What to wear when you are dating after 40
JoBee, looking Age-mazing for a date out for dinner with friends!
I can’t help it, but I’m always blown away when my (JoJami’s) mother sends me a photo of herself.
My mother (JoBee) has always been an inspiration to me and as well as a great example to always try to look your best and stay fit!
However, when she decided to get out more and try the dating scene (she was widowed a few years ago), it was a very scary and confusing time for her.
She called and ask, “What should I wear, so that I look youthful and classy?”
So after reviewing her wardrobe and making a few updated purchase, here is the Age-mazing™ JoBee, with her date, dressed in casual chic , all ready to go out to dinner with friends.
Boy, she LOOKS SOOOO HOT and she is over 70!!!!
Do you realize that all she has on is jeans and a casual top? That is right… if you buy an updated version of simple staples and then accessorize you will find that you too can start turning heads and look chic!
You can steal this look at any age, and here is how:
Step 1: Start with a colorful LONG top with a low neckline. (secret: Top must not be baggy, it should skim the body.)
Step 2: Find a great hip belt. It needs to have some streach in it. (secret: Suzi Roher belts from Nordstoms are wonderful)
Step 3: The jeans are stretch and very straight!
Step 4: Long fitted jacket. (secret: This one from Zara was not expensive)
Step 5: Long scarf, colorful, to pull the outfit all together.
The KEY is to have updated pieces that have some style and fit to them.
Yes, you can dress fab after 40, 50, 60 and even 70!!!
Please send us you favorite out to dinner look and comment below!
She looks fantastic!! This is the same situation I am facing, just a bit younger. What style shoes is she wearing? Would this look work for a very casual business casual workplace? Any links to this blazer?
What a great look – I love it!!!
Hi Jenny,
The jacket was purchased in the fall and she has on some great heels. (I will see if she can send us a photo of them). As for as this outfit working for a very casual business workplace, I would say, just take off the jacket, then…absolutely,YES!! You might go for a leather jacket instead.
Great advice. Do you have any advice when it comes to online dating after 40, as in any special “online dating after 40″ interaction tips heed in order to make it to that real world date?
Fantastic post–forwarding to my momma–she is getting her feet wet again in the dating pool after 50. Go mom! Anyway, i thought i’d share with you a list of things you should NOT WEAR on a first date at ANY AGE.
http://hownottodateonline.com/post/523672534/10-things-you-should-not-wear-on-a-first-date
I think this woman looks hot for a 70+ lady interested in dating. However, I’m a 47 year-old technology professional by day and I wouldn’t dress like this for a date. To me this looks like a business-professional look and I think my date would think that I may be coming from work if I wore it on a date. It does look more like something you would wear to meet up with other women. It’s classy and nice. There is nothing wrong with this look and it’s age appropriate, but I’m just wondering if you can comment on dating looks for someone in their 40′s.
Hi Patrice,
You are right, one look is not for everyone! We will continue to do more posts like this, to show lots of different looks that are age appropriate!
Thanks for commenting!
I about fell off my chair when I read she was over 70! The chair was quite tall too! The look is amazing on her, but she is NOT your average 70-plus year old. It is youthful but classy, but unless you look THAT good, I wouldn’t try that look at that age. I am hoping for some fashion for the “average” woman….you know, 5’4, 140-150 pounds…..so far I only see women who look better than the average woman – and that doesn’t help me “relate” to the clothing…or the “look”.
Hi Kathleen,
LOL… my Mother is not typical for sure and we agree she does have a super figure, but she also dresses to flatter her figure! It is amazing how you can put on different styles of jackets, tops, scarves and create an “illusion” of being thinner and taller than you really are. There are several books out that show “how to” (see this link) that we recommend. We do hear you plight Kathleen, however, If you were to take some of the tips from the post you can still apply them to your wardrobe. We like to try to put in pictures of “real” women, but they are hard to find.
Hey can someone point a good website about How find the perfect dating partner?.’-
Good luck Eleanor! We hope you find your perfect partner, but from what we have heard it takes a lot of work and weeding! Making sure you are dressing the part is a small part of finding your soul mate, but an important one that you are sending the right message. Just getting that first date means that your first impression is a true one. We just read a great book called, Dressing Your Truth, By Carol Tuttle that has some wonderful tools to use in making sure you are presenting yourself in an honest and comfortable way.
dating is both an art and a skill, it also takes a lot of practice to have a perfect dating experience;*.
Over 70!!! Wow, that is now officially my goal…to be as hot as your mother when I’m 70! What a doll!
Hi Saretta,
Yes she is def. an inspiration…and the best part is, she is a sweetie too!! She is a shinning example of when you eat right, partake in regular light exercise and keeping her wardrobe updated all adds up to being a life long Glam Gal!!
Where did she get that awesome scarf?
Wow. That’s your mom?! She looks awesome. The women her age I see around here look drab and I hate to say, mannish.