What do your clothes say about you?

Don't know jeni I have never been in nellie's.

FORGOT MY
Night all!

harri are these the same ample bosoms as in nellies pub?

DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE HALLOWEEN PARTY.!

Bedtime for me! Washing all done. Files for Wednesday read.havent got the ones for mon and tues so will have to deal with on day!

I often wear 1 carat diamond with polyester blouse and don't give a stuff johanna. I often wear very expensive outfits and the end result is the same, I am still a 66 year old who is overweight. I used to like a gilet but they tend to be a bit tight over my ample bosom.

Sister-in-law's pronunciation: Gillet - like Gullet but with an i

I'd say "zhee-lay" too not to be confused with the people who make razors for men!

My gilet is bright yellow and hangs over my driving seat so the police can see I have one - compulsory in France. It was only €3. I pronounce it as gee -lay, soft g but more of a zhe....

jeni

Years ago a friend descibed my look as 'hippy chic' but I now combine it with a touch of 'bag lady'. No, actually a lot of bag lady. My look is limited by having to wear either ugg boots or trainers [mostly trainers ].

lilygran I agree about the temp. However I never have ice in drinks til the temp reaches 80F

That's the look I aspire to, johanna - rich in a very quiet manner! I've got the quiet manner....

how do you pronouce " gilet" isnt it just g i l l e t ?

Yes, clothes are a strange thing, or maybe a very important thing.
When I put on my waterproof gilet, people think I own at least 400 acres, for fun that is, not for farming. And nothing could be further from the truth!..

Well over thirty years ago my OH and friends were at an important horse sale in Dublin.Purely as spectators.
The prospective buyers looked so unbelievably rich in a very quiet manner.
No diamonds or ruby's or any bling whatsoever. However the quality of their clothes was something to behold.
I saw Alpaca suits, Vicuna coats , Hermes scarves, and so on and so on.

So, yes in a subtle way clothes do say a lot.
Wearing a 1 carat diamond with a polyester blouse and a M.& S. handbag
is not going to look the same is it?

I think mine say that I buy from charity shops and Ebay! I'd like to think they said that 'this woman doesn't like to appear older than her years, but doesn't really mind much really'!

DH reckons a gilet is just a posh bodywarmer. He used to wear his until the quilting was worn flat and shiny and the very thin padding would fall out.

'She has stopped bothering'. Since I retired from paid employment, the way I dress has been affected by three factors; I don't have the spare cash to spend on a new wardrobe ; I don't have to because I'm not trying to make a good impression; I feel the cold when the temperature is under 70F.

With a 'hard' G that is.

My sister-in-law pronounces it as gillett. And I'm far too nice to nice to tell her otherwise...!

Perhaps Bags meant that a gilet wouldn't keep its wearer waterproof....
Even so, I'm sure the gilet itself could be waterproof.

Gilet (French: gilet, from Spanish: gileco or Spanish: chaleco, ultimately from Turkish: yelek) is a sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat or blouse.[1] Currently, a gilet is a sleeveless jacket or vest. They may be waist- to knee-length, and are typically straight-sided rather than fitted. However, historically, they were fitted and embroidered.[2] In a further derivation, in 19th-century dressmaking a gilet was a dress bodice shaped like a man's waistcoat.[3]

Today, gilets are often worn as an outer layer, for extra warmth outdoors. Fashion gilets may be made of cloth or fake fur, or knitted. Sports gilets are often windproof and/or made of fleece. High end hiking jackets often have an integral gilet inside them, that can be zipped on/off. Racing cyclists use thin light gilets with a windproof front and mesh back. Shooting gilets are rugged and made of leather. Gilets were made famous by Lucien Schneller, the Duke of Hungary.
I can just see myself in M&S asking for a size 16 oxymoron!!
(No mention of waterproof above, however)

I can vary from "Janet Street Porter" to "farmer on Countryfile" to "housewife who strayed into an office" to "power dresser" depending on the mood I'm in - note, not the occasion!

Sorry !! Sun over the yardarm! (using Cointreau in my orange sauce and had a nip!)Meant to say "So that we didn't hug complete strangers"

Nothing - it was to identify us so tha we didn'g hug complete strangers.Some people did try to hug a few but they were all male......

Numberplease - crafty manufacturers make generous sizes. I have never been below a size 12 since I was 17, but when I lived in Monaco and could afford it, I used to buy Parigi in a size 10! I was really size 14/16.