I’m with your grandmother. They drive me crazy, too. :D I’m petite and generally avoid wearing pants - I don’t actually own any at the moment. I like to look feminine, but stylish at the same time. I end up sewing and buying vintage to get exactly what I want.
Clothing is important; it really is. We seem to be programed to look at eat other to get hints about how we should treat each other and clothing is part of that.
I read an article just this week about how 1940’s-1950’s fashion is coming back. One of the women in the article mentioned that men treat her differently (better) when she dresses more femininely. They open doors and watch their mouths around her.
It’s such a shame that we toss that out the window whenever we wear clothes that leave nothing to the imagination or dress like men.
Here’s the article. It’s an interesting read. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/fashion/03REPRO.html
If we insist in dressing and acting like sl**s, then that’s the way we’ll be treated.
Women just don’t know when they had it good.
My grandmother is 5’ 5 1/2 and very slim.
She likes to wear dress pants with little silky tailored blousee and lots of gold jewelry, etc- unless it’s for church or a special occasion then she wears a dress.
I help my stepmom shop for clothes. She’s 69, size 4 petite. We go to Dillards (a southern department store found in most malls) and have had no problem finding stylish, modest clothes. I shop at Ann Taylor, J. Crew, and Banana Republic. Again, no problems with modest clothes at all. With low-cut shirts, you just wear a cami underneath and it solves the cleavage problem.