Anybody else having a mid-life wardrobe crisis?

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Turned 50 this year. I've always been obsessed with a keen follower of fashion and have taken great care over my choice of clothes. But now I've lost my style mojo. I just feel a bit meh about it all. Don't get me wrong. I'm not about to stop washing or to take to wearing egg-stained tracky bottoms. But I don't know if I can be arsed to make so much of an effort any more.

It definitely has something to do with the extra stone I'm carrying around my mid-section and a growing feeling of becoming invisible as a middle-aged woman. But I just don't feel that bothered. In fact, I feel relieved TBH. I feel like I've got nothing to prove any more.

Is that OK or should I not go gentle into that good (fashion) night?

Of course it's ok. The only reason for following fashion - at any age - is if you enjoy it.

Having said that, I think it's worth giving invisibility a try - it can be quite liberating once you get used to it. I'm older than you and I'm starting to realise I really can wear whatever I like and, apart from the odd pearl clutcher on S&B, nobody gives a shit

But it really does mean I'm doing it entirely for myself and if the day ever comes when clothes and fashion stop being fun then I'll find something else to do.

I'm heading to 60 and feeling a bit like that. I know it is about being a bit overweight at present as I'm still quite interested in hair and makeup.
The one depressing thing that is really getting me down is that my feet are not at all happy with the sort of vertiginous sexy shoes I love to wear. I suppose it is good that they are not very in fashion at present but all those threads about Hotter (ashamed to say I've bought a pair, even worse they are comfortable and don't look too horrific) and Reiker etc. are very depressing. I'm thinking of a mixture of Ecco and Chie Mihara for autumn but it is all compromise, I just want to see lovely shoes, try them on and have them fit ad feel nice. Grrr.
When you are a bit younger you can wear makes like Toast and feel alternative, now they just make me look like a frump in a sack.

None of this is going to resolve until I'm a bit thinner I can see, I wonder whether some really nice lingerie might then be the starting point?

Recognise myself in the mid 50s-feeling too heavy as i went thru menopause and getting tired as i approached retirement in my 60s. BUT in my 70s i have perked up and got interested in what i wear and how i look again. I always check this forum and love pinterest. So hang in there-it's a cycle and recycle spiral! And don't throw out stuff you'll want to wear again when you get thru the current phase!

I feel like this at 35

I spent my younger years working for clinique and chanel and was lucky enough to be able to stop working 4 years ago. I have put on two stone and I just realise that I really don't care all that much about what I wear anymore. I still wear a bit of make up but clothes wise I just go for comfort and I really don't care what anyone thinks. I'm past worrying about it.

No I'm late 40's and love my clothes/look/style more than I ever have as I feel it's taken me this long to get it 99% right. I'm happy that I've hit this age when a lot of people my age are still interested in looking good, not just celebs but ordinary women more and more. Whereas a few years ago frumpy from 40 onwards was the norm.