Why don't we have clothing styles for seniors?

Question

They have children, teens, women's, juniors, petites, large but nothing that says mature women have style. If you wear some of what is in the stores people think seniors are going through their second childhood. Where is our shift to mature clothing styles?

Above and beyond Depends, bibs and split-tail gowns please.

Answer 1

I think it's a great idea. I'm tired of seeing 20 somethings
modelling clothes. When we get them on, they look entirely different. It's misleading, but you need to know where to shop and what to look for. I'm 65 and I don't have any trouble finding clothes I like. Your body and figure change as you get older. Stay out of the juniors and avoid styles that don't work for you. Stick to nice colors, clothes that are machine washable for easy care and affordable. Chico's has some great styles and so does Sears and Macy's. I do agree, though, that it would be useful. My mother looked fantastic even in her 90s.

Answer 2

Probably because over the years, we've spent a ton of money, on something that only last a few seasons, and then gets packed away.
When I was 15, I found a cute sweater, and bought it. When my Ma saw it, she remarked, " everything old, is made new, again". I asked her what she meant. She then pulled out a photo of herself, taken about 30 years earlier, and she had on a close variation, as did her girlfriends. About 2 years later, I found an old photo of my grandmother, leaning on her new car, wearing tailored looking, high waist pleated trousers. I looked down, at what I had on. Yup,...mine were plaid, and looked the same.
Looking back, over the years, if one sticks to classics, they change little, and if taken care of, can last a lifetime. The look can be updated, by new blouses, tops, jewelry and shoes, but the basic pieces stay the same.
This works beautifully if one has not gained, or lost lots of weight. Most of all, I like, and choose comfort.

Answer 3

Perhaps we have aged enough to pick our own look from available clothing. At the risk of being called sexist, I've noticed that there is a ton of advertising towards women to cover all signs of aging. Ergo, I'm not surprised if the vendors of women's clothing decide to fill their racks with apparel meant to evoke an earlier time in those womens' lives. If they are wrong, the stuff winds up at the second hand stores like Savers. If they are right, they make a lot of money. Seems to me the latter case is hlding true.

Answer 4

I don't wear "mature styles", the so-called clothes for seniors make me ill at the very thought.

I like real classic styles that never go out of fashion. A good suit and a couple of blazers with skirts or pants will take me just about anywhere. I can accessorize up or down.

I have an advantage, in that I have been making my own clothes for years, so I can make properly fitted clothes that have a bit of "oomph" to them and use fine fabrics that don't date easily.

Answer 5

I agree. I think today's styles are somewhere between teens and young, career women. I just try to pull pieces together so that I can still look stylish, but not necessarily matronly!

I like to copy off of those clothes shown in Town & Country, since I have no clue how to put myself together on my own. All this on a budget.

Answer 6

I am in my late 60's and I have no problem finding senior citizen clothes. But I wear basic and jackets a lot and then use scarfs and pins and jewerly to dress up or dress down. That is a great question.{So hopes this helps}Ps I can also wear a mean pair of jeans.

Answer 7

Lord what would that be? My style is in Chico's mostly and in my size, would it be little flowered dress with Velcros on them, I don't want to dress "Senior" whatever that is. Would the men have built in suspenders and Velcro zippers that go up to there nipples? Just look for your same style a size bigger if you need to. I think your right to ask this question but I hope no one tries to Senior dress me, what will I do with my pencil skirt and heels?

Answer 8

Today we still have the option of jeans and cute tops...and dressy slacks, skirts (pleasse not above the knee more than a few inches) and awesome shoes. I prefer jeans for everyday casual wear the normal waisted Levis' not the hip hugging fad of the 60's and today. My hubby said he was admiring a rear at the zoo turned and said Oh it's _____(me).

Answer 9

I didn't know Senior women had any special style. I thought we could wear just
what we like. Right now I'm in overall shorts with Tigger/PooBear/who is that mule? and another Poo Bear on my butt that is waving ByeBye. I have
on a men's white T-shirt.
Now if that ain't high style,
I'd like to know what is???

Answer 10

In all honesty Dawn Wells started working on a line of clothes for older women a while back. (she used to be mary ann on gilligan's island) You may want to Google her name along with clothing.