TM and THAT dress

You folk on here have given me a troubled day with your criticisms of TM's dress!! Currently on holiday in Nice I thought I'd put on my new expensive Hobbs linen dress to go out to lunch, and that's when the niggly doubts started. Is it too short, am I too old for the youthful style, is the colour flattering? Poor TM, if she has to worry about those sort of fears every time she goes out. It can be unsettling.
Anyway who is bothered how I look, as long as I like it, (but now I wasn't so sure), oh well, no one will notice? WRONG! I just happened to get into conversation with a French waiter about the joys of retirement etc. and he genuinely was shocked how young I looked, nowhere near retirement age!
My choice of dress has been vindicated, although I expect many another female, including a few GNs, may have pulled it to pieces.

I like the dress on her, she's only sixty. Hope she wears her hiking shorts tomorrow.✋️

I agree we all have bad days.

Must have been your youthful looks and not just the dress Lillie. I bet his comments made your day. Enjoy your holiday in Nice; sounds like the weather there is a lot better than it is here.

Is it possible that the newspapers deliberately used the least flattering photo of her? I remember reading that they always used to choose the worst possible ones of Cherie Blair. Just wondering...

For what it's worth, I'd have worn leggings under that dress or used it as a beach coverup. May she didn't expect press photographers be stalking her. She and her DH will probably outstrip the press when they take to the hills anyway unless they use a drone. Basically, who cares? It's her competence to run the country that matters, not her choice of clothes, isn't it?

I like the dress too - I love pink. Wish I could wear it but not with my veiny spindleshanks

MayBE

She looks like a woman on holiday, in a suitable dress. I have a dress like hers, except colour of black. I like wearing it when the weather is hot. I'm over 70 and do not think my sartorial choices are to anyone but me and DH.

Is this what all the fuss is about

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4728664/Theresa-kicks-THREE-week-holiday-Lake-Garda.html

Nothing wrong with it but my wife wouldn't wear anything like it.

Coo, I've never heard so much springing to the defence of TM! In general I agree that her dress sense is better than some of her colleagues who force themselves into too tight suits. Ditto the First Minister here in Scotland who also teeters about in too high heels, even when appearing at "outdoor" events. But this is all on official business, what any of them wear on holiday is their own business.

Nothing wrong with it but my wife wouldn't wear anything like it

Aaaah but your wife might not have as nice legs as TM. Cindersdad

Haven't read all of this thread, but I particularly enjoyed this re. her holiday pics:

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/theresa-mays-holiday-photo-breaks-10868492

i think for being on holiday her dress was okay, loosefitting and summery, I wear clothes on holiday to suit the climate, even shorts that I wouldn't wear at home. I'm a size 12 with fat knees, always had fat knees!

I would take the fat knees to be a size 12 Lady

I don't think it's sexist - after all, we have had Harold and his Gannex raincoat (and Mary ), Michael and that 'donkey jacket', Margaret and her handbags and pussy cat bows, William Hague and the baseball cap (what was he thinking?), Jacqui Smith's cleavage and last, but not least, The Tale of Jeremy's Vests.

To name but a few.

Brigitte Macron does not look chic nor 'in good shape'.
Melania Trump shows how it should be done but she is younger of course.

I think Melania Trump is the epitome o style Jalima.

Brigitte Macron looks like she is re-living her Mary Quant days. But I agree with Mr T she is in "good shape" for her age.

epitome of style, not o style !

I've got plenty of photos in which I look horrible.
I don't really look like that do I?
Occasionally I look nice. Sometimes the photos have been taken at the same event. I always choose the best one to keep.
I don't think the papers give TM the choice.

Wow!
On a thread a little while ago someone complained about how our time was being wasted by posters who make one post then never come back.
And here you all are wittering on for 5 pages about Theresa May's holiday dress!
Not wasting time at all.

She's much too thin gillybob - well, imo! Her skin looks very wrinkled for a woman of 60ish. And they do say if you wore it the first time round, you're too old to wear it again (eg the mini skirt).
Was it Mrs Simpson who said 'you can't be too rich or too thin'?
Well, you can (be too thin, not sure about too rich).

She's had to lose weight because of her diabetes, I believe.

Oh, I didn't realise that Brigitte Macron is diabetic.
Apologies to her for thinking she is too thin
It is something that could make weight loss difficult to control I expect.

Sorry; I meant TM. I didn't realise things had moved on . Brigitte looks very Scandinavian to me; I must admit to not realising how old she was until I heard it on the tv. I think she looks very stylish but has the appearance of someone who has had too many saunas perhaps.

I did meet Anna Soubry last night and have to point out that she looks absolutely amazing for her age; she was dressed 'smart casual' and has a figure to die for .