So what's in for summer?

[deltas*delights]

I've noticed a lot of orange and yellow in the stores. I've also noticed a lot of bumble bee items.  What else is going to be in this summer?  I'm hardly selling anything used anymore, most of my sales are new items.

[frakinfashion]

Haven't a clue. I sell old.

[denise15601]

Ripped jeans, although I am sure that no one wants to see an old lady with ripped jeans.

[deltas*delights]

Apr 13, 2024 19:29:44 GMT denise15601 said:

Ripped jeans, although I am sure that no one wants to see an old lady with ripped jeans.

Lilly grabs anything for herself that has a hole and is even remotely close to her size. She wears a 6 and yesterday grabbed my size 12 jeans s and size large denim hokey top.

[deltas*delights]

A little research has shown that white is in, so be looking for full white dresses, anything with fringe, and disco items!

[labbypaws]

I saw a photo of an orange prom dress last night.

[val2525]

Try looking at the retailer websites and see what the "featured collections" are showing. I'm seeing a lot of neutrals and ripped layer looks. Bleah to both. Dresses seem to have better choices though, florals being the most common. I see linen collections in bright colors. Tropical prints appear to be in as well, although in more earthy colors than tropical brights. But I only checked about 5-7 websites. Anthropologie's stuff looks particularly dumpy IMO.

[chapeaunoir]

I actually don't grok 'fashion' so outside of genre dressing, I'm really at a loss. Some people are colour blind, I'm fashion blind, and I do study it but can't "see" it. Selling clothing on my part was not a great idea, but it's what I can find. I don't understand dresses at all - not even slightly.

Yes, ripped layered looks.

[staytuned]

Yes, ripped layered looks.

I still shake my head how "the homeless" look is considered "fashionable".

[kritter]

Apr 22, 2024 8:37:12 GMT staytuned said:

Yes, ripped layered looks.

I still shake my head how "the homeless" look is considered "fashionable".

Me too especially on folks that are over 20 years old.  I saw a mother and daughter at least in age range in HEB the other day and both had on ripped jean shorts.  The young teenager looked OK in her shorts and halter top and the mother probably in late 30s looked ridiculous. 

I never have paid attention to fashion.  I just dress the way I like and feel comfortable wearing.  Now that I am in my sunset years, I will never wear what I see women my age wearing.  No Alfred Dunner elastic waist pants or long sleeve button front blouses or that slinky Chicos stuff will ever sit on a hanger in my closet.

[Desire]

I had to wear stretch elastic waist pants when my right arm was in a sling with a huge stationary side bolster. No way could I get my jeans buttoned and zipped up or unbuttoned and zipped down especially for bathroom visits. I also had shirts that had velcro closures on each shoulder for easy on/off. I couldn't wear regular pullover t-shirt type tops. Also had strapless stretch-type bras that I stepped into and pulled up with one hand. That was tough. But I got rid of them as soon as I could. I hate any type of stretch pants with an elastic waist, especially those wider legs and slinky material. I do have several pairs of stretch waist that are slim black capri that I wore to physical therapy for my knee, need the stretch material, but those are considered exercise clothing to me, not street clothing. Had to also do fake bake.

[denise15601]

I love my slinky Chico's traveler's jackets for layering in the winter, and especially on chemo days. The nurses have to get to my chest port.
And the jackets hide my muffin top.

Around the house, I wear knit pants and usually one of my 22 purple Relay for Life t-shirts.

When out shopping, I wear jeans and some kind of top that I can wiggle into with my permanently broken shoulder.

Comfort is the goal for me.

[chapeaunoir]

Apr 22, 2024 21:06:58 GMT Desire said:

I had to wear stretch elastic waist pants when my right arm was in a sling with a huge stationary side bolster. No way could I get my jeans buttoned and zipped up or unbuttoned and zipped down especially for bathroom visits. I also had shirts that had velcro closures on each shoulder for easy on/off. I couldn't wear regular pullover t-shirt type tops. Also had strapless stretch-type bras that I stepped into and pulled up with one hand. That was tough. But I got rid of them as soon as I could. I hate any type of stretch pants with an elastic waist, especially those wider legs and slinky material. I do have several pairs of stretch waist that are slim black capri that I wore to physical therapy for my knee, need the stretch material, but those are considered exercise clothing to me, not street clothing. Had to also do fake bake.

Did you have a rotator cuff repair? I was stuck with the sling and bolster for over three months when I had my shoulder fixed - it was a big thing, too, but was in front of me rather than on the side, so wherever I went I felt like I was just busting my way through with this big thing in front of me. I was stuck in elastic waisted things, too - getting dressed meant I had to slink around the room hitching the pants up with one hand and hip action, unless the DH was home to pull them up lol. All I can say is that I'm glad I didn't have an airplane splint like my dad - I saw someone with one of those in the store a while back and it looked like a ordeal. 

I do wear elastic-waisted things, but generally they're part of the style, i.e., Thai pants, Nepalese pants, and usually elastic in the back - if not, I just re-sew them. Or UFO baggy cargo pants/jump pants. I have no idea what women my age wear because I can't figure out who is my age and who isn't - it's almost impossible to tell around here because it seems like everyone dresses the same, we're basically a fashion black hole. 

[kritter]

I have no idea what women my age wear

I don't care what women my age wear around here.  I wear what I want to wear because I don't like old lady clothes.

[val2525]

I wear elastic waist jeans and capris because they fit. I can't wear the flat band style, or the wide yoga waist style. Those are too big in the waist and can't be taken in. It's been that way no matter what size I was - from size 6 to size 22, it didn't matter.

Meanwhile...I see some retailers are back to using the anorexic models again. It's more noticeable now, though, because pleated, baggy, dumpy pants seem to be the latest trend.

[chapeaunoir]

I'm fairly straight up and down so misses doesn't really fit me, anyway - the hips are always too big or waist too small. Elastic waist pants do better on women with more hourglass figgers - they always make women like me look like playing cards lol. Sooner or later, we all find something that works. I was reading a funny article on what boomers should not wear - it was the usual silly advice, then I began to wonder who this article was written for - most GenX/Boomers don't give a crap what other people think of their choices in apparel.

I've been listing away on Poshmark but nothing selling - I've only sold about 15 items all month, though my linen and items in white are getting some attention.

[val2525]

Apr 24, 2024 6:16:31 GMT chapeaunoir said:

I was reading a funny article on what boomers should not wear - it was the usual silly advice, then I began to wonder who this article was written for - most GenX/Boomers don't give a crap what other people think of their choices in apparel.

Or some kid who just wants their name on the internet and has a grudge against Boomers. Some of the tips are really stupid.

[denise15601]

I was in Aldi and WM today and we don't have anyone wearing odd stuff as often pictured on Facebook. We are all in jeans or knit pants and comfortable tops.

[chapeaunoir]

Here the predominant colour is black. You'd think with our rather dour climate people would wear bright colours. Nope - we skulk around in black, or dark blue, hoods up - it doesn't matter what age, there we are, skulking around, guzzling coffee. In the winter you see people wearing a baseball cap with a knit hat pulled over it and over that their hood. When Target came out with their Lily Pulitzer collab, I saw not one NOT ONE lily anything worn anywhere. Here I figured - well, that's us, but the brand is cute and popular elsewhere, I'll go to Targey and see what I can find to resell. They hadn't even stocked it?! I sure didn't see it.

I expect I'll see as usual the same stuff we wear in winter this summer, only lighter layers lol.

At the GW I saw a woman in magenta leopard leggings and almost hugged her. I was wearing...uh...black.

[val2525]

I was traveling on business and in the Detroit airport. I had on a red dress. I stood out like a sore thumb. Most everyone else had on black, gray, brown, neutrals. Bleah. Too bad I wasn't meeting anyone, they would have easily spotted me

[kritter]

black, gray, brown, neutrals.

I don't own anything in any of those colors. Oh wait, I do have a pair of black shoes but I never wear them.

[denise15601]

My Chico's travelers jackets are mostly in subtle colorful floral designs. And the tank or top underneath is solid. And the knit pants are usually black or navy.

[val2525]

Delta, to answer your original question - my guess is "what's in for summer" is going to depend on what demographic you sell to most, since it appears there is no one major look this year.

[chapeaunoir]

Apr 25, 2024 16:31:21 GMT val2525 said:

I was traveling on business and in the Detroit airport. I had on a red dress. I stood out like a sore thumb. Most everyone else had on black, gray, brown, neutrals. Bleah. Too bad I wasn't meeting anyone, they would have easily spotted me

I suspect you delighted many eyes, though. Red is a wonderful colour (I can't wear it, but I can wear fuchsia).  

Once I was wearing one of my vintage hats, and a delightful older man stopped me in the street and said he just wanted to tell me how lovely I looked in that wonderful hat, and how he wished women wore hats like they used to. He was very gallant and polite and I thanked him. 

Anyway, on Delta's original question - it has been a long time since mainstream fashion has had any innovation as far as I can tell. I know I'm lousy on fashion, but I'm good at genre dressing so I look at things like lines, structure, construction and detailing. For the last 20 years fashion has been on a course of soft of half-azzed recycling of earlier looks in an endless recursion. It reminds me of AI and large language models - running out of original material to devour so just recycling its own production. 

[sunsetpainter]

I have red hair and reds and pinks look horrible on me. I LOVE burnt orange though. I have several tops and sweatshirts in that color.

[val2525]

Apr 26, 2024 4:47:18 GMT chapeaunoir said:

I suspect you delighted many eyes, though. Red is a wonderful colour (I can't wear it, but I can wear fuchsia).  

I still remember that dress. Sort of 40's style with belted waist and full skirt. Linen look poly blend that draped beautifully and didn't wrinkle like true linen did. I'd found a small shop near my apartment in Dallas that sold samples and production overruns and they had some really cool clothing at very reasonable prices. I can still remember several dresses I bought from there, and that was back in the late 80s-early 90s. That was a fun dress to wear. Professional and swishy/swingy at the same time  My favorite was a midi-length floral print in purples and greens, with a trumpet skirt and belted waist. I even had purple pumps that matched it. Came home one day and discovered my puppy had gotten into the closet and ate a hole in middle of the dress skirt I asked the dog what was I going to wear the purple pumps with now? Three days later he got in the closet again and chewed up one of the purple pumps. Problem solved.

I LOVE watching the old movies and period Brit TV where the women (and the men) wear hats. I bet you had some nice hats.

[Desire]

 I love red clothing and wear a lot of red tops. A lot of burgundy red too.

[kritter]

Apr 26, 2024 18:47:47 GMT Desire said:

 I love red clothing and wear a lot of red tops. A lot of burgundy red too.

I wear a lot of blue.  Big denim fan here....jeans, skirts, skorts, shorts, and dresses.

[Desire]

Apr 26, 2024 20:04:33 GMT kritter said:

Apr 26, 2024 18:47:47 GMT Desire said:

 I love red clothing and wear a lot of red tops. A lot of burgundy red too.

I wear a lot of blue.  Big denim fan here....jeans, skirts, skorts, shorts, and dresses.

   I like denim too.  I also love navy blue.  Have a lot of navy blue tops.   I like navy with white in the summer.

[staytuned]

I pretty much live in jeans and tee shirts. Love watching old movies and seeing the glamorous evening gowns women wore going out to clubs or parties and nightgowns and robes as beautiful as the gowns. I'm also fascinated by old kitchens, especially stoves and refrigerators/ice boxes.