here are the top fashion mistakes that women over 50 make when wearing summer dresses bonjour friendship ladies are often get asked how to wear summer dresses and I see so many fashion mistakes made by women over 50 and they are so easy to remedy so here is your ultimate frenzy guide to wearing summer dresses the first fashion mistake that I often see women over 50 make is wearing dresses that have a certain look here are some examples so that you understand what I mean first example is the little house on the prairie look a long dress floral a little bit mumsy lots of frills tears etc by the way I do like florals good florals good florals good bad florals bad and next example is the girl look probably the eight-year-old girl look i have seen this look many times maybe not so much for women over 60 but certainly in the 40s and 50s it seems that they're trying to look younger but this is going far too far of course you can dress younger but don't try to go too far and try to look like a 15year-old because this will not work instead why not go for something modern fresher and a little trendy and that will add some fresh air into your look and make you look younger another example is wearing a white cotton dress that look like a wedding dress you can see this in this princess neckline poofy sleeves and bouncy skirt and this type of white dress does not really flatter all the women instead why not go for that dress showing on screen now this style is leaner closer to the body and much more flattering to the figure and to us older women by the way the links to the yes dresses will be added to the description box our next example is the pageant look we have frills and kind of a sash across the torso i think this look is trying to look a little too girly as we get older we are already women we are adults and sometime it is good to remember to dress as adult women and the next example is the cowgirl look it's a short floral dress worn with cowboy boots i am a western rider but I don't wear this look my cowboy boots i wear them with my jeans and a shirt to go horse riding but not as they wear so what kind of dress could I suggest instead of those we just had a look at and I have found a perfect one this is an elegant dress adult womanly showing the figure oh my gosh you will look a million dollars in it by the way if you would like the ultimate guide to French summer fashion as a free download check the description box below the next fashion mistake that I see many older women make with the addresses is to wear shapeless and loose styles you can see in this orange example we have ruffles and teared as well as a loose flowing shape so what happens to your silhouette when you wear a shapeless dress like this your silhouette disappears completely and you end up shapeless yourself many women tell me that they are ashamed of their bodies maybe because they are older bodies no longer as stoned as they used to be and also overweight but we all have womanly feminine figures that we need to embrace why not put a belt on you don't have to really make it really tight but at least put a belt on or buy or wear a style that has a nipped in waistline that creates a waistline for you to create and show off an hourglass silhouette i know that there are also the comfort element but wearing a shapeless loose dress that drowns you completely is not the way forward the green dress that I am wearing is a loose shapeless style but I am not wearing it loose i am wearing it with a belt and it makes all the difference so it is very simple either wear belt with your dress or get a dress that has this existing waistline for you the next fashion mistake that I see many older women make with their dresses is to wear dresses that just age them in our first fashion mistake we saw how you could be trying too hard but in this you're not trying at all and we can see here with a green dress it is splitted dark green midi and worn with a pinky shirt you can see in this example that it may not be the individual pieces that are wrong or aging per se but all of them together the way it is styled that look is aging our next example is this blue floral dress the floral itself is a very 80s oldie worldy momsy and also we have white band towards the hemline of the dress and that cuts the look that cuts the silhouette but all together this is aging oldfashioned really not trendy or modern and this is why it is aging what about instead this navy blue dress it has a fitted bodice and a loose skirt but it is close to the body at the torso area you can wear it without a belt or with a belt but the dress itself is doing the job of showing your waistline and your silhouette this is a trendy look that will make you look modern and next a good dress is a floral dress and yes I said floral but this is a good floral it is fresh it has orange and white together this dress is well cut it has a beautiful color some buttons at the front beautiful well cut sleeves and this can hide your upper arms this dress also have a belt and a beautiful flowing skirt this is a well-made elegant feminine womanly dress a next fashion mistake that many women over 50 make with their dresses is wearing unflattering prints you know the type either they make you wider or they completely overwhelm your silhouette that you disappear first and flattering print is this kind of 70s patchwork it is overwhelming it is rather big it is um a little bit of this little bit of that it is not visually coherent or harmonious i think it is a very jarring look really unflattering to the figure the next unflattering print is those stripes i mean stripes can be flattering or unflattering usually vertical stripes are more flattering than horizontal however in this dress we have a mix of vertical and horizontal the bodice of the dress and the skirts are fine however what is really unflattering is the wide band at the bottom of the dress with those horizontal stripes and I know exactly why they created this design to use as much of the fabric as they could for a next example I don't even know what to call it it looks like a splash paint on modern art or some kind of a I don't know tie dye i am not quite sure what this is supposed to to be maybe you may have a better idea than me but this is so unflattering to the silhouette it's really overwhelms the wearer all you see is these huge spludges of of colors on the dress and really the wearer disappears completely if I was that designer I would put somebody else's name on it so I have found you an example of a dress to wear instead of those three worn with or without a belt it will look very flattering it is long length but still close to the body it has buttons on the front so it's slimming a beautiful color and sleeveless it is slimming and a flattering look in a one solid color so you won't disappear with that one our next fashion mistake that many women over 50 make with their dresses is to wear the wrong shoes or unflattering shoes our first look is a white cotton dress with sneakers in theory the look would work but in this case I think the dress is too long to wear with sneakers sneakers come up up to the ankle bone and it cuts the legs really in a block so we see the hemline of the dress and we see a little bit of ankle and then we see the sneakers and to top it off the sneakers are blue but I don't think it adds to the look at all let me know what you think below our next white dress is one we saw previously that was worn with black Birkenstocks you know they're good contrast and bad contrast on an outfit and this one I think is the bad one it is just so bad remember ladies no stocks no Crocs my next example is this floral dress worn with kind of a platform clogs as you can see how those two don't go together you have a floral dress that has a prominent floral and the clogs are also prominent in themselves they are quite wide they are high you can really see them they have they jump out at you and they really make the feet a bit like a mini mouse i think both the dress and the shoes are screaming for attention and you just don't know where to look i think it's a no no again and now are three good examples we have a simple green cotton dress worn with sneakers and you can see here that it works and why is that is because the dress is a little bit shorter and the sneakers are white and you can see more of the leg and I think that does work and you can see here the difference between the two you can see that it's much more simple the next good look is that cocky dress worn with heels the heels are nude color and with a kind of thinner strap and to be honest you hardly see those shoes don't scream for attention at all they just blend in with the look what you see is the dress and the wearer much more feminine much more flattering and next yes look is this light blue denim dress worn with tan sandals and the blue and the tan work really well together and the straps are not too big the sandal look summery comfortable and go really well with the length of the dress i always say that shoes as the most important accessory because they can make or break your outfit and these examples prove it let me know what you think in the comments the next fashion mistake that I see many women over 50 make with their dresses is wearing them too short here are two examples of dresses that are too short over 50 over 60 the knees are no longer as nice as they used to be and it doesn't look as flattering and I am suggesting that they're not as good and flattering as these two dresses which are longer which are belted showing off the silhouette but they are lengthening the silhouette due to their longer length and if your knees are no longer looking as young as they used to be these are the perfect length the next fashion mistake that I see many women over 50 make with their summer dresses is wearing dresses made of synthetic fabrics these fabrics such as acrylic polyester don't breathe therefore you're going to persspire they're not going to make you feel comfortable and will make you far too hot in the summer months instead the perfect fabrics to wear in the summer is definitely linen or cotton or a linen blend and don't worry about the linen creases think of them as smile lines for clothes if you enjoy this video you will love the video on screen now