The 13 fashion mistakes you MUST not make if you're over 50: From buying in the sales to wearing beige, SHANE WATSON reveals her top New Year style tips
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You're never too old to make a fashion mistake and we all get it wrong now and then (when we're in a nothing-to-wear pre-event panic for example). We can't change human nature, but we can aim to avoid the following mistakes in 2025... 1. Buying too early.
![[Marks & Spencer's puffy faux-leather baguette is an eminently affordable handbag]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/05/11/93752287-14251743-image-a-13_1736077378819.jpg)
Admittedly this is a tricky one because what if you see the dress of your dreams, you don't snap it up, then regret it forever? That could happen. But for every time it has happened to me, I can think of 20 occasions I've bought early and regretted it.
![[Take a leaf out of Kate Moss's book and wear sheer stockings]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/05/11/93752285-14251743-image-a-14_1736077383073.jpg)
Get a feel for the season, take your time, bear in mind that shops like Zara refresh their stock every week, and recognise that often the 'Ooh, That's So Me' feeling is really 'At last, it's Spring'. 2. Buying in the sales. Beware the lure of discounted clothing - you'll probably never wear that jazzy plaid coat.
Fine to buy in the sales, but only if it's something that will fill a nagging gap in your wardrobe. I bought a nice plaid coat last January for less than half price. Madness not to!. But I didn't need it, hadn't been looking for something like it, and I've never worn it. (Note: if there's a great sheepskin jacket on sale, go for it. You'll wear it for ever.).
3. Not knowing exactly where you'll wear it. It looks great, makes you look slimmer – it's a no brainer surely? But when will you wear it? That's the all important question. We all have an office-dress-up level, a party-dress-up level, and it's different from someone else's.
