Mrs BAdger Cod and other style gurus - your views please on dress/leggings combo

[harpsichordcarrier]

I was in New Look yesterday and teetered ont he brink of buying a rather fabulous smock dress thing and leggings.
NOW you see
I am not in the first flush of youth (37)
I am also a size 12/14, legs not bad but not skinny
will I look utterly ridiculous? or what?
TIA

Oh, go for it. This is the whole point of not being a lawyer any more, innit?

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well QUITE MI. since I threw off the black suits I have never looked back.
what shoes, indeed, what shoes. some sort of pump?!

that sound good to me

try the smock on
if the slightest hint of bell-tent perched on a pole then avoid, otheriwse go reight ahead

A-line things that flare from the bust make me look a most peculiar shape as I am petite of ribcage and small of nork but large of hip and arse - can't remember if you are similar.

I like things with a Waist that at least make my middle look smaller than my chest - the knitted ones that cling a bit and / or can have a belt look better.

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I am large of nork and curvy of hip and thigh but I go in at the middle.
bit flabby at the front at the mo but that is by the by.
I must try on without children I think, without distractions....

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na I really wear boots with leggings though? won't that look strange?

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for everyday.
knee high boots?

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yep, that kind of thing.
I do have some nice knee length boots.
I don't get cold, really. I don't own a jumper.

I saw someone at a wedding this w/e, 40ish, v trim, in a tightish dress, footless tights and platform heels.
She looked amazing. Except when she staggered on the gravel.

how long is this smock? i could not wear anythign like this but have wondered about how people do leggings with boots, could just as well be thick tights and would prob be comfier.

I think foot less tights\leggings with boots and thick socks would be v cosy.
the smock must be JUST the right length though I suspect

ah yes, fcuk one may I think be good shape for hourglass, am liking the neckline. Too many 'smocks' have necks too high (causing Hattie Jacques-style Matron Bosom)

I'd also avoid anything that could be mistaken for maternitywear (Topshop is a huge culprit - all those ones with gathered bustlines) and keep the silhouette kind of trim and 60s and Mary Quantish rather than hippily floating.

Kneehigh boots def good.

ah bless you with your "hourglass" nomenclature

I love this style and have loads of versions of it.

With shorter smocks/tunics I wear leggings rather than tights - can get away with much more that way!

I have a lush grey knitted one and just bouht a gorgeous linen one with boat neck and deep front pockets.

see, im a size 8 and 5"2 and i look ridiculous in these combos. just swamped.

loving the shock/jeans look tho