Am shit at clothes!

[Iamgiulietta]

I am 36 and shit with clothes. It's about time I looked respectable and presentable. Am an accidental sahm, v short on cash! Am size 12, 34b 5 foot 5 good legs no boobs bobbed blonde hair hate make up and heels, like leggings and little dresses and cardis. Am hankering after some doc martens bOots... Do your worst ladies :) no shops here I live in a shithole full of greggs n pound shops but I can do Internet shopping.

You'll need to give us a bit more - are you looking for a whole new wardrobe or just some DMs? You don't sound like your figure is going to be difficult to dress

Aha sorry I am looking for a whole new wArdrobe I think but the sheer effort of it and my ultimate can't be arsedness makes me want to just but some dms so I can wear them all the time. With everything. And that isn't going to be very stylish is it basically want a personal stylist. My figure is quite good I think. I have a nice tan n my hair looks decent when it's cut which will be after the school holS. What do other 36 year old mums wear.??

Also I do like that black ponte dress in Dp but what would you wear with it to
Make it a proper outfit???

I'm 35 and I've no idea if you would consider me stylish but I'm def not a frump so here is what I try to do:

Good fabrics - avoid jersey/sports type materials and stick with natural fibres so things don't go minging in the wash and look dowdy.

No sports wear at all. None. No hoodies. No fleeces. No yoga leggings.

Good jeans. I like nudie.

Flat ankle boots in brown. Ballet flats in different colours. One pair of heels, black.

Great, chic coat. Blazer (mine's cord but I'm going to sell it and get a more jackety one). Scarves.

Earrings. A lot of being dressed for me is about earrings. Either tribal or kinda rock chick ish. It's only this and non-mummy hair that keeps me from being very unfunky but I like to think it works!

I shop in expensive-ish places at sale time and avoid the cheaper bits of the high street. I don't need to look bang up to date so I can shop slower/pricier now than I would have done before. eBay is good too.

sundaegirl can you link to some of the earrings you describe ? I struggle with "impact" earrings they tend to look v girly on me when sometimes I want a bit of an edge!

Iamgiuletta what about an outfit like

this from hm can be dressed up or down?

These are pretty cool for a fiver

V&A again chic I think

these would get a lot of wear if I owned them

[[
www.net-a-porter.com/product/317516 proper funky like]]

I get loads of compliments on a pair I got in H&m sale for 99p. Huge black and white circles. Maybe people just comment cos they're big. I like gothic crosses types too, which toughen up my not-in-least-gothic look.

thanks I think Iknow where am going wrong - avoid the flowers and chrystals!!

Trip to V and A is planned have heard cafe is lovely

Iamgiuletta any good??

Smelly I can't see that outfit... On
iPhone sob!!! Also am doomed to look like shit as hubby just been made redundant gahhhh!

I am so sorry about your Husbands job- but you are in the right place for bargain hunting, tea and sympathy

Thanks orange!! Will try to prise family of the mac tommorow so I can check out the outfit. I have spied the threads on the cheap makeup in pound shops and may sly into town tommorow to see if I can get me some

Oh no, sorry to hear that Guilietta. We can bargain hunt for you?!