where can I buy clothes for old person

Old_Git

I bought two coats today .one from a local shop ( I can return before 3/1/2010)
the other from M&S outlet shop ,reduced from £79 to £39.50 ,paid for it using M&S vouchers .I have 35 days to return but must return to the outlet shop and not the normal M&S . One coat will be returned ,I will no tomorrow which one.

dianasnan

Old_Git wrote: »

where can I buy clothes suitable for an 80 year old woman .
first off she needs a new coat ,but needs to be warm and have a hood .
After that we will work on everything else .

I found this site whilst searching for a cardigan for my Mum who is in her late 80's and is very very old fashioned when it comes to clothing .
http://www.rivalclothing.co.uk/index1.htm
they found there was a niche in the market for older style clothing as some slightly more mature women could not find anything to suit them.

might help someone.

luxor4t

I sympathise with the OP, it can be a thankless task trying to help with clothes. Not one item that I've bought for an elderly family member has been right - even though I was following her own instructions/descriptions.

margaretclare

dianasnan wrote: »

I found this site whilst searching for a cardigan for my Mum who is in her late 80's and is very very old fashioned when it comes to clothing .
http://www.rivalclothing.co.uk/index1.htm
they found there was a niche in the market for older style clothing as some slightly more mature women could not find anything to suit them.

might help someone.

I've had a look at these. Showed it to DH and asked him if he liked them, if he thought any of those dresses would suit me. I won't repeat his response.

The problem I find on growing older is that one tends to lose one's waist - where one's waist used to be. Therefore, none of those dresses and skirts with belts and elasticated waists would suit me. It's the case with many of my older friends and because of this, I'm sorry to say, some of them walk around with uneven hemlines just because of this waist problem. I find that dresses which skim the waist suit me better, and because they have a long smooth line, I don't look like a sack of potatoes tied up in the middle.

I would have thought that, if ladies are sitting for a long time e.g. in a care home, dresses with elasticated waist and/or a belt would be uncomfortable.

This is the kind of thing I mean. Pull-on style, no zips, skims the waist, doesn't cling. Perfect. http://www.davidnieper.co.uk/daisy-dress/GB/3/066/FBS-3-9/style/5273/

dianasnan

I am afraid that the clothes on that site are still in fashion in my MIL care home. (yep I have to buy for two mature ladies):D

Just had a look at the David Nieper site ,really beautiful clothes for the modern more mature lady but I,m not sure that they would survive being washed in an industrial machine and I can just imagine my Mum's comments if I spent a lot of money on her clothes. thanks for the link anyway Margaretclare

Oh for the days of C & A and Littlewoods stores, that's the era that my Mum remembers.

Trousers and shoes are not such a problem, it's the hard wearing acrylic cardigans that are proving more difficult to find, any suggestions welcome.

Bogof_Babe

http://www.davidnieper.co.uk/daisy-dress/GB/3/066/FBS-3-9/style/5273/

Not very MSE! £110 :eek:.

luxor4t

dianasnan wrote: »

......Trousers and shoes are not such a problem, it's the hard wearing acrylic cardigans that are proving more difficult to find, any suggestions welcome.

I expect you've already tried Bon Marche & Ethel Austin?
My Elderly Family Member (sorry, saw the phrase on another thread & it's stuck ) makes a bee-line for these shops to buy her "tops", pleated skirts and slightly-too-short polyester trousers...all of which she insists on wearing, despite my suggestions and DD's best efforts. Once her mind's made up it's set like concrete: still, it's kept her going strong!

dianasnan

thanks for the suggestions. We don't have an Ethel Austin but do have a Bon marche. Hadn't even thought to go in there so will have a look tomorrow.

margaretclare

It was the styles I meant more than actually buying them from David Nieper - the waist-skimming, pull-on, no zips etc. I realise they're expensive and no, they probably wouldn't survive being washed in industrial washing machines but then, would anything last for long under those conditions? It should be possible to get that type of style elsewhere.

I have a pair of David Nieper velour trousers and I practically live in them in the winter-time.

margaretclare

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

http://www.davidnieper.co.uk/daisy-dress/GB/3/066/FBS-3-9/style/5273/

Not very MSE! £110 :eek:.

It can be MSE, BogofBabe, if you get your money's worth out of them. I have clothes that just do not wear out and don't go out of fashion because the styles are so classic. I have this, for example: http://www.davidnieper.co.uk/florentine-wrap/GB/1/065/ST-GOWN/style/3282/

I've had that at least 15 years and it doesn't look a day older!