Favorite clothes shops for middle age women

[Anonymous]

Nordstrom
Bloomies
Jennie Kayne
Veronica Beard
Vince
Theory
Ann Taylor for basic tops, maybe pants (a little too boxy)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Target
Athleta, Old Navy
Anthropologie, Free People
Aerie
My Sister's Closet (not an actual store just looks like one)
Scout and Molly

Aerie is for teen girls, not middle aged women.

A middle aged woman would look ridiculous in Aerie, like the Regina's "Cool Mom" from Mean Girls.

I can do one worse, I still shop at Forever 21 and I'm 49! Though I'm Asian, not sure if that helps

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay, I just checked out Evereve. I do not think that the Winslet maxi dress with the midriff cut-out exactly screams 50-something. (unless one is an overly-botoxed Bethesda divorcee' looking for hubby #2)

I think Evereve is more like 30-something, but like mature 30-something. They do have some nice stuff for us older folks, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay, I just checked out Evereve. I do not think that the Winslet maxi dress with the midriff cut-out exactly screams 50-something. (unless one is an overly-botoxed Bethesda divorcee' looking for hubby #2)

I follow a mid 50s fashion blogger (JoLynne Shane) and she shops at EverEve a lot - the items she shows definitely are appropriate for middle aged women. I think it looks like knock off Tuckernuck stuff.

[Anonymous]

Evereve and Tuckernuck are both retailers with similar models. It’s like a boutique of yore or a kind of specific department store where they are selling different brands, as opposed to like Jcrew where everything is Jcrew brand. So they will have a somewhat bigger range of styles than a single brand store.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Target
Athleta, Old Navy
Anthropologie, Free People
Aerie
My Sister's Closet (not an actual store just looks like one)
Scout and Molly

Can you please link what pieces you bought at Free People.

[Anonymous]

Macy's
Talbots
Loft
Mango
Zara

[Anonymous]

54 and just ordered more Aerie sweatshirts

I also- gasp- wear Free People.

Madewell
Mother jeans
All Saints
Nordstrom
Real Real for misc designer pieces

[Anonymous]

Mostly the same as everyone else, but I haven't seen Garnet Hill mentioned yet. I like their wash and wear Ecovero dresses and their cashmere.

[Anonymous]

I'm almost 60 and like J Crew- reasonable $ for casual clothing, Bloomingdales and Nordstrom for a few nicer items. I buy way fewer clothes than I used to because I'm retired, wear a lot of athleisurewear (Lulu, Adidas, etc) so just need a few outfits for out and about/dinners/lunches each season.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:L’Agence
Vince
Theory
Sézane
Veronica Beard
J Crew
Mother
New balance
Zara
Sandro
Banana Republic
Max Mara


I wear a wardrobe centered in great jeans and cashmere in fall/ winter - dresses and long skirts (I prefer silk maxi with a tshirt or tank) in spring/summer. A good camel coat, black coat, leather jacket, suede jacket, two trench coats.

I’ll note all is helped by being slim and in shape

You just outed yourself as a fat women who wears absolutely none of these clothes. It's truly obvious when people come on here and lie.

Sorry to disappoint you but… no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:L’Agence
Vince
Theory
Sézane
Veronica Beard
J Crew
Mother
New balance
Zara
Sandro
Banana Republic
Max Mara


I wear a wardrobe centered in great jeans and cashmere in fall/ winter - dresses and long skirts (I prefer silk maxi with a tshirt or tank) in spring/summer. A good camel coat, black coat, leather jacket, suede jacket, two trench coats.

I’ll note all is helped by being slim and in shape

You just outed yourself as a fat women who wears absolutely none of these clothes. It's truly obvious when people come on here and lie.

Sorry to disappoint you but… no.

Stop lying.

[Anonymous]

Husqvarna

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Okay, I just checked out Evereve. I do not think that the Winslet maxi dress with the midriff cut-out exactly screams 50-something. (unless one is an overly-botoxed Bethesda divorcee' looking for hubby #2)

I follow a mid 50s fashion blogger (JoLynne Shane) and she shops at EverEve a lot - the items she shows definitely are appropriate for middle aged women. I think it looks like knock off Tuckernuck stuff.

No, it’s the same stuff. Both TN and EE carry high end brands. Often the exact same things. In actuality, TN makes its own lines that look like knock off everything and are relatively cheap.
This is true of Anthropologie and
EE.

[Anonymous]

OP here- wow thanks for all the suggestions. I haven’t even heard of some of them. lol. I’m in MD if that matters.

I prefer clothes shopping in store as opposed to online. I don’t like fast fashion and I’m trying to avoid synthetics if possible because of all the microplastics in our water/brain.

I’m a smallish size but have a mom belly.

Will have to check out some of these places.

Aerie isn’t my style but my teens love it.
Anthro - I liked in my 20s-30s but not so much anymore. Now I like them for their houseware
Ann Taylor is boring now

I do like White House Black Market.
Will check out some of the others.