I think my lack of style is aging me

[totalmisfit]

I'm 26 but feel and look about 10 years older most days. I think besides the lack of sleep and the stress of looking after a toddler it's my lack of any sense of style that's aging me. I just seem to end up wearing the same old things: jeans, jumpers from Matalan etc and i feel like my mum!

would be v grateful for any tips on what to buy/ where to shop. just looking through the Boden catalogue and i was thinking 'would this make the problem worse or better?' see -i really am clueless!

if it helps i'm 5 ft 1, slim-ish size 10-12 but with a baby belly which just won't shift despite running and situps etc... boobs have shrunk from 34c (DD when breastfeeding) to barely 34b, so not great

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boden will make you look old too

nothing wrong with jeans, but stop wearing just a jumper with them

instead wear a shirt and a tank top, or a shirt and some jewellery, bright coloured tops, tunics, and wear boots with HEELS. and i dont mean chunky mumsy heels. and NO BLACK - including the boots. blakc boots are chav with jeans

get hair cut and coloured so its shiny and wafty

get a nice short bright coloured coat - a pea coat or short mac

scrape all your savings togethe rand get a large leather slouchy bag - dark tan is nice and goes with lots

if skint dont get real leather

ahhh... i seeeee! it's as if someone has just switched on a light!

any ideas about which shops would be best for me? i feel too old for Topshop nowadays...

omg im 34 and i shop at topshop!

you are obv feeling older than you are

go to topshop, miss selfridge, oasis, new look.

nice shirts in miss s

nice shoes too

i love these cap sleeve jackets

i ahte tops hsop
iuts shiut

its not shit

all wrong for norks

what a horrid jacket naily

I have a lurvely new coat btw

I have a style thread all of my own please come see it is in Active Convos somewhere

I have no advice for totalmisfit I am afraid because I am style rut meself

Our TopShop has starting selling frigging pick n mix.

cod she's got no norks

sorry but she hasn't

they're the same size as mine

ah well thats where id ont get what she wears

Boden is v. expensive IMO. I like naily's blouses and shoes. And cod, you have to remember she is only 26.

Cod you have loads of clothes. Where do you keep them? My new hoose doesn't have fitted wardrobes which is a pita and I can't find something which can contain all my stash and make room for dh.

yes, shes only 26

has to be taken into account

and shes a B cup

how about Monsoon ? basics from Gap which you can dress up...get things that fit...v important...good hair cut essential and a dab of lipstick too

fimbo thats what your extra bedroom is for

(the clothes, not dh)

It is the op that hasn't got norks, not naily.

i only haev one wardrobe
and i put winter or summer stuff away int eh loft

i have norks

30F

Agree - make sure your clothes fit well and show off your shape.

Also 26 is not too old for Top Shop - I'm sure I watch a Trinny and Suzanna that was specifically about over 60s and they managed to get loads of stuff in 'young' shops.

cod do you REALLY do that

are you ANTHEA TURNER