Hello my lovelies!
Today I’d like to share with you a retirement dressing summer staple.
Cami and jeans.
I was recreating this young Pinterest look for my contribution to the #herstyleourway challenge, when I realised what a staple it is in my retirement wardrobe. It’s comfortable and fresh and is a perfect way to zjoojsh up jeans for an out-out outing and I actually wear this “young” kind of thing a lot through spring and summer. Do you?
So if you like this look, worn here on a lady who’s maybe in her early 20s, it can be still worn in our 70s, ladies. But with these tweaks.
1. Distressed jeans can be largely ignored, they go against everything we were taught about dressing smartly as we became young ladies eh? A little subtle distressing in the denim may be ok, but outright rips? They’re just not us, right?
2. A tummy tuck is best left to the youngsters so can be ignored too. Though I tried one for the sake of my art!
3. Hanging your cami loose works better for those (ME) who’ve eaten too many pies in their lifetime!
4. Oh and BTW, don’t forget to add a sunhat if your greying hair reacts to harsh sunlight. The sun is pretty brutal during this glorious summer we’re enjoying right now.
5. Add a cardi for cooler evening evenings.
Who am I kidding? Bung a cardi on EVERYTHING! Most of the time we oldies just want to cover our arms eh, no matter whether it’s chilly or El Skorchio out there!
Bunging a cardi on my cami and jeans made this an ideal outfit for slouching around on a lockdown evening. And if I HAD been going out-out then the cardi would have been the perfect coverup for sitting outside enjoying an al fresco glass of wine whilst watching the sun set along on our west coast.
(Who am I kidding again, I’d wear it just to cover up those flabby crepey skinned arms!!)
And bunging a cardi sounds like a quick and casual action but much thought goes into cardi selection, doesn’t it ladies?
Even The Photographer With Fashion Views chipped in on this one. He felt the balance was out of kilter with a 3/4 cardi. His view was that the fluffy chunky style finished at the same length as the cami and was the one for the evening. He was right of course.
Apropos all this out-out malarkey, our restaurants and pubs serving food are open as of last Saturday. But with social distancing observance, of course.
I’m not rushing to get out there, preferring to wait till the dust settles during this Stage 4 of our Lockdown Exit process. I’ll wait to see if any cases pop up as a result of more mingling out in the community.
Have you been out-out yet?
A la perchoine,
Mary x.
