Monday 17 August 2009

Satorialist moment sans camera

Yes yes I realise my post title is oxymoron(ic) but yesterday,I really did have street style moment, well actually it was more a supermarket style moment. I was too slow to wipe out my camera phone and get a snap and I really wish I had new camera but that won't be for a few months yet.

I spotted the most stylish woman I'd seen all week. She was easily in her late 70s or early 80s, with Vivienne Westwood coloured hair, a nice black and cream print blouse with an asymmetrical discreet bow teemed with a fab bright red pencil skirt. She had sheer tights with nice pale courts and a typical old ladies handbag, i.e. a proper one before we went large and it bag.

I was a bit worried if I had had the courage to grab and snap her that she might have thought I was
a) taking the mickey or
b) being patronising

But she truly was the most stylish lady, young or old I'd seen all week and at Tesco! I love it when you see people who grow old naturally and with aplomb.

Given I haven't got the requisite street style snap I give you Dame Westwood.



Will you grow old gracefully and stylishly or opt for enhancement?

13 comments:

  1. She sounds gorgeous and so is Viv. As you must know, I will be going for the Victorian Crazy Old Woman in the Attic effect. More Jane Eyre than Miss Haversham.

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  2. Hi there-wow, that's a shame you couldn't get her picture, I hope to be suitably stylish and eccentric with my clothes as I get older!!

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  3. Gosh I never see stylish people at Tesco, just tracksuits and bad hair.

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  4. such a shame you did not get a snap of her, she sounds chic! I will opt to age gracefully :)
    xx
    Marian

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  5. Sounds very chic! The best fashion I see in my local Tesco is an old guy every few weeks in full Scottish kilt, sporran, socks etc...

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  6. I love it when I see older people looking great, it always makes my day.

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  7. Oh, I'm going to be complete nipped and tucked!

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  8. You'd be surprised (I know I was), people love having their photograph taken. She was stylin' and would have appreciated someone noticing.

    I'll let nature takes it course, ain't nothing more upsetting than a man whose been sliced and diced...Yes, Burt I'm talkin' to you!

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  9. I have no idea what kind of older lady I'll be, but I wonder about it almost constantly.

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  10. I hope I age gracefully but chances are I'll turn into some eccentric cat lady that hoards newspapers and wears my dead husband's slippers to the shops!

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  11. Whatever I do, I promise I won't start wearing pastels, polo shirts and saddle shoes.

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  12. Oh graceful and stylish all the way! (Unless I go another route...)

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  13. I kinda like the idea of disgracefully stylish! Your old bird sounds delightful, maybe you'll run into her again? xx

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