Old Lady Fashion

I have something to say about fashion.

I was browsing through a women’s magazine and came across an article and photos of what women should be wearing during different decades of their lives. There were clothes for women in their 20’s—very hip, very trendy. For those in their 30’s, really cool casual and workout clothes. For women in their 40’s, the fashions shown were for evening, with short skirts, lots of skin and stiletto heels. And in their 50’s, there were professional clothes, suits and dresses and lovely.

I turned the page and there was nothing else. The article ended—no clothes to look at if you are in you are in your 60’s, 70’s or 80’s. Those age groups seem to be non-existent to the fashion industry.

My son is getting married this year and I went on line looking for a mother of the groom dress.  They were hideous. Evening gowns with jackets in ugly lace designs and gruesome colors like gray, and beige, and dusty rose.  I wouldn’t be caught dead in one of those mother’s wedding dresses. I want something in hot pink.

But designers either think we older women don’t want flashy clothes or worse they don’t think we should be seen in them. Well, listen up clothing industry, 20 percent of the population is over 60.  That’s millions and millions of women who need clothes, and will spend millions of dollars to buy them. We are still working and going places, and meeting people, and we want to look good, too.