young head, I was trying to figure out why it mattered when it was polyester pants with an elastic waistband and a drapey top and she was in a wheelchair. My judgement, which I never voiced because I was raised better than that, brings tears to my eyes now. My grandmum had rheumatoid arthritis and had likely not been outside of her own home in months. Being in a wheelchair in a mall and going out to eat was like a coming out party. How dare I judge something I had no experience with? As for younger women trying to get older women to dress in a younger style, I have to blame the mum. My DD jokes about trying to get me to wear colour, but as for criticizing my style choices, she wouldn't dare. And not only that, but she would not WANT me to dress like she does. She and I both know that it would be inappropriate, and she doesn't even dress in a revealing way. I have told her from the time she was very young and trying on clothes that things either looked amazing on her or weren't fab enough for her, and she takes the same approach. It is never me or her who is the problem; it is always the clothes (THANKS, ANGIE!), and I treat her with respect and she treats me with respect. She will sometimes hold something up and say, "Say, mom, I think you would look so nice in this. What do you think?" And if my answer is that it isn't "me", then she lets it go. IMO, a young woman would never be treating her mum disrespectfully unless she had been treated similarly by her mum. While many dispute it, more often than not we grow up to be our own mothers. If we don't like how our daughters behave or treat us, perhaps we ought to look at ourselves. As for the real topic at hand, dressing like an "old lady", I think that is cultural. In other words, there is no universal "old lady" style. It all has to do with what we view as old fashioned or out of style. My own mum looks at some clothing and remarks about how "old fashioned" it is because she remembers when it was popular either when she was younger or when her own mum wore it (like peep-toe shoes, which she disparagingly calls "SO 1940's). Those things seem completely current to me because I don't have the same style experience she does, and we are both right. Her version of "old lady" is different from my version of "old lady", and both will be different from my daughter's version of "old lady." And none of us will ever willingly choose the things we view as outdated. There is never a universal "old lady" style. We can change so our shoes are more comfortable, to elastic waists when we are unable to fasten other things or to drapey tops when getting something over our heads becomes painful, but hopefully none of us will ever look at clothes we view as outdated or "old lady" and choose them. And on top of that, perhaps we should not look at others and judge their style as "old lady", either, because their parameters are likely much different from our own. All of them are arbitrary, and one's judgement about what counts as "old lady" is no more valid than the next's. Anonymous on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818076 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 00:56:02 +0000 Anonymous 1818076@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Their time will come. rachylou on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818073 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 00:48:51 +0000 rachylou 1818073@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Yes, Gaylene. Your story touched me. That is part of the growing pain of youth - and the burden of age, watching younger people do and say and think painful things that will embarrass them later... Anonymous on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818066 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 00:18:54 +0000 Anonymous 1818066@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I hope I can still dress stylishly while battling chronic pain. The bursitis in my right knee and the tendinitis in my left ankle have flared up today, making me feel 100 years old, even though I had a great cardio on the bike a couple of days ago that didn't bother my legs in the least. Up and down it goes, with good days and bad, but I don't wear elastic-waisted pants and pullover short-sleeved, crewneck knit tops and white walking shoes. To me, wearing that stuff would be giving up, and I'm not there yet. My older sister has Parkinson's, but she still takes care of her appearance and looks nice at age 70-something. We can all be down to earth and authentic, or flamboyant, if we choose. We don't have to look like something the cat dragged in (my mother's expression). tulle on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818053 Fri, 23 Jun 2017 23:10:23 +0000 tulle 1818053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh, Gaylene, your response touched me in a tender spot--my mother is in the late stage of Parkinson's also, and has coped with severe arthritis since her 20s.  She, too, has always looked pulled-together and fashionable on her own exacting terms--until the last few months.  At my most recent visit, I found that she no longer cared to choose her clothes, happy to let me dress her as comfortably as I could.  This world simply has less and less hold on her.  And one needn't be at the end of life to feel less invested in the latest fashion and less tolerant of uncomfortable, restrictive clothing designed for younger bodies.  Your final paragraph expresses something I've thought about a lot:  so important not to judge, as we would not want to be judged, women who, far from "giving up", are doing their best to be, in Angie's words, "down to earth and authentic". Gaylene on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818036 Fri, 23 Jun 2017 22:00:20 +0000 Gaylene 1818036@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ OK, I was ready to bow out of this thread until I overheard this scenario just short time ago. I was returning a top at Aritzia (a local chain similar to Zara, for the non-Canadians) and witnessed the following exchange: Young 20-Something to Older Woman (probably her mother?) "You look like h*|| in your clothes; you'd look so better if you just tried harder! " Older woman looking dubiously at cropped pants and skinny, cold-shoulder top: "Well,..." I frankly couldn't stand to watch what was going to happen next so I grabbed my refund and left. Even if that women was coerced into buying the outfit, it was such a departure from her khakis, tucked-in shirt, and sensible shoes, it was a stretch to imagine she'd ever walk out the door in it. I know because I was guilty of doing the makeover bit with my mum, and, more recently, have had that zeal turned on me by a well-meaning, younger relative. It wasn't until those tables were turned that I started to question exactly why I had been so bothered as a young woman when I saw older women moving away from current fashion--"giving up" as I defined it. I felt comfortable, modern, and happy in my style, so why did my younger relative want me to adopt a style which she preferred over one which I saw as mine. It made me start thinking about how my sense of how fashion fits into my life has morphed over the last few years. If harried mothers are given latitude when they wear pj's under their coats for a school run, or yoga gear when they stop by the grocery store for a container of milk, why does an elderly woman get such a hard time when she chooses comfortable clothes after a grueling chemo session? I know, as a younger woman, I never stopped to consider if those "old lady" outfits I labeled as "giving up" were more about trying to do as best as one can under the circumstances. Chronic illnesses and physical ailments aren't always visible to the casual observer, but they are a reality which many of us have to cope with by the time we hit our later decades. Choosing comfortable footwear keeps me moving, which, in turn keeps me feeling good about myself. Same goes for flexible waistbands and non-constricting clothing. Suffering for fashion seems ludicrous; these days, I've plenty of other ways to experience discomfort, thank you. I do the best I can to keep up with fashion, but, now that I'm in moving into the final stage of my life, I'd rather just throw something on and get going, instead of obsessing about what I'm wearing. When my ever-so-meticulous and stylish mother was in the latter stages of Parkinson's, with her eyesight failing and her hands shaking, she still tried to put on lipstick for a doctor's visit. I adored the young locum who, on seeing her in her stained shirt and wobbly lipstick, immediately said "You look lovely today, Diane!" Her smile went megawatt. She hadn't "given up", and I suspect neither will I, although it might take a discerning eye like that young doctor's to tell the difference. Now that I've witnessed how hard women try to maintain their dignity and sense of self as they age, I wish I'd been kinder in my youthful critiques about "old lady" style. I'd like to give my former self a good, swift kick for having the audacity to pronounce judgement on something beyond my experience. My mother didn't need her makeover, but I sure did. jill58 on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818030 Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:38:31 +0000 jill58 1818030@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ My mother is 94 and dresses very much as she always has. She keeps her clothes forever and hasn't bought anything new in years. She actually looks many years younger than her actual age. At 59 I find myself dressing much as I always have too. I try to stay in shape, (although exercise for me is mostly about mental health) which has meant that I haven't had to undergo any major style shift. I imagine that I may make some concessions when it comes to footwear as I age. At this point I still enjoy heels but I can imagine that could change as I enter my sixties. When I think about the idea of "dressing like an old lady" I'm not sure what it means any more. It used to mean a kind of dowdy lack of style and I suppose it still does but with so many women defying that convention, the phrase seems less meaningful now.  Angie on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818020 Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:10:03 +0000 Angie 1818020@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I wish you could all come shopping with me when I shop with my my 70 and 80 plus clients. I bet it would be VERY inspirational to you. Nothing like Advanced Style or the red carpet. It's down to earth and authentic. Wonderful women caring about their appearance, being thankful for who they are and what they have, and having fun with fashion. No body image challenges either. It's sublime.  Laurel on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818018 Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:07:33 +0000 Laurel 1818018@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Sterling---my grandmother has a TINY wardrobe, and she hasn't been in a proper store for ... probably 25 years?  And yet--she is SO CURRENT!  All of a sudden, when I show up she'll have unearthed a very thin, silk, black tie and have it tied around her neck "just so" and on her way to Happy Hour at "the Home" as if she just walked out of a photo shoot!  She cuts her beautiful silver hair herself, and somehow manages without a mirror and a dull pair of scissors to create a choppy bob.  Her skin is really a marvel though---she was FIERCE about avoiding sun (how I cringed as a child when she would force a BONNET (yes, a BONNET, like Holly Hobbie wore)) by utilizing a parasol, and then coating her face with Vaseline at night (I know, I know... but you should see her face!).   texstyle on "What does it mean to dress Little Old Lady and when?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-it-mean-to-dress-little-old-lady-and-when/page/2#post-1818007 Fri, 23 Jun 2017 19:59:57 +0000 texstyle 1818007@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I don't get the Advanced Style dressing thing either, but maybe I would if I saw how these ladies dressed earlier in their lives?