Lewis Hamilton and his Mum

M0nica who is Kilroy?

He was that drawing of a little man peeping over a wall, with the tag 'Kilroy was here //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here.

Essentially, all you could see was the top half of his face and this was the effect of that fussy necked blouse on this lady.

As I said, I too have a short neck and made the same mistake with a big cowl-necked sweater.

Thank you Monika!
I thought that he was called Chad, and then I carried on reading and Kilroy was the US version and Chad the UK one.

It's a lovely photo of a mother and son!

don't pick holes in someones dress unless you provide a photo of self at some occasion is my advice.

As we seem to have said everything praiseworthy about Lewis (who I admire) and his mum, the conversation might be permitted to move to looking at the attire.

I saw this photo of Chanel herself in a ruffle neck blouse and I think she wears it beautifully.

I’m not a fan of a ruff, but they must hide a multitude of jowl and neck related sins!

lemsip I have admitted that I have same problem and admitted I have made the same mistake, I would have thought that my comments were more in sympathy than anything.

Having a short neck, that inevitable gets shorter as you age is a reall problem. no dangly earrings, long hair looks dreadful, it makes you look triangle shaped.

Josianne you are write about Coco Chanel looking good in a pie crust frill but her neck is longer and her whole head rises above it and rests on it, mainly because she has a longer neck. I have no objection to that kind of neck in principle.

I think everyone is blowing this outof proportion. Several people said they liked what this lady was wearing. I merely commented that I didn't and thought the neck was unflattering. it is not a crime to not agree on something like this.

Just reread the OP and she commented adversely on the frilly blouse!

FannyCornforth

I’m not a fan of a ruff, but they must hide a multitude of jowl and neck related sins!

Mine hid love bites so my mum didn't see in the late 70s!

I’d forgotten about love bites! What an odd thing! I remember that you were advised to put toothpaste on them

MOnica all I said was I didn’t like the frilly blouse but that was just my opinion , which I am entitled to. It was no slur on the lovely lady or her fabulous son of whom she is rightfully proud. Honestly some people take offence at an honest opinion which was just a shallow style comment.

lemsip

It's a lovely photo of a mother and son!

don't pick holes in someones dress unless you provide a photo of self at some occasion is my advice.

Goodness me how holier than thou….

I would be happy to post a pic of myself at an occasion and you can say you don’t like a minor aspect of may outfit. I wouldn’t be offended.

Well I thought she looked very stylish and just right for the occasion. I can't wear a blouse like that myself but she does it beautifully.

Still rather doubtful how spending your life doing something you love while earning millions is really worth a knighthood. He wasn't even driving for a British team.

Given the money the outfit must have cost, I could have come up with something that made her look more elegant and much less dumpy. The jacket looks too tight and wearing the same colour (better fitting) jacket and trousers, if she had to wear trousers rather than a dress, would have made her look much better.

I would never post a photo of myself on an open forum.

Now I know how critical some GN’ ers are about their own fair sex, neither would I …………. unless I looked like Chanel in
Josianne ‘s picture ?
Surely feeling good is just as important as looking good? Lewis’s mum would have been very happy with what she saw in the mirror on that Special Day - and so she should.
I wouldn’t want anybody else “dressing” me to look elegant Germanshepherdsmum ;
I am how I am. (Some would say dumpy - I definitely have short legs).

We can’t always do a lot about the raw materials but we can always do our best to present them to best effect, whether our budget is M&S or, as here, Chanel and Dior. I make no apology for voicing my opinion that she looked dumpy, mumsy and about to burst at the seams.

If Lewis's mum liked it, that's great.

Josianne

If Lewis's mum liked it, that's great.

Quite

This lady is of an age to be a member on Gransnet or have friends who are. Just remember that when you post some of your comments.
I am disgusted by some of the comments on this thread about someone who is not a public figure just a proud mum whose son did her the honour of asking her to accompany him on an important day in his life.

Germanshepherdsmum

We can’t always do a lot about the raw materials but we can always do our best to present them to best effect, whether our budget is M&S or, as here, Chanel and Dior. I make no apology for voicing my opinion that she looked dumpy, mumsy and about to burst at the seams.

Well you should apologise. She did not ask or seek your public opinion on her outfit, and does not deserve to be described in such an unpleasant and nasty tone.

Some extraordinarily unpleasant posts here

OTT.”extraordinarily unpleasant”

Some of us have said we are not that keen on the outfit , hardly a crime, meanwhile everyone has said how proud she must be etc etc.

Funny when poster comment on Meghan’s attire it’s fair game…..

You've ignored dumpy and mumsy. Also justifying unpleasant comments with "well people comment on Meghan..." is a bit childish.