Whats your style, late 40s-over 50s? | Mumsnet (2024)

I stick with the same thing which is mainly jeans, a top and a cardigan. Boots in winter, sandals in summer. The styles of the tops/jeans/cardigans change but that's my core look. Never wear skirts or dresses.

I think by this age you know what suits you. I have a tricky figure to dress, broad shouldered and big bust but narrow everywhere else and very short legs for my height. I know what offsets all this.

I have different styles depending on mood but it's mostly about comfort.

Initially after I got slim I went through a big athleisure phase with leggings and tank tops (because yay, suddenly 'sprayed on' actually looks pretty good!)

Mostly back in cords/ yoga pants and nice sweaters now.

I'm 5'8" and a 10/12.

In the winter I wear jeans, sweater and boots at home, and tailored wide leg trousers, cotton shirt, tank and loafers in the office. Occasionally a dress, cardigan and heeled boots.

In the summer, cotton dresses and sandals, or linen wide leg trousers and a top for work. At home cropped trousers or cotton skirt and a t-shirt.

After years of not knowing what my style is, I think I’ve worked it out. It’s preppy. It suits my shape and lifestyle. I don’t care if it’s fashionable or not. I have hated the fashion of last few years- prairie / maxi dresses and oversized clothing. Much prefer what’s coming into the shops now.

So winter is usually smartish jeans or trousers, shirts, v-neck jumpers or tank top. Smart jacket or coat. Boots or loafers.
Summer is chinos, tailored shorts or linen trousers. Plain t-shirts. Knee length dresses. Ballet pumps or sandals. No prints.
Gym gear for the gym, not for hanging out in Costa 😀 and leggings and big coat for dog walking.
Boring, but I like it.

My style is probably quite similar to what I wore at uni, but in my mid 20s I tried to glam up and wore a lot of skirts and blazers and black.

I'm braver with colour and colour combinations now and know much better what suits me. I wear a lot more natural fibres and my style is quite androgynous and oversized, that's been my predominant style for years but I'm becoming more uncompromising about it. My typical outfit at the moment is baggy, wide or barrel leg jeans or trousers with a long sleeve cotton tee tucked in and oversized wool mix jumper with jewellery and trainers. In summer it's an oversized tee. My going out outfit is typically the same on bottom half with a silver or black slightly cropped top. I also wear (baggy cotton) jumpsuits and in summer I will sometimes wear dresses but they are very simple unstructured linen or cotton. That's it, unless maybe there's a wedding in which case I will get more dressed up.

I went through a period of dressing how I thought I should dress especially when working towards promotions etc. But now at 53, I have zero f*cks left to give and so I dress in more expensive and better quality versions of what I wore when I was younger. So in the UK baggy jeans and trainers, I prefer a beautiful cashmere hoodie now a days but its still baggy and often black.

Currently, I live in a ridiculously hot country, and it took me a while to translate how I wanted to look to the weather, but I swapped baggy jeans for baggy linen pants, trainers for birkenstocks and found a new love in oversized maxi shirt dresses which I can un-botton a bit so they aren't big blocks of material.

I think my 'style' is what works in my current environment: I moved to the seaside two years ago and we have also some nice countryside close by.

I can get quite windy and muddy so I have been living in jeans, jumpers, wooly hats, trainers and puffer coat. Boots with chunky heels when I want to look a bit nicer.

In the summer maxi dresses, sandals, straw hats, Breton stroppy tops and linen wide leg trousers.

I do like bright colours though and some patterns.

I work from home most of the time so never feel the need to look 'smart', I have embraced the bohemian/scruffy look...

Also I am 53 and could not give a monkey as to what other people think of me and how I look.

Our small town has it fair share of boho/artists/eccentrics and people who dress really casually so it is rather relaxed when it come to clothing.