The Best Sites for Women's Travel Wear

Wrinkle Free Travel Clothes for Baby Boomers & Girls Over 40

Jul 16, 2009 Christina Gregoire

Here are some of the best sites for women's travel wear. Look for wrinkle free travel clothes made to fit Baby Boomers - the gypsy girls over 40 and over 50.

Here are some of the best sites for women's travel wear. Most gals over 40 are better off shopping on websites that have wrinkle free clothes, where the clothing is made to fit Baby Boomers and other women over 50. Be comfy. Be happy.

Travel Smith: The Best Travel Dress

In Europe, a dress is perfect women's travel wear. It can be worn with:

A gauzy silk scarf in Paris France
A sun hat in Venice Italy or Barcelona Spain
A rope of costume pearls for dinner in Bruges or Berlin
A warm coat and leggings in Helsinki or London

Dresses are perfect everywhere. Why? Because a dress will fit after too many cupcakes or after one loses weight from walking through Manhattan’s mazes.

TravelSmith.com has some cute wrinkle free dresses (no waistband) made out of a stretchy “nylon-Lycra spandex knit”. It sounds awful, but the fabric is not shiny and looks like cotton knit when worn. These dresses have no zippers and slip over one’s head like a tee shirt. Anything made from this fabric can be mooshed, pushed, folded, machine washed, or washed in a sink and dried in a cruise ship shower, and is perfect travel clothing.

The only sad thing is that Travel Smith no longer makes their sweetheart neckline dress. (Maybe enough emails will convince them to bring it back.)

Other good things to look for at this website:

Pointelle wrap sweaters (pack in zip-lock baggie to avoid snags)
Cheap three-piece travel wear outfits
Good buys in their online outlet.

MyShape.com: Women's Travel Wear Tops

MyShape.com is great for cool T shirts because they have items with many different necklines. It seems like this website has a top for every body type:

V necks (for square bodies)
boat necks (for slim bodies)
low scoops
high scoops
off shoulder

My Shape recommends different travel clothing styles for seven different shapes. It's good to remember that stretchy clothes are easy to fit, when buying online, and wrinkle free, which makes it great travel wear. Some of the My Shape outfits can be a bit spendy, so many women wait for favorites to go on sale. A few tops come in 1X to 3X.

Packable Travel Clothing: Best Raincoat

One of the best, lightweight raincoats is the reversible Mycra Pac. Right now, one can be seen at Nordstrom.com. This coat scrunches into its own pouch / purse, or one’s carry-on bag, and it shows no dirt. Also, the reversibility makes it extremely practical. Nordstrom is very good about quick refunds, but sometimes Mycra Pac jackets are cheaper at other sites.

Wrinkle Free Pants for Long Flights

The best travel pants for Boomers, and non-skinny gals, are at QVC.com. The Citiknits pants are always wrinkle free, and with the wide waistband, they can take a woman all the way to Sydney. In the right size, these pants feel like pajamas. The fabric is not bad in black, and navy may be worth a try, but the taupe is shiny and shows every bulge. Hopefully, they’ll change the taupe to a darker brown.

Feminine Travel Hats

The best travel hats have a chinstrap or they will blow off during a day at sea or in a rainstorm, though some gals, with thick hair, can manage with only a tie in the hatband. Hats (of all kinds) are great for women without wash and wear hair. Some of the best sun hats are:

Fabric hats at SunPrecautions.com
Helen Kaminski Shani (held on by a scarf and super expensive, but Kaminski hats last forever)
Dorfman Pacific Raffia Travel Hat at REI.com (not full shade)

For a great rain hat try the Seattle Sombrero (at REI.com) which can be left flat or worn like an Aussie hat. This hat is very spunky when worn with one side up, which is much cuter than the online picture.

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Travel Shoes at Zappos.com

Women's travel clothing always includes good travel shoes, which are well broken in. Comfortable shoes are a must for any vacation where walking is required. And, European travel is one obvious example where shoes can make or break one's trip. Zappos.com seems be the website with the best assortment of travel shoes, even narrow and wide shoes, and the quickest delivery. (It's usually overnight.)

For hot climates, one of the best, but most expensive brands of shoes is Mephisto. However, a pair of these shoes will take a gal to every continent and last forever. Mephisto Ulla is unbeatable for women with wide feet. (Wear with black tights during cooler days.) A cheaper version might be Clark’s un.galley. Ecco is another good brand. Type “women’s walking” into the Zappos search and read the reviews for good info.

Another item which is good, at Zappos, is a travel purse. Type “travel bags” into the search and look for something which goes over one’s body, like the Pacsafe Slingsafe. That style looks perfect for the Paris Metro.

Hopefully, this info about the best sites for women's travel wear will help Baby Boomers, gals over 40 and over 50, stay comfy on their trips. Compare prices at other sites and look for stretchy wrinkle free fabrics. Leave all clothes with tight waistbands at home. And, have a good trip. Ciao.

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