<p>Is this too young/odd/whatever for this mid 50’s woman? 5’5, usually a size 8 but who knows these days (have some 4’s and 6’s), pretty proportionate, just a little bit busty for some styles (and my taste).</p>
<p>Mafool - the speckled ink dress will look vavavoom as long as your stomach is perfectly flat. After three kids, mine is not, no matter how much I exercise!</p>
<p>IMO most Anthropologie dresses look better on the hanger. </p>
<p>Zipyourlips - I’ve never heard of this line - the styles are beautiful and the shoes can be ordered directly on the Dana Davis site. I’m going to pass the link along to my MIL - she’s always looking for a comfortable, yet fashionable shoe.</p>
<p>Gourmetmom, Endless carries Dana Davis shoes! To the poster who provided the link - big thanks! I’m going to give them a try, because they might be just the right type of shoe for work - I spend a lot of time on my feet, so I own a lot of balck Soffts (Cole Haan just does not work for my feet!), and I feel that I need some diversity in my shoe collection!</p>
<p>Speaking of dresses… My D got her Title Nine catalog in the mail, and some of the dresses in it are so cute, I’m tempted to order them. But I have to continue my water diet for much longer if I do that :D</p>
<p>Gourmetmom, I clicked on the photos of the models wearing the Anthropologie dresses and noticed the same thing: some of the dresses do not even look good on the models.</p>
<p>mafool, thanks for all the great links! I would also like to join the fashion-rut-anonymous group. I’ve taken small steps like buying prints (sewhappy, try them - black and white barely even counts!) and a few colorful tops and am very happy I did. Otherwise I would have spent the rest of my life in black, navy, brown, and the like. Very classic, never inappropriate, but ultimately a bit boring.</p>
<p>Okay, I followed that link - 90% of the dresses the stars wore to the Fashion Institute Gala were horrific in one way or another. My D’s drill team banquet dress that she bought at Century 21 for $119 looks worlds better than most of those dresses!!!</p>
<p>Thank you, BunsenBurner, another belly laugh and any day with 2 is a very good day.</p>
<p>My 16-year-old 5’8" size 2 daughter can wear gladiators. My 54-year-old friend who is 5’4" and robust cannot but does and it is really, really unfortunate. How do you explain this to a friend? I just don’t go there. Concentrate on all the stuff she’s smart about.</p>
<p>For fashion, I come to my brilliant friends on this thread.</p>
<p>Did go to Anthropologie and it felt like I was trying to channel “hippy” and it just doesn’t work for me. Still looking . . .</p>
<p>And btw, I once met Hillary Clinton when she was wearing a periwinkle pantsuit and guess what? She was just exquisite. Like a little doll. So tiny and lovely skin and adorable in that pantsuit that just never works on TV or in photos.</p>