Know what you mean. There are a lot of pretty dresses around but they are too short for ladies past a certain age. Mind you at 4'11" they might be okay for you but I'm 5'3" and still too young. Following on from my previous post about shorts, had a try on in M&S the other day and came back empty handed. So decided I will stick with skirts and the one pair of cut offs I got from Sainsburys. Think it is just a case of comfy shoes and a lot of legwork.