If you had £50-75 to spend on ONE funky, yet suitable for a woman of 40, piece of clothing, what would you buy?

[Enid]

not shoes

oh ok you can say shoes if you want

I need something I can wear to people's houses over xmas

something a bit eccentric and funky

yet not bonkers

oh it is soo hard

cd,
i bought that tunic top( is it dress? confused) i wear with black trousers.

yes me too

Depends on your body. All clothes depend on your body more than your age. hence my boring new diet!

Some more options - I really like this from Oasis: tunic top and this dress is very cute: retro print dress . And agree, Zara is always worth a look for something different - sorely tempted by a grey cocoon dress the other day but realised I would never wear it.

BTW I wore one of those babydoll/empire line dresses and got one compliment (from a woman) and two indirect queries as to whether I was pregnant !

CDi looked hard at it and decided id look pg

okay, i give up - how do you people WEAR all those tunic tops without looking pregnant?

oh, sorry x-posted. glad someone agrees.

Message withdrawn

Have a feeling this thread might have died, but came across this coat , which might be the right sort of thing, but is a bit more than the budget?

loads of stuff in zara

acroll down tot eh botom dress

Megg I have smallish norks so it is ok on me

I do look pg but at least it hides the bulges

And if anyone says anything I will give them a withering fashonista glare

Message withdrawn

i am currently wearing this which you can dress up or down - i wear with calf length carpenter jeans and clumpy boots... sounds like a bit of a contradiction but works quite well!

oh weird I nearly bought that yesterdAy!

Shit I now think only of Kerry Katona and am goin gto have to take foiled top back grrrrrrrrr

Message withdrawn

kerry mcfadden or whatever she is atm

Message withdrawn

this looks flattering and SO easy to wear

oi Enid!

if you're still looking, JackieNo has found the ultimate party coat here