You’re never going out looking like that?

A while ago, I had an allergy to some meds I’d been prescribed. I came out in scarlet blotches which over the next week or two faded first to purple then to blue. During the blue phase I was hanging out washing when my neighbour peered at me over the garden wall. ‘You’re not thinking of going anywhere like that, are you?’ Said he, gallantly - not.

My lovely Dad used to tell me I'd get arrested for indecent exposure my skirts were so short.Mum always told him it was the fashion ,and you're as well dead as out of fashion at that age .She was a girl whose dad,a bespoke tailor ,would hand sew an outfit for her overnight so she was the first to have it in her friend group .
She loved her fashion/style until the day she died ,always encouraged the kids to be adventurous in what they wore.
I think its the only thing I'm like her in,I love clothes .

What you wear only reflects on yourself so why worry what anyone else might think

I had a rather old but good quality fur coat I was going to wear to my grandmother’s third wedding in a church . I wasn’t allowed to because it was old ( my only alternative was a leather jacket I hadn’t brought with me ). I had to wear my grandmothers old coat and to make it worse my sister and I had to squash into the back of my cousin’s tiny MG . His cousin was sat in a seat with a rabbit skin coat - nowhere near the quality of my old fur that cost about £1 from the Darlington Oxfam shop . 🙃

My parents were full of objections to my 60s/70s clothes. Short skirts, maxi skirts, platform soles, cheesecloth blouses, Afghan coat + white lipstick and collapsible white pvc boots, couldn't do anything right. In retrospect they may have had a few good arguments but I've no regrets to my ignoring them.

I remember going to my son’s parents evening when he was about 12. As I came downstairs he said totally seriously “you’re not going dressed like that you look like a punk rocker” Think it was because I had a bright jacket on. And probably spiky hair. But I was only 30 after all. He never let me forget it. He has recently died and I’m trying to find a similar jacket for his memorial service. We will know 😢❤️

For goodness sake - he's walking the dog! Going into town I sometimes can't believe my eyes at the clothes some young people 'almost' wear! Two tonners in tight fitting leggings or pelmets over far too much fat.
I am not fat shaming, just cover it up!

If a man cannot look good in a suit, he cannot look good in anything and BJ certainly proves that point. He clearly has no concern whatsoever for his appearance, has anyone ever seen him look smart and groomed in anything ? When he was photographed with other politicians who looked immaculately groomed, BJ always looked like Benny Hill ! If he can’t be bothered to sort himself out, what hope did anyone have in him sorting the mess our country is in !

62Granny

Even dressed in a suit he looks like a sack of S**T , so no different when he is casual.

Why does it bother you so much?

Rosie1959

Thank you for your post, it brought back so many memories as that was my attire down to a T! My lovely Dad even asked me if I was a lesbian once because he couldn’t understand why female would dress such a way. So funny

Oh, poor old Boris, leave him alone.

Judging by his startled expression, he wasn’t expecting a photographer to be lurking.

The orange socks are ghastly though.

He dresses to suit his hair.
Works well.

Even dressed in a suit he looks like a sack of S**T , so no different when he is casual.

Norah

We walk 4 times daily (dogs needs) beginning 5 to 7am. I could not possibly care what others think of our looks, just that we are warm.

We are dogless now but we always had two dogs at a time and they were walked twice a day. I never cared what I looked like when I walked them.

In fact, the older I get the less I care what others think of how I look, what I say or how I behave.

We walk 4 times daily (dogs needs) beginning 5 to 7am. I could not possibly care what others think of our looks, just that we are warm.

I tend to walk both our pooches before 6 a.m., and usually just throw a loose pair of joggers and jogging top on, plus trainers. Hair gets a cat-lick brush, no make up, and off we toddle. Fortunately, I cancelled both my pooches joint membership of the fashion police, so I no longer get any of those telling "looks", especially from Molly. Mind you, we occasionally bump into an Afghan Hound and her owner, Lucrezia, who do seem to look down their long noses at us. We just jog on.. and so can they...

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Shhh! Don’t give him ideas Callistemon21!

Mollygo

I made DH shave and put on a shirt and tie and jacket before he walked our pooch this morning.
He said it was his lack of trousers that caused raised eyebrows!

😁

Or perhaps you didn't trim and blowdry his hair for him first?

I made DH shave and put on a shirt and tie and jacket before he walked our pooch this morning.
He said it was his lack of trousers that caused raised eyebrows!

Yet, so many with backgrounds like Boris dress impeccably, it is a personal matter and is a combination of shape, size, and personal characteristics.

Kim19

I think B does it on purpose. He'll settle for attention of any sort.

I actually think this could be true. Now he’s not our PM I don’t really care what he wears but I did wish he’d been a bit smarter when he was our PM. Carrie dresses beautifully but she’s obviously had no luck smartening him up.

He’s not exactly a style icon is he? Still, I don’t suppose you need to be to walk the dog.

Louella12

Primrose53

People like Boris who have confidence in themselves and are well educated and done a bit of travelling really do not care what people think they look like.

My friend comes from a very posh family, she is very well educated and bright and has travelled the world and she speaks with a cut glass accent. However, if you saw her out you would think what an old scruff she is. Most of her clothes come from charity shops, she cuts and dyes her own hair, her car is like a battered old skip but she couldn’t care less what people think of her. She owns 3 houses, 2 of which she rents out and has only worked a few years in her entire life as she lives off family money. She is quite happy just being herself and I’m sure Boris is too.

So very true.

Indeed.

Given his wonderful education, doubt he cares what a few GN believe.

Primrose53

People like Boris who have confidence in themselves and are well educated and done a bit of travelling really do not care what people think they look like.

My friend comes from a very posh family, she is very well educated and bright and has travelled the world and she speaks with a cut glass accent. However, if you saw her out you would think what an old scruff she is. Most of her clothes come from charity shops, she cuts and dyes her own hair, her car is like a battered old skip but she couldn’t care less what people think of her. She owns 3 houses, 2 of which she rents out and has only worked a few years in her entire life as she lives off family money. She is quite happy just being herself and I’m sure Boris is too.

So very true.