Puffed Sleeves - Argh!

Rara skirts and short puffed sleeves both look nice on 8 year olds Callistemon, but I’d say 10 is the upper acceptability limit for both!

The ‘puffs’ on my sleeves as a small child were few and far between because my mother really hated them. This stemmed from when her engagement to my father was announced. It came to her ears, that the extended family (on her side) had been announcing to all who would listen that she was to have her seven young cousins as bridesmaids who would all look sweet in powder blue dresses with ‘dinky puffed sleeves’. She was so insensed that she had no child bridesmaids and the adult ones wore pink!

Strangely this had rubbed off on me though I probably don’t dislike them quite as much as she did!

I've yet to see anyone I think looks good in them irrespective of age. Dreadful fashion.

No not for me but hey ho no problem if the young want to reinvent them 🤣

Joseann

They're not for me on short sleeves, but not so bad on long ones that end in a nice wide cuff.

But most long puffed sleeves tend to be elasticated at the wrist so you can't roll them up without feeling like you are having a blood test!

"It would give me such a thrill Marilla, just to wear a dress with puffed sleeves"

Anne of Green Gables

Not for me, they look horrible.

They're not for me on short sleeves, but not so bad on long ones that end in a nice wide cuff.

I don’t think even pretty and younger women look good in them, puffed sleeves are the work of the devil😂

Casdon

I agree, I would never wear them. I really don’t like tiered skirts or dresses either, they also look seventies naff - I wouldn’t have worn them even then.

I remember my DD being desperate for a ra-ra skirt because all her friends had them. I made most of her clothes because we were very hard up, having moved to London where property prices were high. Anyway, we went shopping for this ra-ra skirt and a top, she was beside herself with excitement! I think it was from Tammy Girl
She must have been about 8 at the time.

I agree, I would never wear them. I really don’t like tiered skirts or dresses either, they also look seventies naff - I wouldn’t have worn them even then.

One of the best things about getting old is making your own fashion!

I don't think I've worn puffed sleeves since I was about 7.

The young things who must have the latest fashion will come to realise their mistake if they buy these daft things (and try to put a jacket over them).

I agree. They are awful.

I agree Alison they look absolutely awful and definitely not something that I would wear.