So, fit and flare dresses people... normally I'm the fiercest opponent of any 'don't wear x past the age of y' type rules, and if someone else were writing what I was about to I'd probably steam right in with my usual 'what are you talking about, wear what you like!' type response.
BUT
I was surveying my wardrobe earlier today and had a proper mini panic about being the wrong side of the mutton/frump quirky/tragic line. Background: last year I went down three dress sizes (don't congratulate me, it was the heartbreak diet, no effort required on my part). This prompted a few purchases and I took the opportunity to move away from my previous ten-year-long sartorial dictat of subdued/disguise-y clothes into more of what I actually like. And this led me towards quite a few, what I suppose could be described as 'pretty' dresses, cotton, full-ish skirted from places like Joy, Orla Keily for Uniqlo, etc. I'm short so they usually are about knee-length on me (even though they're marketed as minidresses)
Only when I was looking earlier today, unpacking my jersey fit-and-flare dress from ASOS and thinking which cardigan to pair it with, I suddenly had my 'eeek' moment. Like, what am I thinking? Am I totally having my textbook mid-life crisis cliched bonkers period? Other glam ladies my age do not dress like me... people who do tend to be at least ten years younger (Zoey Deschanel springs to mind... she's lovely but I DON'T want to try and emulate her style... aargh)
Am I too old for this sort of look? Your thoughts and honest opinions would be very much appreciated.