Today, I’m back with a Fashion over 50, featuring a couple of my petite and curvy single friends. You all say you love to see different body types, so here you go!
My roommate, Rhonda and I are completely different in build, so those of you who wanted me to mix it up with other body types will enjoy this. Rhonda is petite and curvy. At almost 5’1″ and a size 6, she is just about the opposite of me in body type. Rhonda is 60 years old and looks great. I have some stylin’ friends, by the way! Most all of my single girlfriends like to stay in decent shape and wear fashionable clothes.
She’s wearing long shorts (pedal pushers, maybe) fitted below the knee with a shirred top in leopard print. Those shirred tops are great for disguising the middle area where there might be a little extra you want to hide.
Shorts: Attyre
Leopard: Style and Company from Macy’s
Rhonda is not nearly as flamboyant as I am with her jewelry and because she is petite, she keeps it simple with her jewelry choices and it works well for her. Simple silver bracelet and her new pearl earrings were a gift from her daughter from Shane Co.
Those silver stud details on the shorts are really cute and her sandals are comfortable and fun for summer.
Black Sandals: Cliff’s by White Mountain from Marshall’s (affiliate link here)
Rhonda has great legs and I told her she should show them off more often.
Skort: Attyre (here’s an aqua skort in the same brand, affiliate link)
Top: Susan Lawrence
Low heeled sandals look great with a skort and it all looks very proportional on her smaller frame.
Top: Chaus
Similar top from Chaus (affiliate link)
Another similar top from Chaus (affiliate link)
Sandals: LifeStride (she’s had these a few years)
Another shirred top in black and white.
Here’s my cute friend, Jana. She is 61 and always dresses really cute. She is around 5′ tall (maybe a little taller) and is about a size 4. She has on black strechy skinny pants and a black and white top. I don’t have the details on the brands, but Jana is also petite, curvy, and busty just like Rhonda. She dresses to accentuate her shape and most always wears a heel for a little extra height.
Jana always looks great and I love hanging out with my stylish single girlfriends. Who says we have to be frumpy over 50 or even 60? I think you’ll agree with me that these girls are far from frumpy.
Hope you got some ideas from this Fashion over 50 post! I will try to share more of my friends along the way so that you can see other body types and styles.
I am about the same size as Rhoda but 10 years older. I have the same taste in style as she does so I especially enjoy her fashion picks. I think that after I turned 60 I became very style-impaired and couldn’t figure out how to fit the current styles then with my age and body type. There’s been a lot of advice more recently aimed to help out people like me, those who don’t fit the young, model types, and that’s been very helpful. When I was in my 20’s and 30’s Bermuda shorts were popular and I wore them. Now they seem too long for me and I do wear a shorter short. From time to time, I question myself whether it’s appropriate for a woman of my age to go short, but I get a lot of compliments on my legs (from other women) and have been told that as long as it looks good, why not. I try to keep it tasteful and occasion appropriate. I used to wear capris, pedal pushers as a child and recently bought a couple of the shorter ones. I’ll see how that works out this summer. Most of my friends wear them instead of shorts. Thank you so much for sharing style ideas for petites.
They both look great! I am roughly their height, but unfortunately several pounds heavier. OK, many pounds heavier.
As an Image Consultant, I have to say Rhonda looks great in the skirts that hit above her knee and looks very youthful. Capris are hard to wear, as they make a person look shorter. Maybe shorts that hit above her knee are a good option. Jana’s tone on tone makes her look taller! Great job!
Thank you, Debbie! I don’t feel so bad about my comment!!
Hi Rhoda, Your friends look fabulous! Thanks so much to them for sharing their lovely looks with us and to you too, of course. Love these posts!
favorite outfit is Rhonda with the black and white top and skort – love the sandals too – checking zappos for them now!!! thx for sharing
Looking amazing and stylish ladies!
This transformation is absolutely amazing! You inspire me to do great things with my basement!