Gransnet forums

News & politics

TM and THAT dress

(342 Posts)
MawBroon Wed 26-Jul-17 07:02:22

OK I am being sexist, but that Next dress on the front of today's DT really got my day off to a bad start. Fair enough, her pins are pretty good, but a woman of her age does NOT IMO wear a little pink shirt dress suitable for a girl/woman less than half her age several inches above the knee.
Girlish? Yuk!
Say what you like about Michelle Obama or Sam Cam but they knew how to look elegant, whether formally dressed or smart casual.
(Brigitte Macron is another whose determination to look "young" irritates me.There is such a thing as trying TOO hard. )

Lazigirl Mon 31-Jul-17 15:49:36

How about we tootle round to Next, purchase said dress and post pics of how we look in it??

Jane10 Mon 31-Jul-17 16:27:52

OK. Do they make it in size jumbo?

rosesarered Mon 31-Jul-17 17:23:22

Jane grin , I also laughed at your 'tightly encased' comment.

Deedaa Mon 31-Jul-17 22:13:10

Anniebach even on holiday she is the PM and people in Italy would expect her to look reasonably smart. Bella figura doesn't seem to be quite her forte. She's welcome to leave her tights off but I wish she'd use some fake tan on those skinny white legs. Judgemental? Moi? Of course not grin grin

Imperfect27 Tue 01-Aug-17 08:28:49

Holiday attire - I still feel 'Just leave the poor woman alone!'

Formal occasion / representing the country attire ... just woman to woman, I would have wanted to give her some kindly advice about the hat she wore at the Passchendaele Service. Was cross with myself for even thinking about it during what was a wonderfully fitting and moving broadcast, but it was so 'unfortunate' it bothered me!

Hasten to add - this still has no link to her competency (or otherwise!!!!!) as our P.M.

Lillie Tue 01-Aug-17 09:26:45

How about Angela Merkel's holiday attire then?

gillybob Tue 01-Aug-17 09:29:58

Did anyone see the pictures on itv news of Angela Merkel sitting on a chair lift yesterday? She looked to be really in the holiday spirit . No linen Dress that's for sure .

Anniebach Tue 01-Aug-17 09:45:39

Good for her .

gillybob Tue 01-Aug-17 10:11:17

Good for her indeed Anniebach she didn't exactly look in the holiday mood though. Not surprising I suppose.

gillybob Tue 01-Aug-17 10:15:31

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/01/merkel-looks-need-lift-italian-holiday/

Jane10 Tue 01-Aug-17 16:41:49

A side issue but I thought Theresa May looked just right at the Paschendaele memorial. She was wearing a noticeably nice hat (and I'm not a hat fan generally)

petra Tue 01-Aug-17 17:37:24

Did Angela have on one of her squillions of jackets. Does she own anything else?

trisher Tue 01-Aug-17 17:53:52

That dress looks as if she forgot to put on her trousers! It would be fine on a beach but walking round an Italian city- no way. I can see all the elegant Italian women in their chic linen shift dresses, just the right length, with carefully draped scarves and great jewellery raising their eyebrows and shrugging disdainfully. Come on Theresa, Brexit demands you show them how stylish we Brits are.

Jalima1108 Tue 01-Aug-17 17:56:39

Are the Mays and the Merkels going hiking together up a mountain?

Away from cameras and microphones.

Anniebach Tue 01-Aug-17 18:04:50

This Brit isn't stylish ?

Jalima1108 Tue 01-Aug-17 18:06:15

me neither!!

I can't do scarves either

trisher Tue 01-Aug-17 18:11:30

If the Mays and the Merkels go hiking up a mountain together who will push who off first? (Or will the Mr Ms both do it?)

ninny Tue 01-Aug-17 18:32:07

Angela looked a fright she has no fashion sense at all.

Chewbacca Tue 01-Aug-17 18:34:45

To be fair, Angela's holiday involved staggering up mountains, so she was hardly likely to be dolled up to the nines, was she!

Jalima1108 Tue 01-Aug-17 18:47:35

Perhaps they will yodel to each other across the valley

Anniebach Tue 01-Aug-17 18:49:22

As someone who has done a lot of mountain climbing , I never did it in a frock, heels,drapped scarf and jewellery

Jalima1108 Tue 01-Aug-17 18:49:36

that could be me on a day out (apart from the hat, that is)
But I could be smiling!!
But never on a chair lift, I could have a look of sheer fright!

Jalima1108 Tue 01-Aug-17 18:50:10

I just bought a pair of cream chinos today, a la Merkel!!

M&S sale.

rosesarered Tue 01-Aug-17 21:00:38

Did you not Annieb ? ......I always did, and with perfect hair and make up too!grin

Deedaa Tue 01-Aug-17 22:20:20

Angela Merkel is a bit like the Queen and sticks to a look which is practically a uniform and works for her. TM lets us know that she loves expensive clothes and shoes so we expect to look as if she's spending money on them.