Mid-life and older adults and skating dresses, that's who dress designers run away from!
Unless the Lycra is like a great brand, like Brad Griffies, forget it. It will be single layer, show every bulge and roll . .
And, the skating stockings. I don't know if thick bands or thin bands are worse for pinching the fat both below and above the waist.
Now, how many velvet, dark colored dresses can one own?
Dresses are so hard, and it's because they are mainly designed for a 10 year old body that never carried a baby or worry about bills. . . . . '
(venting)