NOT a fashion statement !

Totally unadventurous I'm afraid..... You're more imaginative than me NanKate, sounds lovely!

I love your choice of lilac coloured nails NanKate I bought blue nail varnish yesterday and going to do them to-morrow with DGD,and my DSs arriving when wearing my onesie and saying "see you are having a chav day mum" "I don't care I have no where to go and am warm and comfy thank you very much" says me.

I was in my fifties when I went to horticultural college. We'd been out in the cold planning a tree planting scheme for our local EMMAUS so I was wearing appropriate clothing. Afterwards I picked up DS to give him a lift into town and do a Tesco shop. He was horrified that he'd be walking round a supermarket with his mother wearing what he described as 'student grunge.'

I don't think I possess anything that would shock anyone

About ten years ago I came down the stairs in jeans and long boots, and DD said 'Mother!!! Even I wouldn't wear my jeans that tight!'

So now I am a well-behaved Mummy when it comes to jeans and low-cut tops. She made me realise it was time I grew up - sartorially, anyway.

Only my red Dockers. DD says I look like a lesbian social worker.

No offence to any LSW's out there, I'm sure you all look lovely.

I haven't revealed my trapper hat yet. It makes me look like a High Court judge.

It took a while for the family to get used to my bright multi coloured mac / coat but now they like it because they can always find me in a crowd - such as in a protest group that was televised a couple of years ago!

I'm not the 'beige granny' that Billy Connolly talks of, I like colour.
Nobody has ever been surprised at what I'm wearing though.

REminds me of the time when I used to run a Pre-School in a very battered old hall with all the equipment kept in a deep dusty cupboard...we had to wrestle it out everyday. My footwear of choice was mauve DMs....and yet everything else was so Lady Di.....all pie crust shirts and denim skirts. Mind you they saved many a stubbed toe.

My daughters took me in hand a few years ago to set me straight!

I don't have any daughters, 4 boys. I tell my dils... please tell me if I get to an embarrassing stage cos I may need someone to keep me right

One step son says I'm glam granny... I responded that I hoped that wasn't a euphanism for... time she stopped wearing the low cut tops..... I was just kidding (sort of). Honestly, I've raised the neck line a bit in recent years and often use a scarf. Can't abide anything round necked. And my bestest ever friend would soon set me straight !!

My daughter is the opposite. She always says 'wear what you like - go for it'. If I ask her is something is too young/low/short she always says 'don't be ridiculous, you are 65 not dead'

Can't think of anything but then I'm not a flashy dresser- tend to keep to conservative things and don't show a lot of flesh.

Just bought a golden yellow coat and a bright blue jacket. I like a lot of black or navy so this brightens me up, and I can be seen when I wander off. Love the trend in lace-ups; can even run a bit now. Hate beige, grey marl and pastels but really because they do not suit me.

My daughter says she will have me put away if she sees me in a leopard print coat. Now that's a challange.

I'll wear any colour except dull brown, might even wear that if partnered with something like a bright orange.
Normally I wear a lot of blue.

I am convinced that my DSs never notice what I'm wearing. DG1, however, is my fashion adviser and usually says, 'Go for it, gran!'

About 25 years ago, when DC were in early teens I had a very smart lilac coloured Jaeger suit, which I wore for work.

I also wore it for prize day at DS's school as I was chairman of the PTA and sitting on the stage with teachers and other people with an involvement in the school. For some reason, that still eludes me, DS was excruciatingly embarrassed at my wearing this suit at a school event, why I do not know. At the same time he was equally embarrassed if anybody he knew saw his younger sister when she was wearing a red poncho, of which she was very fond.

Dgd was surprised that 50 years ago I wore a mini skirt that just covered my knickers. Had to leave my bedroom wearing my long overcoat to hide it.

Also, that I won a competition when I was 17 for dancing the twist.

Flicketyb It was because it made you 'stand out' [the bright colour.]The same for your daughter in her red poncho. He must have been a very sensitive child.
I don't think I wear anything surprising or super colourful or mutton-dressed-as-lamb [goes away to peer in wardrobe.]

I had a very bright pink nylon fur jacket which I once wore to a parents' evening - boy was I in trouble!

Do you think we wear some bright fun clothes now because we went through the 60s wearing fab clothes like Coolgran describes?

I don't think the youngsters of today have the same wonderful choice we had in the 60s.

I don't have grand daughters so maybe I am wrong, but most young girls seem to wear ripped jeans and ordinary tops and long floppy hair. Please prove me wrong.