Indeed! If I want to listen to Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, The Smiths, Tears for Fears, and Human League, I’m all set. I just need a tape player!

I'm 4'11" -- most dresses drown me and I so often look like I'm plyaing dress-up (despite being 62!) but my body likes dresses -- I like loose dresses and skirts and gorgeous scarfs and shawls that seem to find me wherever I go. I wear them with thick jumpers (cold house and they're good for all but a few months of Brittany summer). These clothes are not made for tramping round the local forest or cooking meals or hours editing and writing, but I'm way beyond caring whether they are right for the occassion. Somehow if I'm at ease they will be fine :)

I think clothes are also a form of communication, a language, and we can use them to tell people that we like ourselves, or maybe that we like colours or patterns, or maybe even tell people what sort of person we are. I think that's why occasion dressing is so difficult - we don't know what we want to say ! Good luck xxx