'Old Lady shops'

No, not slax!!!!

Norah

LucyAnna5

Whenever we have these threads people talk of looking ‘smart’ as if that’s the aim. Not for me! I don’t mean I aim to look scruffy, but day to day most of us choose somewhere in between, surely - tidy, but comfortable, and - depending on our inclination - trendy, or not. Occasionally, if the occasion dictates it, I would aim to look smart, but that’s pretty rare these days. I guess by now, we all have our style and our preferences and will stick to them……

I agree.

My husband and I aim for tidy not trendy.

Church clothes, jeans, golf and tennis clothing suit us well. I can't imagine us ever wearing anything different to what we've always worn.

I can't imagine us ever wearing anything different to what we've always worn.

I sent most of my jeans to the charity shop (two pairs were unworn, still had the labels in, bought but not returned because along came Covid!) and just kept one comfy pair for wearing at home.

Today I wore them with a striped Breton top.

Then remembered the photo I have of me with a couple of friends taken on holiday when we were 18. We were wearing jeans and striped Breton tops 😲

I really should grow up.

kittylester

No, not slax!!!!

My Mum wore Slax.

She felt very daring.

Chocolatelovinggran

My son is not young ( he's in his forties) but wears suits every day he is in the office. Most of his colleagues are his age or younger, and all wear suits, not normally "two sizes too small".
How interesting that we see such different kinds of younger people.

I agree.

All the young men I know wear suits that are properly tailored, fit well and are decidedly not 2 sizes too small. They also wear jeans jeans at the weekend, and golf shorts (none of the pocketed 'cargo' shorts).

Down to who we actually see.

Norah

Chocolatelovinggran

My son is not young ( he's in his forties) but wears suits every day he is in the office. Most of his colleagues are his age or younger, and all wear suits, not normally "two sizes too small".
How interesting that we see such different kinds of younger people.

I agree.

All the young men I know wear suits that are properly tailored, fit well and are decidedly not 2 sizes too small. They also wear jeans jeans at the weekend, and golf shorts (none of the pocketed 'cargo' shorts).

Down to who we actually see.

DS usually wears a suit to work but not always, depending if he has meetings to attend or not.

However, he would wear good 'proper' trousers (not jeans) and a shirt or smart polo shirt.

kittylester

No, not slax!!!!

Allira

Norah

Chocolatelovinggran

My son is not young ( he's in his forties) but wears suits every day he is in the office. Most of his colleagues are his age or younger, and all wear suits, not normally "two sizes too small".
How interesting that we see such different kinds of younger people.

I agree.

All the young men I know wear suits that are properly tailored, fit well and are decidedly not 2 sizes too small. They also wear jeans jeans at the weekend, and golf shorts (none of the pocketed 'cargo' shorts).

Down to who we actually see.

DS usually wears a suit to work but not always, depending if he has meetings to attend or not.

However, he would wear good 'proper' trousers (not jeans) and a shirt or smart polo shirt.

I don’t call men in their 40’s ‘young’ that’s the distinction where tight suits are concerned.

Allira

kittylester

No, not slax!!!!

My Mum wore Slax.

She felt very daring.

My very slim Mum used to wear Capri Pants I think they were called, with some elastic that went under the foot? My Dad said she looked like a banana, as they were yellow.

M0nica

^Young men like to wear suits two sizes too small, very tight jeans and Tees with sarcastic comments on them, also tight.
The average older men I see like checked shirts and chinos with a jumper or fleece.^

Not in my world. I have yet to see a young man in a suit. Young men wear shapeless trousers or shorts and T shirts.

Older men wear jeans, T shirts or open necked shirts with sweaters over them.

You see the tightly suited young men in the lunch hour, not at all times of day.

Then there's half slips for women, "slips" for men, and singlets, too.

MissAdventure

I went to a wedding where all the young men wore suits with skin tight trousers, brown pointy shoes with no socks, and different pastel shaded tight shirts.

Gosh, was it a Mods throwback wedding, with parkas and trilby hats too, that would be fun!

I thought capris were 3/4 length and the ones with elastic under the foot were called something else? Ski pants? 🫤I’m not sure

I went to a funeral like that, Casdon
The pall bearers came in to "One step boyond" by Madness, and did the madness kind of walk.
The coffin had a trilby on top of it.

JaneJudge

I thought capris were 3/4 length and the ones with elastic under the foot were called something else? Ski pants? 🫤I’m not sure

Yes, that's it.

Ski pants with 'stirrups' and capri pants (pedal pushers) were popular in the 1960s.

Ski pants were quite "in" when i was a teen in the 70s.
The ones with the straps, worn with cream, flat slip on shoes.

JaneJudge

I thought capris were 3/4 length and the ones with elastic under the foot were called something else? Ski pants? 🫤I’m not sure

Quite possibly, I can’t really remember.

Casdon

MissAdventure

I went to a wedding where all the young men wore suits with skin tight trousers, brown pointy shoes with no socks, and different pastel shaded tight shirts.

Gosh, was it a Mods throwback wedding, with parkas and trilby hats too, that would be fun!

No, just young men being on trend😉

:06JaneJudge

I thought capris were 3/4 length and the ones with elastic under the foot were called something else? Ski pants? 🫤I’m not sure.

They were called trews. No idea why but always remember a fashion following relative at the time says she loved her trews.

What were clam diggers? Three quarter length trousers?

Oreo

Allira

kittylester

No, not slax!!!!

My Mum wore Slax.

She felt very daring.

My very slim Mum used to wear Capri Pants I think they were called, with some elastic that went under the foot? My Dad said she looked like a banana, as they were yellow.

Ski Pants ?

Oops sorry, I see others have said ski pants and OP says they were they !!!

Clam diggers? Trews? Both sound familiar…were trews checked or tartan?

I think so.
They're a bit before my time, and clam diggers are a bit after my time.

Oreo

Casdon

MissAdventure

I went to a wedding where all the young men wore suits with skin tight trousers, brown pointy shoes with no socks, and different pastel shaded tight shirts.

Gosh, was it a Mods throwback wedding, with parkas and trilby hats too, that would be fun!

No, just young men being on trend😉

Leprechauns perhaps, with the tight trousers, pointy shoes and no socks. I bet they will look back at the wedding photos in forty years time and wonder what on earth they were thinking, like I do when I look back at myself in my loons and tank top.

They all looked very nice and clean cut (if you like that sort of thing)