TM and THAT dress

paddyann IMHO Brigitte Macron always looks like "mutton dressed as lamb". I think TM should wear what she feels comfortable in, look at Boris sometimes, mind you I take no notice as I like Boris. I live in shorts in the summer, short ones in my garden (& sometimes to my local shop). If I go shopping in town or out for coffee I wear longer shorts (knee length), I do however wear sleeveless tops if it is very warm

How nasty Anya how do you know she hasn't got something wrong with her back.

Shock, horror - she could have been wearing shorts!! (I say this tongue in cheek, by the way).
Leave the woman alone. I would hazard a guess that all of us at sometime have thought "why did I wear that?". Even so, her dress isn't horrendous - take a look on your high street when next out and do some comparisons.

Bring back Harold Wilsons Mac . Covers a multitude of sins?

Not sexism in the least - I'm quite happy to criticise the likes of Robert Peston and Boris Johnson too! If you're putting yourself out there you at least ought to look in a mirror before you venture out.

Perhaps May would look,better if she stood up straight. Her posture is diabolical.

Haha, good pun there rafichagran

I think the dress is fine . Teresa May is very slim, has good legs and is on holiday, the dress is casual and suitable, just May be not to everyones taste.

There are things I wear on holiday that I wouldn't wear at home and I guess some folk would criticise them. I'm with Imperfect re the sexism, but actually I'm wondering how much criticism there would be if we posted photos of ourselves in holiday (or even our everyday) clothes. There certainly would be! Would we like it? I don't think so. There would be tears, recriminations, accusations of bullying etc etc etc. My mum used to say if you can't say anything nice, say nothing.
(Have set up shields )

I have always found TMay to be stylish in an understated way. Good for her that she wears pink and slightly above the knee....so do I and I am older than she is!! We don't have to have a blue rinse and wrinkly stockings just because we are women of a certain age! Those days are gone. If you have the figure, which she has, then why not wear what you like and not what everybody else thinks you should wear.

Although I'm no fan of Theresa May I think she has a really good sense of style. I know I'm being very sexist when I instinctively react to her elegant distinctive clothes before I react to what she is saying. This pink linen shirtwaister is not her best outfit (yes it's too short) but she and she with her stylists or personal shoppers usually make brilliant choices. I am conscious that I actually think if she loses her premiership (good politically for me) I would really miss seeing her new outfits!

I'm afraid I think it's an ugly dress.

And I think it would be on most women. It's a blah colour , and it's too long for a shirt too short for a dress and it's a totally unflattering shape. It's like a big , pinkish square .

However, if a politician can ever be said to be out of the public eye, she is on her hols .

For me, I'd have the fashion police pull her over - this deserves a ticket

I am not a Tory supporter, but I think...
Such bitching about Theresa May's little dress is not worthy of Gransnet. I feel sorry for anyone in public life, especially women, who are slagged off for how they look. It is sexist against our own sex. We are stopping ourselves from being equal when we snipe and carp like this. We should not do this to either sex. I am glad these bitchy critics on Gransnet don't know where I am going on holiday!

I think it is a mistake for any woman over fifty to wear a miniskirt, and Brigitte Macron (who as Trump pointed out is in good shape) sometimes combines the mini with high heels, at least Theresa May wore flat sandals with her short dress.

I'm sure her outfit was carefully contrived for the photoshoot. It shows she doesn't always spend a lot on every item, it shows a touch of casualness and holiday spirit and she may even think a more youthful style than her working wardrobe.

I agree that TM's clothes and looks are not what we ought to be discussing. Everything else about her is so much worse.

I dislike TMs politics and everything she stands for, but I dislike more the way that women tear each other apart about their appearance. She is tall, she often wears short dresses, she obviously likes them - get over it.

Made me laugh out loud!

TM's dress may have got the OP's day off to a bad start but I'm sure this thread has cheered her up no end.

I think her dress sense is awful ..just like her politics.I dont agree with you about Brigitte Macron though I think she looks fabulous ,always stylish and well put together ..definately French style at its best .

Lupatria have you heard the saying "If you are going to criticise someone make sure you are perfect"

i agree with the people who say that it's not the sort of dress for her.
when i saw the photo i thought of my mum's sayings - mutton dressed as lamb and a bundle of hay tied up with string!!
sorry mrs may, it's the wrong colour, the wrong length and completely the wrong dress.

I would wear that dress on holiday and I am a few years older than the PM.

We all make mistakes, especially when on holiday. Most of us get away with it

She's on Holiday. We all wear things on holiday that we wouldn't dream of wearing at home, I suggest. I live in a holiday town and often wonder if he/she looked in a mirror before they left their caravan/hotel/b&b.

Leave the woman alone !

If I didn't wear jeans I would be half naked!!! Wear them all the time. I don't tan so even on the last day of a holiday I am still pasty white, does that mean I should stay covered up all the time to stop blinding people with my white legs? Perhaps all us oldies should wear burkhas to hid our disgraceful bodies from the world.

I thought she looked o.k. Nothing wrong with us oldies showing our legs or arms or any other bits as long as we are decent.
There is too much criticism aimed at older women wearing what they like.
"too old for jeans" "shouldn't show batwing arms" etc..

At our sort of ages we should have the confidence to wear what ever makes us feel good, especially on holiday.