TM and THAT dress

Perhaps to finish off, our youth worker at Church this morning wore this dress, or at least something very similar. She looked stunning, mind you she is only mid 30's and a size 8/10. if that.

Tegan there was still something on the news about it this morning ... just a bit mind-boggling to me that it has caused SUCH a stir .

Apologies for replying to lizzy....

My thoughts exactly rar.

Getting grumpy again!

Is this still running? ?

Must be a slow Summer....lack of news.

She was on holiday, for goodness sake!

Yes; I think Nicola Sturgeon has got it spot on, especially as I think she's too short to wear trouser suits. TM's shirt dress was just not meant to be worn on it's own if the wearer is on the tall side.

I don't think women in politics should wear short skirts or show any cleavage at all when dressed for work. It's hard enough in what is still a man's world (for which there is more or less daily proof lately) for women to be taken seriously. Short skirts and low necklines are simply saying look at my legs and look at my breasts. Men don't tend to need any encouragement to do just that and the words fade into the background. There are plenty of flattering hem lengths and necklines that don't display sexual signals. TM is fond of showing cleavage and pudgy knees. Put 'em away, love! I'm no fan of Nicola Sturgeon but (apart from a bit of leg occasionally when she sits down - that red dress/skirt was probably a bit too tight rather than too short when standing) she always dresses simply and smartly. Some female MPs look like potato sacks tied in the middle.

Here it is, kitty - it's surprising just how many things I can find to do to put off doing what I should be doing round the house! The most useful bit of advice to Theresa is surely to wear her sunglasses on top of her head (not unstylishly in front of her eyes where they're presumably doing their job).

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4737870/Our-experts-Theresa-fashion-advice.html

for those of you who are interested, the DM has done an alternative wardrobe for TM with a lookalike. Sorry, haven't got the link, we have the actual paper!!

Pink dress apart, I am not keen on any of TM's clothes.

But it's a good thing we don't all have the same tastes as it would make for a dull world.

Didn't think much of it but she doesn't know how to dress summer casual but does know city smart. We all make mistakes. I agree about Michelle Obama but Sam Cameron all that money and lamb dressed as mutton always smart and expensively dressed but out of touch and rather frumpy

[isn't it the sort of thing we'd chat about in 'the real world' without people getting funny about it? we'd all make our point and move on]

Yes!
Pity I am not meeting my friends for lunch today, I'm sure one of them (or me) would have said 'Did you see TM in that dress' and we could have exchanged views and not come to fisticuffs.

Going off totally at a tangent here [due to thinking about the Macrons relationship] but there was a programme on BBC4 the other night about Franklin D Roosevelt [sp], his life, his career and his marriage. Annoyingly I missed some of it, fell asleep part way through and my catchup tv isn't working properly but, what I did see was fascinating.It was very much about what the public saw, what was really happening and how he used his public image in different ways eg appearing sound when he actually was unable to walk and yet using his wheelchair when meeting injured troops; not actually for any sort of propaganda purpose but so they could relate to him and he to them.

Looking back at the OP comment about Brigitte Macron trying to look young, I don't blame her. So would I if I were married to someone so much older than me. I think most women and a lot of men in that position would do likewise.

I think if the intention of the OP was humour, an emoji or two would have helped people realise this. The humour aspect occurred to me later on but if one doesn't know a poster personally it can be hard to pick up their type of humour from the written word.
As has been said many times.

A wink and a wry look emoji would have made a difference to me so I suspect they would have to others as well.

So do I, Tegan Gilly That is why I appreciate a spot of lightness in a post. You can't be solemn all day, you'd go doolally.

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...."ugly unflattering dress" Tegan I have got that dress (well in blue anyway) and I look A MAZ ING in it daaahhhling

I know what you mean about spending a lot of time alone. I'm the same and would go "round the twist" if it weren't for the Gransnet community.

Well, given that I spend most days on my own it's nice to see a photo of someone in an ugly unflattering dress and be able to chat to people about here so I can only thank Maw for starting the discussion...[isn't it the sort of thing we'd chat about in 'the real world' without people getting funny about it? we'd all make our point and move on]

Too much time? I have often wondered over the dedicated posters who spend every waking moment minutely dissecting every detail of the political situation but seem not to recognise a spot of tongue-in-cheek defusing humour - have they too much time on their hands?

It was Maw who questioned if others had better things to do , is that not questioning how others spend their time?

Well, I for one think there are a lot of people getting het up over nothing.

Why can we not discuss a persons fashion sense and such? As Maw rightly points out , I suspect Mrs May has a tad more pressing things to read than GN. The woman's made of sterner stuff than too crumble over comments on her dress.

What I don't get is why the personal comments about Maw? How she spends her time is no ones business but hers . Why would anyone wonder why any of us distract ourselves by posting niff naff and trivia here ?

Then Maw should not get personal to other posters

I think Maw might be trying a bit of distraction! So let's not get personal.

and that is why people are so surprised at your post Maw!