What determines something as common and tacky

lemongrove -

I can vouch for DanniRae having seen her in a classy glittery outfit in The Argy.?

Nothing wrong with a bit of bling if the occasion is right.

Do sequins count as glitter?

Asking for a friend.

Tacky, just like beauty , is in the eye of the beholder, one man’s meat is another man’s poison & all that.

Alexa! Did you just Criticise HM ?!

grannylyn65

Anything glittery

Anything glittery? As long as you aren't wearing a glittery outfit whilst shopping in Sainsburys - including glittery mask -I think a bit of glitter is fine.
Makes an outfit feel 'special' when dressed up to go out.
So sorry grannylyn65 I do not agree with you and they don't come more classy than moi!!

To be honest I think you can get away with most things if you have the style and savoire faire.

I haven’t ?

I think ostentatious anything from jewellery to partial nudity is bad taste unless there is a genuine reason to show off. Such as wearing a bikini or nothing at all on the beach, or such as wearing a lot of costly glitter if you are the Queen at some ceremony.

grannylyn65

Anything glittery

Remember all those 80s jumpers with appliqué on......

grannylyn65

Anything glittery

Well that’s 90% of my Christmas outfits done for then.

* dressing with boobs or stomach hanging out in too short a skirt if you haven't got the shape for it*

My boobs hang out from under my just below the knee length skirts.

Anything glittery

The word*' gross*' comes to mind when observing 'mutton dressed as lamb.

Looking down on others and being critical of their life choices is very bad manners. Bad manners = poor behaviour = common, in that particular use of the word. Not, thankfully, meaning commonplace.

I remember it being described (probably quite accurately) as "News of Screws"

NotW is gone but not missed.

varian

Reading certain common and tacky newspapers, and allowing them to influence your views is common and tacky.

That made me smile

My Great Uncle. Long gone now

Etonian, (not his fault). High Court Judge, (his career path)

Not generally looked upon as being common or tacky. Not that he would have cared. Judging people on their clothes/reading material wasn't in his remit. He had to judge on actions.

He read most newspapers. Broadsheets of course

Apart from the News of the World.

Which he loved.

Reading certain common and tacky newspapers, and allowing them to influence your views is common and tacky.

We all have different standards and tastes. It's one of the difficulties of living in human society. Life would be so much easier if we were able to live alongside those who had the same standards as ourselves.

Oh no Lilyflower I was getting all my jewellery out for a soiree tonight, white stilettos and leggings all ready not to mention the fluorescent socks.
Now I will have to rethink my ensemble.

Mixing diamonds and pearls, I believe, is considered rather not the thing.

Ho ho ho.

My ex husband bought me a book one Christmas with Hyacinth Bucket( Bouquet) on the front. It was etiquette overload, all the do's and dont's. We were from two different backgrounds and he mixed with a lot of high powered people with his job,so it made me feel as if I was common and not good enough. Everyone has their own ideas of what would be classed as common and what isn't. Well I'm going now to hunt out my old white stilettos....

I'm sure HM appreciates humour and memories of earlier times from said 'silly' people instagran

I'm sure the Queen will be amused to learn how many silly people on Gransnet think one's wearing of a headscarf, earrings in pierced ears and white slingbacks (both by HM and her sister, Margaret) is common!

When our daughters were old enough to stay home while we went on holiday my DH would make a point of bringing back the tackiest present he could find. They have ended up with a stuffed camel with bells, a talking parrot that reacted to voices, a plastic Eiffel Tower with flashing lights, etc. You get the picture. It was always a highlight of the holiday, for him, to visit all the cheap tourist shops to find something different.