At what age should we stop....?!

Just look in the mirror - if you don't scare yourself then it's fine! Wear what you want, it's your body.

I agree, Gettingonabit, Carmen dell Orifice (have I git that right?) is stunning. So's that grey haired model the Guardian uses (?Pam).

I went grey in my thirties my hairdresser always says people pay a lot to achieve my colour I tend to wear trousers or long dresses become of bad veins but I think wear what you feel OK in .

Well - I was 62 when I started wearing skirts, and in Summer some of them are above the knee. The only people who seem to have any problem are the women in their 80s and 90s in the retirement housing where I live. Most of them have "granny hair" but I'm now wearing mine to my shoulders. I see it more as wearing what makes me feel good.

This year's slogan at our local "Pride" event was "We can all be heroes". Some of us went as comic book super-heroes. I was Batgirl, with a black leather effect mid-thigh minidress. It was by no means the most flamboyant costume and we all enjoyed the event.

I agree with henetha.

I read somewhere that women buy clothes that they themselves like, not clothes they think men will like. That's how it should be.

I think it's more important to buy what suits you, whatever your age. For example, I think that sleeveless clothes look awful on women with bingo wings but if the weather's hot, why should they be expected to swelter?

The skills of people in their sixties/seventies vary enormously, as do their hair colour and figures. There's no one rule for all of them. I prefer to decide for myself what I do or what I give up on at my age

If the cut off for tattoos is 38, does that mean just for having new ones or should we be hiding those we had done when younger?

and the link you gave is for the US edition
that's why my previous post was an attempt at an Americanism

I my hair went grey when I was in my late forties, I never dyed it but I have a hair cut every 5 weeks and keep it short. I have an iPad a laptop and a wardrobe of clothes that I like regardless of what's in fashion I wear what I like and feel good in.

So, then, the relevant question perhaps should be:

'At What Age Should You Stop Reading the Huffington Post?'

"Huffington Post" - I've read it once or twice, and the link you gave is for the US edition - so I'm not surprised by the banality of the piece.

The "Huff" seems a bit like a cross between one of those mags you try and avoid reading at the doctor's surgery, and a school newspaper put together by 12-year olds.

I reckon the 12-year olds would make a better job of detail

We should all wear what we want for as long as we want.
And do what we want, - if it does'nt hurt others, of course.
We should be free spirits until the end!

I agree with everyone . I'm 67 and very short. Recently I've put on a few pounds mainly I think because I've stopped smoking. But I love skinny jeans and my youngest daughter is my best friend. She'd tell me in a flash if she thought I looked ridiculous in any thing. And I usually take her shopping with me.
Sometimes as we get older it can be difficult to know what suits but I think now most of us are modern grans and can wear what we like within reason.

Hope the language didn't offend!

As my Nana used to say "if it suits the wearer, bugger the starer".

Hi, many moons ago a college lecturer told us " to be well dressed is to be suitably dressed" true at any age I think. The occasion and one's size(!) affect the choice of clothes - and what you like. I find a look in the mirror tells all - occasionally I think - oh dear why did I buy that! My grown up grand daughter is often pleased to have my cast off tops, cardigans and scarves ( not trousers or jeans) and I don't do skirts! Makes me proud as I'm in my 80s!

Do what you want, when you want despite age. I am soon 75, have had short hair all my life, my hair is now silver, and my hairdresser always says how she loves the colour, I would never colour it, it suits my skin, wrinkles as well.
Clothes, I wear what I feel good in, not too short though, knees arent good to show off these days!

size.

Yes to colour. Uplifting at any chronological age.

I think though, jane10 that many clothes are cross-generational (is that a word, even?) now. Many youngsters dress for comfort and are less "corporate" for work than I used to be. I'm wearing pretty much the same things as dd-skinnies/jeggings plus cropped jackets/cardies. She's a size smaller but not for much longer, hopefully.

I think there are some things that are definitely ageing no matter what she you are. I think greying, frizzy, unkempt hair is. I think visible rolls of fat around the middle is.

And, to me, there is something about knobbly, ugly feet in summer sandals that is ageing no matter the age of the possessor.

Somehow I can't manage to do colourful, but my neighbour is older than me and does colourful style beautifully

The worst that can happen is that you give others a good laugh! There's mutton dressed as lamb and carrion dressed as mutton as a dear friend pointed out to me once.
Its awful if someone in front of you appears very youthfully dressed then turns round to reveal an old old face. It can be quite shocking.
I know you'll not want to read this, and I'm not trying to be deliberately offensive, just to point out the risks. Its entirely up to you how you present yourself to the world but its up to others how they might perceive you.

Carmen Del Orifice is a wonderful role model for older women, methinks. Wow.

What ever you and someone close thinks looks good. My old school friend, 67, has had long ,loose hair since I have know her. It is long and silky and was jet black;, now it is pure white and she has always worn a fringe. It is her and she can carry it off with style.

I've noticed that, too, anya. I feel quite sorry for them. Those dresses hardly ever fit properly, they are imho too restrictive for movement, they usually have tiny sleeves and high necks-unless you're built like a pipe cleaner not flattering. And telly adds more weight.

I think Carol Kirkwood always looks good in what she wears-happy and relaxed. She's lost loads of weight mind.

Somewhat off piste I know but, why do so many of the female weather presenters wear outlandish clothes, which are usually too tight for the podgy ones?

I think it depends on where you live too. Some areas are more conservative than others. In my area, which is urban and close to the City Centre, anything goes.

In other areas of the City, particularly in the 'burbs, people tend to be more conservative, and dress more conservatively.