Clothing for Women 40 + Who Do Not Look Like Sticks

I mean really!!!!!!!.........I may be over 40 ( errrm actually nearer 50) and I definitely am not built like a stick... but I still like to look good. I would really like to see the designers who design the clothes...for the "larger women". I wonder if they are anorexic and jelous of shape.... and deliberately design clothing that is unflattering for anyone larger than a 36 - 38. There are the odd exceptions of course but these have to be hunted for amongst the bulk of absolutely hideous items which pass for fashion. I am sure some of these patterns would have found favour with the ladies of the 17, 18, and 1900`s...dont laugh...picture the hems a little longer and the necklines a little higher and viola !!!! Mrs Retief or Mrs De La rey would have felt very confirtablein them.

And its actually so unnecessary....so many styles will still look great in sizes above 40 or even 42 or 44..........I fail to understand why they are not made in these sizes.

We need one designer ...just one ..to open a shop which supplies beautifully styled and finished clothing for sizes 40 + ..consistently to save us "larger" females. That is my gripe for the day. Hope the weekend is great and GO STORMERS !!!!!

M E N O P A U S E....................

Flashes, flushes, sweats, mood swings, joint pains., weight gain..........what happened to life begins at 50!!!! Ok, I`m not quite there yet but damm...if I`m feeling this crappy now I shudder to think what kind of life will or more appropriately CAN begin at 50. I am relying heavily on the following tools to get me through right now....... pain meds, make up, only "froggie" shoes, hair colour..oh and did I mention make up.....and of course denial that anything is different..except the flashes which are kinda obvious.....

What happens here???

Here is where I plan to post my thoughts and / or opinions about things that interest or concern me and I hope that women, or any interested party, of any age will add their comments or maybe share some advice. Hope you will enjoy it as much as I plan to.

We Talked as Girls Do....By Emily Dickinson

We talked as Girls do......
Fond..and late......
We speculated fair...
On every subject but the Grave
Of Ours....none affair


We handled destinies as cool.....
As we ...Disposers...be
And God, a Quiet Party...
To our Authority....


But Fondest, dwelt upon Ourself....
As we eventual...be...
When Girls to Women...soflty raised..
We occupied...Degree


We parted with a Contract
To cherish and to write
But heaven made both impossible
Before another night