Fashion and older women - the debate rumbles on!
11/02/2010
From the letters we have been receiving, it would seem that most of you are less than impressed with what the High Street has to offer: from skirt lengths to sleeveless tops, trousers cut too low to jackets cut too high, there appears to be a real gap between how you would like to dress... and what the shops and designers think you should be wearing.
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The fashion debate continues.....
Following our article in last month's Mature Times on fashion and the older women, we've had dozens of letters and emails from readers giving their views. Here are just some of YOUR experiences of trying to find decent clothes on the high street.
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