Things you think can make you look older than your years!

Callistemon21

Maggiemaybe

Ah, that’s the stripes added to the list then. I think I’d better just stay at home with a good book from now on, wearing my jeans and Burglar Bill tops. Especially as I’m expecting delivery today of my first ever gilet (from Joules).

That's me, too, except I'm worse, mine are chinos ???

We could go out together and sit in a corner.

Can I come and sit in the corner too? I LOVE stripes!!

Oh, lordy, GrammaH- have you been stalking me...?

Lucca

FannyCornforth

‘Get a life’. That insufferable comment
And it’s companion, ‘you need to get out more’

Never stopping to think of those for whom those things are impossible,
.

Well said! I wonder how some posters would manage, walking in our shoes.

I was at the hairdressers this morning and I was saying to her that having hair over my ears (I've always kept my hair quite short) makes me feel frumpy and rather "Fraulein Maria"-ish. She was kind enough to say that "frumpy" was not a word she would ever associate with me ..

And I always wear make-up when I go out, lipstick and eyeshadow make me feel less elderly.

I agree telling people on a public forum to 'get a life', is insensitive.

Also asking strangers if they 'have nothing better to do' or why they 'have bothered to start a thread about something so trivial' or posting bored yawny comments or emoticons is pretty obnoxious behaviour

Just wondering if my glasses might age me??
I've repeatedly bought the same design since 1978!
Each time I try loads on and go back to the one I like.

M0nica - regarding gilets... I know someone with a very cold studio who wears a heated gilet as she works. It was given to her by a ceramics student who couldn't believe how cold the studio was during a work placement with her!
I don't like them but wouldn't knock it as it does keep the body warm with the arms still able to function!
Substance over style!

Yes, Lucca and we mustn’t forget ‘haven’t you got anything better to do?’

FannyCornforth

‘Get a life’. That insufferable comment
And it’s companion, ‘you need to get out more’

Never stopping to think of those for whom those things are impossible,
.

‘Get a life’. That insufferable comment
And it’s companion, ‘you need to get out more’

Vintagejazz

Luccombe of it is idle chit chat. But some of it is definitely women behaving like teenagers and bitching and sneering at the way some of their contemporaries dress.

The fashion industry is killing our planet and ruining the future for our young people. Stop being superficial and superior and get a life even though it's rather late in the day

It was this bit I thought OTT. I object very strongly to being told to get a life

When I was a teenager I loved to rebel against conventional clothes. My mum despaired as I shrunk Levis whilst wearing them in a cold bath. Liked the hippie look of cheesecloth shirts,long tatty dresses and junk shop furcoats worn with flip flops and big Indian beads.
Now I'm old I will wear what I like. Joules tops, hotter shoes cos my feet hurt, lots of scarves and linen trousers. Why worry about what others think ?!

I agree with you ginny leading to what you vocalise, verbally or written.

Longdistancegrnny

I have enjoyed this thread - but must warn against referring to anything as 'trendy' - my DD (33) always picks me up on this and says it makes me sound old! I went to meet my sisters in London a couple of weeks back wearing a subtle leopard print summer dress, denim jacket and white sneakers - felt comfortable and smart but realised this is a middle aged (well I am 68!) uniform! Two women in front of me on the train dressed almost identically and countless others spotted during the course of the day!

As a teenager we strive to dress the same as our peers, now we're ashamed to

Maggiemaybe

Ah, that’s the stripes added to the list then. I think I’d better just stay at home with a good book from now on, wearing my jeans and Burglar Bill tops. Especially as I’m expecting delivery today of my first ever gilet (from Joules).

That's me, too, except I'm worse, mine are chinos ???

We could go out together and sit in a corner.

I love Radley bags and purses and they make good birthday/Christmas presents from Mr. Music.

ixion

*Things you think can make you look older than your years!*

Adult children...

Ha! Ha! ixion

What does it matter if you look your age or older?

Things you think can make you look older than your years!

Adult children...

ginny

The most ageing thing to me is not what you wear or how you do your hair.
It is having a closed mind to new ideas and experiences .

Couldn’t agree more ?

I made the transition yesterday to crocs for the summer, I will eventually get out the croc flip flops. I have difficult feet, v wide with high insteps and ugly as they are, they are comfy for me. How i wish I had small dainty feet like my mother's instead of ones very similar to my father's albeit smaller, she had some lovely shoes but were far too small for me. I do have some comfy smarter looking ones for occasions that call for them but prefer to keep them going for as long as possible so keep them for those occasions. Am aware that wearing Nanny shoes does make you look older but I need to be as comfy as possible. Have never gone in for trainers but if I could find a comfy pair would be happy to go for them, but don't want thick ones, I much prefer thin leather that moulds to the feet or ones held on by straps that don't constrict where I need space. I went to buy a lovely pair of Ugg boots on marketplace in the winter, tried them on and couldn't get my foot into the first one I tried on, not age though just a big foot. And uggs in winter - they are so very cosy. As is the black thick furry fleece jackeet with wonderful pockets, even though it probably made me look like a bear, Didn't often use the hood but what a useful jacket, for more formal occasions I do have a couple of nice woollen coats. Oh dear, didn't know they were aging oh well never mind
One thing I do have control over is hair colour, and now my natural greying hairs outnumber the brown, have decided to go lighter and hope eventually to go lighter and lighter to end up either blonde or silver-grey, I don't think I will go white which is a shame, I'd embrace white. I used to brighten up my hair with henna, but fear that might be a bit too orangey nowadays. Over lockdown, I experimented with warm blondes which I thought looked nice, next time I'll go a bit more silvery blonde, and the hairdresser can cut off some of the darker stuff, so will still be a bit ombre. Going dark or burgundy/purply red to me draws attention to your age to me but hey better red than dead.
A lot of older ladies do wear beige and taupe, but I don't think either particularly suits me, I do have some taupe undies though, if I did have to go for brown I think a warmer coffee or mocha would look better. Yes, beige does make you disappear into the background but that's ok if that is what someone wants, not everyone wants to be noticed, and if that's what you want and have not been forced into it that's great
I've known a fair few older ladies whose sense of style has inspired me, although it helps them that they have had slimmer figures than mine. And they have gone for patterns and colours and tailored jackets, scarves and jewellery, not to excess though.
Mystified about Radley bags being ageing though, my 30 something daughter has one which looks very nice on occasions when she uses a bag. And in the past has asked to borrow a small Radley wrist bag of mine which has the doggies on, we both like doggies lol.
Agree Michael Portillo usually looks stylish, my old doctor dressed like that and it gave the right balance of smartness and informality, but I bet he doesn't wear nice clothes like that when weeding the garden or other such clothes-harming occupations. Even my Dad who always dressed very smartly even when he was dressed casually used to don a working in the garden pair of trousers and jumper which he rescued from the bin on more than one occasion until my mum just accepted it. No one ever saw him after all, he would never go out dressed like that.
Thin Indian fabric dresses and skirts were popular when I was younger, and if you could still get them nowadays I think I'd wear them once again, well some styles, so comfy in the summer, maybe their place has been taken by linen dresses, am still happy to wear tiered skirts still, feeling they draw less attention to my tummy area than some that are full from the waist
I try and avoid leopard print, as it makes me look like an elderly Bet Lynch, but happy to have a flash of it on a lining, just as long as it is subtle [subtle leopard print? Is there such a thing?]

Ah, that’s the stripes added to the list then. I think I’d better just stay at home with a good book from now on, wearing my jeans and Burglar Bill tops. Especially as I’m expecting delivery today of my first ever gilet (from Joules).

That should have said Lucca.

Luccombe of it is idle chit chat. But some of it is definitely women behaving like teenagers and bitching and sneering at the way some of their contemporaries dress.

I only wear my white trainers, which have rhinestones all over the vamp, with jeans

GrammaH Brittany Ferries female passenger uniform. I have to be smuggled on board in a laundry hamper as I have neither a Joules harbour top, nor a gilet, I hate gilets, I have narrow shoulders and they keep slipping off and what is the point of a jacket if it doesn't have sleeves?