When you’re around sixty years old, 5’8″ before you started shrinking, and weigh about 160, you want clothes that are comfortable and look good. Life is too short to forego wine and chocolate. Or pizza. Or Date Night at Some Fancy Restaurant. What’s a gal to do?
Well, I found some solutions. I’m no photographer but I figured out how to set my camera to 10-second-delay, then I ran around in front of it and posed. If you click on the pix, they’ll enlarge.
Top from FreshProduceClothes.com. Pants from Chicos.com, the Traveler’s label.
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This top was a little too low-cut so I closed it with a safety pin and stuck a clip-on earring over that. Voila. Cleavage jewelry.
Top from FreshProduceClothes.com. Slacks are NYDJ (with lovely Spandex).
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Like I said, I like to be comfortable.
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Top from FreshProduceClothes.com. Pants from Travelsmith.
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This periwinkle top is the same model as the beige-and-white design above. Both are 100% cotton (as is the green top) and all three are made in the USA.
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Dress and tee from FreshProduceClothes.com. 100% cotton and made in USA.
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The dress is really cool, being all cotton, and it has pockets. Yes, it is the same pattern as the beige and white top but I never wear them together so unless you memorized my closet, who would know? Or care?
Bamboo squort by FreshProduceClothes.com.
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And finally, did you know somebody is still making squorts? Check this baby out: no closure, just pull ’em up. And they have pockets! This is a product made of bamboo. It’s soft and drapey.
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Here’s a closeup of the squort.
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If it seems like I’m pushing Fresh Produce, I’m not, but I DID recently fall in love with their clothes. Most of them are made in America, and they’re heavy on the cotton so they breathe. I also like Chico’s (they’re more for the cooler months as their clothes are made of petroleum products) and Not Your Daughter’s Jeans for all the stretch.
Have you made a recent clothing discovery? Spill it, girlfriend.
Always love a good fashion show!
Thanks, Jase. I had fun doing it.
Thanks, Shelley! Starting out tall was hard, but now with shrinking I’m just fine. Some things do get better with age.
You look amazing! Are you sure you weigh 160? You look 30 pounds lighter.
I can relate to your comment about suffering through adolescence because of height. I was 5’9″ (now 5’8 and a half).
Great photos–great outfits. You’ve got STYLE, lady!
Love that look – if I was 4 inches taller I would do that in a heartbeat!
Thanks, Debra. I suffered through adolescence for it, but it’s paying off now.
Lynne, you look fabulous in every picture. Step aside supermodels.Your “skinny” tops theirs anyday.:-)
Kathy, Mom taught me years ago never to wear horizontal stripes.
You look great, the clothes look great! I think I feel some serious shopping coming on. Thanks, Lynne!
Have fun, Sheila!
You look great! Don’t change a pound! I’ve been wearing Fresh Produce for YEARS!
You have?! I just discovered them, and I can’t believe how awesome their stuff is.
you look awesome Lynne. I love NYDJ and Fresh Produce. I can’t find much Fresh Produce around here though, only at the beach. I’ve never tried Chico’s. My mom swears by it, and that kind of turns me off.
Karen, go to FreshProduceClothes.com and watch for sales. They have tons of them. And as for Chicos, be careful about your preconceived notions; the first time I walked into Chicos I saw the sizes 2 and 3 and walked out in disgust, thinking it was a store for tiny women. HAHAHA! Chico’s is very cool, trust me.
Those outfits look really nice. Feminine and modest. Very stylish. I don’t blame you for not wanting to lose weight. You are thin already. I weigh what you do and I’m only 5’2!!! I need to get out and walk!
Ellie, the point is, if we’re healthy and happy, find the right clothes and enjoy that second margarita.
Lynne, you haven’t aged a second since we met in Cincy years ago! I LOVE the first photo of you — that aqua top is the perfect color, and those white pants look so California-chic! Way to go, Sistah — better tell those too-skinny models with hollowed-out cheeks that THIS is what American women prefer today, style and comfort!
Hey, Deb, great to hear from you! And I have read for years that the most common size in America (women) is 14. I’m between a 14 and 16. I subscribe to one concrete rule of fashion: Buy a Bigger Top!
You look great! I love Fresh Produce clothes and have for years. I’m into comfort. One surprising thing I
discovered a few years ago was thrift store shopping. I have found amazing things. Not every time I go but regularly. 3 years ago I found a 2 piece Eileen Fisher outfit for $18. It was like-new and fit me perfectly. Another time I found a very chic London Fog
trench coat for $30 and a beautiful hand knit Italian sweater with the price tag and extra buttons attached for $28.
Recently I scored a Talbots jacket for $22. I love the idea that the thrift store items are being recycled.
So chic, Lynne. Looks like you are ready for the runways of Paris…so get your butt over here & start strutting your stuff. Loved the turquoise top…great color for you. And I was thrilled to see you are TALL, too. Believe me, over here I look like a tower!
Lynne – this post was so-o-o-o much fun to read and see!! Makes me want to go shopping!
Have you found the fountain of youth girl. You look just as I remember you many moons ago….. Love the clothes too!
My favorite jeans are Kut from the Kloth sold in Nordstrom. Great fit.
Joyce, thanks for sharing that bit of wisdom. There’s a Nordstrom about 45 minutes from me and I’m tempted.
Looking good. Wish I had your height. I’m fit but only 5’4″. Great haircut, by the way.
Joyce, I had to go through hell in my adolescence and teen years. My nickname was Football Player. I was about 5’7″ and weighed about 130, but I thought I was a moose. Of course, all the boys were the size of little girls. I used to fall asleep at night praying that I’d wake up 5’2″ with size 7 feet and big boobs like my friend Denise. But then when I was about 25 I realized tall girls can eat more! (And I was lucky to find Casey Carlos at Salon Sapphire in Temecula. Casey just turned 30 and she’s my spy in the youth camp.)
Looking good as usual. Like your choices.
Takes one to know one, Dolores.
I still swear by jeans from The Gap. I even bought two pairs of skinny jeans and by golly and by gosh if they aren’t somewhat flattering!
Pam, I don’t think my hips would fit into anything with “skinny” in the title, but I appreciate the information. On the plus size, I almost made it the whole way through childbirth (35 years ago) without any medication. Built for babies.
You look beautiful, and I love your choices and colors. I am still not accepting of my 160 lbs, but I notice how my desired weight is a negotiable number and keeps creeping up. 5 years ago I was working at 150 to get to 145. 3 years ago it was 155 to 150 and now it is 160 to 155. And last night the wine at an outdoor concert with a good pizza was worth it all. Thanks for the post!!
Patricia, your second to last sentence says it all for me. I wouldn’t trade that kind of an experience to look better. Life, as they say, is too short. We have a wine region a half hour from my house, and occasionally I’ll do a wine tasting with girlfriends, or play nine holes of golf and then have lunch in wine country with my sweetie, and I would not give that up for anything in the world!
I like to be comfy too and after giving up everything as live progressed and the one behind me, I feel it’s time to let comfort be my guide. You look fantabulous.
Since I retired (almost 7 years now), I live in jeans (mostly) and this past summer in long summer dresses. Unless I go to a special function, I’m afraid I don’t worry about clothes too much, but I love your fashion show. Gives me ideas…
Looking good lady!………I have recently found the best fitting jeans EVER ( for me….5’6..135)…..Gloria Vanderbilt Amanda, average length with super stretch. No binding waistline or sagging after wearing. My good friend is a size sixteen and loves them also. Great pricing and good selection of colors made this a great find.
That’s good info, Catherine. Spandex can be too much of a good thing if you have to keep pulling the suckers up. I’m partial to lower-waisted designs, which allow for comfortable fit.
I was happy to see that all of the links you provided, sold plus sizes! I also love to be comfy in cottons and natural fibers. Thanks for the ideas, and you look lovely.
Hey, Lynne. check out your links for fresh produce clothes — I think the one with the word clothing in it is wrong as opposed to the one with clothes. You look adorable! Will comment on the blog.
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Good eye for links, Donna. Thanks.
You’re lookin’ awesome Lynne!!