Gaylene, I just have to tell you that you're as much an inspiration for (ahem!) summer hens like me as Angie is! Just in different ways, and we (I?) need ALL the different kinds of inspiration I can get...

LOVED this post to bits. And would love to hear more about marrying a person you ran over... :-p (And can you hear me wishing we could see you in those pants? No, don't fear for your privacy---I really get the not wanting to be caught on camera too!)

This post and subsequent comments was a great read! It also hit home with me as I have been inwardly pooh-poohing boyfriend jeans all this time but spontaneously just came home with some myself. In my case I now have to work on the details whether this pair is really right for me, but the mental barrier has been broken all the same. I would also love to see your outfit!

Chuckling @ Scarlet

Gaylene, you really made my morning. Thanks! It all boils down to me wanting US ALL to have fun with fashion and feel fabulous in the process, which has a positive ripple effect on our psyche, AND the psyche of those around us. A win-win scenario. If I'm able to guide these style decisions in some small way - I'm doing my job.

You've gained valauble style insights here, and thanks for sharing them. Mr. Gaylene is quite phenomenal. I wish you and him many more happy style days!!! With lots of chuckles along the way.
This is an awesome post, Gaylene. Congrats on stepping out of your comfort zone! I have to admit that I, too, cast a skeptical eye on the whole baggy/slouchy silhouette...and now I have succumbed.

Looking forward to seeing your new look.
Gaylene, this is great news! Maybe there is hope for me, as I can be a real stick in the mud. I have a big grin on my face imagining you in those slouchy pants, all rolled and styled just so. Your poor fleece-wearing friends won't know what hit you if they happen to stop by!
This is such a fun thread! Gaylene, I would LOVE to see you in your fab slouchy pants! And I totally agree that there's nothing like hanging out with Angie and the gang to keep we "ladies of a certain age" from succumbing to frumphood!

Since I have eaten a few words of my own, I had to smile reading this. It is very much a case of finding the right piece for you and them figuring out how to style it and work it into your wardrobe and lifestyle. And hooray for supportive spouses!

You are hilarious? Gaylene! I think we've all eaten some of our words, here on the YLF!!!
I die to see you in this outfit! Please post a pictie for the disbelievers:-)
Thanks Scarlet, Nancylee, Claire, and Janet for making me feel that I'm not the only person who has had an about face about this whole slouchy pant thing. I know that it's repeating what Angie always says, but the devil is REALLY in the details. The pants looked quite dumpy on me until I had followed all the guidelines, then it was almost magical how those babies were transformed. I was quite dumbfounded and transfixed by what I saw in the mirror.

Ah, MaryK, your fearlessness is really what makes me leap into these things. Anyone who can make emerald green and red look sophisticated is a wonder to me!

ManidipaM, Angie, and Janet, you have no idea of how lucky I am with having ended up with Mr. G. I actually did run him over on the ski hill. My girlfriends and I were novice 20-something skiers who were swooning over this sophisticated, gorgeous, older (early 30s) Norwegian ski instructor so we decided to book a group lesson with him after he smiled at us a couple of times. My friends were a bit more hesitant, but I threw myself into flying down those slopes with great enthusiasm, but very little skill. Unfortunately, the future Mr. G made the mistake of turning his back to me (a mistake he has never made since!) and I plowed into him knocking both of us to the ground in a tangle of legs, arms, skis, and poles. I was SO mortified! But he did buy me a drink later that evening and the rest, as they say, is history. Personally, I think he thought it was his duty to save everyone else on the hill from a similar fate by getting my skiing (and me?) under some sort of control.
Oh Gaylene that's such a cute story :)awwww

Gaylene, I love that story!

What a great post, Gaylene. I completely relate to your sentiments and am tempted to take my Leith track pants out of the Nordstrom bag that has been sitting there for weeks while contemplating their return.

Gaylene, I just loved reading this thread! And you married a Norwegian ski instructor! How romantic!!
Oh WOW Gaylene, I do enjoy your posts and this one is FANTASTIC!
I can't believe your DH actually purchased and gifted a jacket to you off his own bat!
The slouchy pant outfit sounds FAB, and having seen these on Suz, completely appropriate for the over 50's.
Looking forward to seeing a pic
Lyn67--ah, you want evidence I just didn't publicly humiliate myself for the fun of it A picture of my slouchy backside on the Internet is a bit daunting, though... you do realize I grew up in an era where pictures were something that you put into a photo album that was then hidden away on a book shelf, never to be seen again.

Carole, if I can do it, so can you. Take those pants out of the bag and join me on the wild--er, slouchy--side!

Ramya, Janet, and Laura--romantic once the bruises healed. I hit him pretty hard and he was limping around for the next week or so. He likes to tell everyone that he was totally stunned by me when we first met--sounds so much better than concussed.

Lyn D, my DH is a remarkable man in many ways, as evidenced by his decision to date me after I nearly put him into a coma on our first meeting. After 40 years, he knows me better than I know myself. I LOVE that J Crew jacket; it's so totally my style!

Gaylene, you are an inspiration. I've been hesitant to try this look as well, because I'm always afraid of the dreaded MDAL syndrome. Pictures, please!

I love this story!