Where are the almost 50s size 12 shopping?

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Feel like I’m too old for some shops. Don’t know my style. Need some going out clothes. Trousers, tops, skirt

I’m a 50yo 10 (to 12) and my wardrobe is full of M&S, H&M (but online only in there as I never find stuff I like in store) and a bit of Zara.

Vinted! I don’t have energy to clothes shop for myself anymore.
I scroll Vinted for clothes I like and then choose ‘favourites’ and the algorithm shows me more things along the same lines , similar brands or styles etc.
also do google searches for ideas for your shape and colouring.

look at celebs you admire, I often do this when someone says ‘you look like so and so (famous person), and I see if their style is something I like and then look for similar style (usually cheaper 🤣)

check out instagram for women in styles you like and age group to give you ideas ,

Anything goes at the moment, you don’t need to try to dress a certain age, or mature etc,
women at fifty now are very different from women the same age fifty years ago.

Uniqlo, Albaray, Cos, Rapanui, charity shops.

Hobbs, mint velvet, Karen millen, hush, I’m not trendy, more ‘well turned out’

Hush, M&S (jeans & trousers), WRAP London, Jaeger, Albaray, Arkett. I'm a lot older than 50-ish but I love clothes. And don't forget the foundation - Fantasie for bras.

59, I buy everything, except possibly shoes, sports wear and accessories from M&S, from my beige cotton comfy knickers, to my wide leg jeans to some of the boho Sienna Miller range. I own very little from elsewhere.

We do have a cracking large out of town store though, so the stock is always changing, there is a very wide range and it’s very much on trend.

Vinted! Put in an order for cupshe a few days ago too. I use copilot/chatgpt to help me decide and look for bargains

I have given up with Vinted. The sizing is all over the place now and some sellers think it's ok to send out dirty garments.

I’m 63, size 12 & I shop at Uniqlo, M&S, Boden, Lucy & Yak, Zara, New Look, Nobody’s Child, White Stuff & John Lewis mainly.

It's COS, Max&Co, Me+Em, plus Twin Set and some smaller independent brands for knitwear. Uniqlo for basics. I like Ash for shoes. I try to buy natural fabrics as much as possible and generally I go for quality over quantity.

I’m 46 and size 12, I buy a lot from Vinted. My go-to brands are mostly Zara, H&M, M&S, Oliver Bonas and old-school Oasis and Top Shop items that I’ve had for years!

Probably not your style but I get my clothes mostly from Disturbia, Killstar and Hellbunny. Do have some witchy/gothy bits from Joanie and popsy too.

M&S , Zara , H&M , Uniqlo, River Island , Mango. Massimo Dutti if feeling rich.

M&S, Cos, Uniqlo, a bit of Me&Em and &OtherStories. Used to like Mint Velvet but find it overpriced for what it is. When was office-based (very conservative industry) I used to get a lot from Hobbs.

I’m 52 and use M&S, Uniqlo, Hobbs for work stuff, community clothing (for trousers)

Next or Levi’s for jeans, Phase Eight, M&S, Sézane for blouses, John Lewis, Part Two, Sandwich.
I used to like Mint Velvet and bought a lot from there but nothing in the last two years or so.

In my fifties I shopped at;

Topshop - irreplaceable

Raey @ Matches - ditto

Toast - not the same now

Cos - too much grey for my grey hair now

La Fetiche - heavenly, colourful, bankrupting …

Margaret Howell - suits my life more now than then

Studio Nicholson - it’s lost something, and the prices …

Zara - the odd miracle in a sea of rubbish

Marni - lost the plot for a while

Net-a-Porter - reliable, but so huge now

Also, always, whatever I can find from The Outnet and Vestiaire.

(I was mostly a size 10 at the time, up or down a size according to circumstance.)

Me and Em, Cos, Arket, Toast, And Other Stories, a few bits from Sezane, Whistles, Reiss, also some JL and M&S for basics.

I would think about your style before your age. What do you like to wear?

Im 63, size 10 to 12, and no way am I ever dressing out of the Chums catalogue.
I shop from Fatface, M&S, Uniqlo, Baukjen (mainly from the sales), then White Stuff and occasional high fashion seasonal stuff I find randomly.

Chums catalogue?

No way am I googling that!

You'll be traumatised.

TU, Oliver Bonas, Next, Sosandar, Desigual, M&S, some tops from Superdry and Urban Outfitters.

• 80% eBay
• Toast, Finisterre, Rapanui

Me & Em - I prefer the earlier stuff from ebay (I prefer it to Vinted), uniqlo, Wyse - again plenty on ebay, Aspiga - just the cord and plain stuff - plus some M&S - mainly the Me & Em adjacent items. Also vintage Jil Sander and Dries van Noten when I can find it.

Chums @Perfidia