Hit me with your best shot: the wedding guest dress edition
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You have a lot of time so rather than focus on petite sizing, you should focus on the style you like and get it tailored. What parts do you want to accentuate and what do you want to hide or downplay? What styles typically work best for you?
For the record, I also think most of these suggestions are hideous frump-city and more for a 70 year old. Also, too many floral suggestions for an evening cocktail reception in D.C. |
Anonymous
I really like the first one - although I'd recommend the black. I'm 53 and went to an evening wedding recently. Every woman over 50 was in burgundy. I won't make that mistake again. |
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That first one would look terrible, no petite sizing, floor length and the model is 5’8”. |
Anonymous
NP. Every single suggestion in 18:28 looks super cheap. Maybe fine for a 20 year old, but not 55. |
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I would love to be petite, especially if you have great legs! You could wear a shorter dress and heels and look smashing. |
Anonymous
| I'm petite and 55 years old, and I love the Papell dresses and the ones that the snarky poster hates. |
Anonymous
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If you aren’t large chested this with a metallic blazer would be lovely!
https://www.nordstrom.com/s/8047466?color=412 |
Anonymous
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Ughhh this thread is terrible.
When I was 30, maybe I thought "55 equals old" therefore old lady dresses..... But I'm 47 now, and have lots of friends in the early and mid 50s, and they are generally in great shape (even if a little rounder thanks to menopause), and dress really well. I am laughing to myself even imaging one of them wearing these old lady dresses. Or even worse, one of those shrug jacket things. Come on people, OP said she was a small size and a low weight. Why are you all suggesting she dress like MeeMaw being rolled in in a wheelchair before her 95th birthday? Even my mom at 76 wouldn't wear these horrible suggestions. The anthro and reformation options are better (and a few of the other ones) but I agree with someone who said they look cheap. As I get older, I do agree that cheap clothes are harder to pull off. |
Anonymous
Why a metallic blazer? Why can't a 55 year old have bare arms, like all the 35 year olds? |
Anonymous
Noooo! Lulu’s is for teenagers. There has to be some middle ground between frump frock and cheapo homecoming dress. |
Anonymous
those are nice! and would work on a petite frame. not too fussy. i esp like the first and third |
Anonymous
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Reminiscent of the Cate Blanchett Golden Globes dress 
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