Fashion to Suit the Different Ages
Your twenties are when you can do all your fashion experimentation on a budget. Feel free to dip into all the trends whilst still considering your body shape. During this period you will develop a specific taste for future years. However, don’t worry if you still haven’t worked it out, some people enjoy the experimentation period for the rest of their life. Your daily attire will depend upon your job but in the evenings you can really go funky with trends. Students may opt for comfort for daytime wear perhaps a pair of ‘boyfriend’ jeans with converse.
Shops for Twenty Somethings in Spain:
Bershka
Trafaluc at Zara
Stravadarius
Blanco
Pull and Bear
Top Shop
H&M
Top Trends for Twenty Somethings:
Skinny jeans
Mini Skirts
Leggings – all lengths
Shorts with or without tights depending on season
Leopard print
Slouchy bags
Your thirties are when you have to smarten up your act a bit, especially since you have a bigger fashion budget than your twenties. Making sure your wardrobe has some staple basics will also become a priority. Your current circumstances will determine your fashion choices. Stay at home mums want comfort without looking frumpy and in the workplace women need to dress appropriately. If you are going for jeans you may want to opt for straight leg rather than skinnies. These can be paired with ballet pumps for push chair pushing comfort. In your thirties, you don’t want to look middle aged but you no longer what to suffer painful shoes and uncomfortable clothes.
Shops for Thirty Somethings in Spain:
Mango
Zara Basics and Zara Woman
Mango
Vero Moda
Massimo Dutti
Adolfo Dominguez
Top Trends for Thirty Somethings:
Wrap Dresses
City Shorts
Ballet pumps
Wide leg trousers
Puff sleeved blouses
More structured bags
Straight trousers
Floral dresses to wear casually over jeans or with tights and a nice cashmere or angora cardigan.
By the time you reach your forties you will have tried every skirt length and style of top. By this age you know what doesn’t suit you and what flatters you best. You won’t want to go for head to toe fashion but will want to incorporate the latest rends into your existing good quality basics. You may prefer to incorporate the trend with your accessories. Take this season’s leopard print, you would problem want to add a leopard scarf or shoes rather than a ´full on’ leopard print skirt and blouse ensemble complete with matching stilettos. In fact, accessories are the easiest and cheapest way to 'lift' your look a little bit and there's such an extensive choice in shops these days. Go for good quality basics and knitwear with angora and cashmere.The key is to find a balance between the trends and the classics without becoming staid and set in your fashion ways.
Shops for Forty Somethings in Spain:
Adolfo Dominguez
Massimo Dutti
Zara Woman
Wallis
Top Trends for Forty Somethings:
Long length fine knit sweaters and cardigans
Wide leg trousers
Indigo jeans in bootcut or straight leg styles
Ballet pumps (try French Sole as the toes aren’t as rounded as some of the others in the shops)
Statement necklaces
Polo neck/sweater dresses over wide leg trousers