What to wear to Wimbledon in your mid fifties

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I’m looking for suggestions of what to wear to Wimbledon, I’m trying to move away from my previous few summer’s uniform of midi dresses.
I am mid 50’s, need petite range and want to look as nice as I can as it’s a special day for my DH and I.

Sezane jumpsuit for babies...
https://www.sezane.com/en-en/product/zita-jumpsuit-bebe/pink-blue-stripe#size-6M

Absolutely. Some very sensible people had them at a wedding I went to during the recent hot spell, I only had the order of service. A fan would have been much more elegant.

I don't think it's "peak jumpsuit" anymore, so it might well be the case that there are fewer in the shops - I've no idea. But if so, I think that's because they're seen as quite a classic piece of clothing now, rather than high fashion?

Me+Em are well-known for theirs, as are Reiss, & there are plenty on websites like COS, Toast, Whistles, Boden, M&S etc. There were lots to be seen in Milan fashion week. And at Victoria Beckham, MaxMara, The Frankie Shop, Farm Rio, Zimmermann ...

I don't really wear them these days as I have too much weight around my middle, & I dislike the children's TV presenter styles ... but I do like the elegant 70s-ish ones! If I lose some weight, I might even try on this VB for Gap version!! But I do also need to get past my fear of the zip getting stuck when I'm in the loo & dying for a pee ... 😶

This fan is gorgeous, but a wee bit pricey for something I could accidentally leave on the train.

I know - it's ridiculously priced - but so lovely I just had to post it!

I quite like the glitter version and it almost looks like a bargain compared to the leopard print.

One of the first threads I ever read on Mumsnet, must be 18 years ago , was about the dreaded plastic seat + thin man-made fibre dress = wet patch shame at hot outdoors school speech days. Just tossing that in there.

as a result, I always wore silk jersey DVF which I am delighted to report gave me no issues. And the creases dropped right out as well

I always sat on my cardi.😁 Good problem solving skills.

Also useful-ish for the Minnack if you forget a rug.

I thoroughly approve of anywhere that refuses entry to men wearing loafers and no socks. Go AELTC 😂

I know it's a bit of a Eurotrash look but it was a very hot day and women get away with bare feet/legs in sandals.

What is it with MN & jumpsuits?

I agree with this OP: too dressed up looks a bit awkward.

Increasingly I feel midi dresses are looking a bit dated and all the fluid trouser options look more polished. Teamed with smart trainers you will be comfortable - and will look it, in both sense of the word.

There are not many people they suit. They all too often resemble boiler suit rather than anything chic.

Wedges are a good suggestion. They give a bit of formality but without that tottery look.

Oh is she? That would have been helpful!

Exactly.

This is yet another thread on what to wear for Wimbledon.

I'm going to Wimbledon but I'm going to watch the tennis for heaven's sake.

Why do people have to turn every thing into a fashion show?

I don't know - is there a big deal made of them here? In what way - pro-jumpsuit or anti-jumpsuit?!!!

I can't say they're a clothing item I think about much - I only replied to the PP above because they said that jumpsuits were well past their sell-by date, when I think it's just that they've become more mainstream. I think I will always prefer a dress ...

I think you might have inadvertently taken a wrong turn, & wandered from the Sports section into the Style & Beauty forum by mistake ...

Couldn’t agree more!!!

Just go away then. You do not need to read nor comment. For some people it might be the one and only time they ever get to go there and if they want to look chic whilst doing so, that is just fine.

Well that's my point actually: Why on earth is there a thread about a sporting event in Style and Beauty?

Absolutely ridiculous.

Just go away then.
Who do you think you are? I have every right to comment.

It will be my first time at Wimbledon , having tried for many years to get tickets, and I won't probably go again.

If somebody is only going because they want to look chic they are being extremely selfish because so many real tennis fans, who don't regard Wimbledon as a fashion show, would love to get the opportunity to have tickets.

Reducing the event to self obsession about clothing just devalues the while experience.

You can enjoy the tennis and want to be well-dressed at the same time and some areas of the club do have dress codes which require you to comply and generally involve you looking smart.

@AnonymityAnonymity no one here is devaluing the experience of Wimbledon. It's perfectly possible to love tennis and to want to look nice. It's also perfectly possible to love tennis and not care what you wear. Both completely valid. But this is Style and Beauty where people come specifically to talk about what they might wear to an event, so it's really daft to try and claim some sort of moral high ground and that somehow it's not okay to want to choose something special. God knows so much of, not just Mumsnet but the whole of human communication, is a bloody bunfight, do you really need to add to it by telling some woman you'll never meet that she shouldn't care what she wears to Wimbledon and if she does it means she can't actually really enjoy tennis? This is, surely you must understand if you reflect a little, arrant nonsense. I'm a person who takes things very seriously: I post on the Trump threads and the Ukraine threads etc etc. I also bloody love the light relief of talking about dresses, I love a nice dress and I absolutely adore seeing all the things people post, I find it pleasant and relaxing.
Don't spoil it. Don't assume people who like clothes are lightweights. Please. STYLE AND BEAUTY; it's right there in the name.
Very best wishes to you and I hope you enjoy watching Wimbledon on the TV, as will I. Very excited about it as I have been for more than 50 years now! It's more light relief from some of the world's horrors, made all the better because some people love to dress up for it.
Does Clare Balding present it wearing a sack? She does not! 😂

Edited for a bloody typo. I take typos seriously! 😂