Jeans - and when to stop wearing them.

Lummy; I only asked! I think my problem is I've got such a fat tummy and anything without elastic cuts me in two by midday. So I'm going for pull-ons, leggings (never white!), treggings and trackies! Different things suit different people and it would be very boring if we were all the same. However, I'm not throwing my jeans away yet.....

I think it started with ‘celebrities’ trying to look as though they really hadn’t got pots of money and were down with the kids varian

I know a lot of people like to wear jeans, but why on earth does anyone ever wear jeans with tears or holes deliberately cut into them? I can remember when I first noticed this "fashion" about thirty years ago. What's the point of it?

I assure you I have never worn elasticated waist beige trousers, even though I have never worn jeans. I wear plain black trousers mostly, occasionally navy.

Love my jeans, I’m rarely seen in anything else, especially in the winter. I think I only possess one skirt (part of the obligatory black suit),but I think even that might be too big. As said previously jeans can be dressed up or be casual. Our standing joke is, am I ready for the elasticated waist beige trousers yet, and the answer is always a resounding No.

I mean they are a uniform because virtually everybody wears them
Seems very conformist and unoriginal to me

Don’t get that, I am afraid. Individuality can be expressed in many ways and whether you wear trousers, skirts, jeans or twinsets and pearls that is a matter of individual choice - never a uniform. Too many variations for a start!

Baggs, . I didn't wear jeans until I was in my 40's, and can't imagine giving them up now, 30 odd years later.

I've only just started wearing jeans again half a century since my last comfortable pair when I was twelve.

I live in denim jeans. I have them in white, cream, dark brown, faded blue, dark blue and black. Straight leg, boot cut and three quarter for summer. They go anywhere. Dress up or down.

I do have some smart trousers, but they don't come out very often. In fact, I think they're the same ones I wore for work 15 years ago. I just don't go to the right occasions now to wear them - apart from funerals.

Love my jeans! I'm 67 and won't stop wearing them any time soon. The ripped styles and the low rise probably don't look right on us older women but I really like the skinny jeans and the ankle grazer - I am shortish so these suit me. Always look at the rear view as this can give some of us that horrible "nappy bottom" . I swear some people NEVER check their rear view.

grandma70s
The thing about jeans is that it’s not just the jeans - if you get the right ones they can be very flattering - but all the different things you can wear with them.
White shirt a la Princess Diana, or big sweater, or t-shirt, or jacket. I’ve been out tonight wearing mine with a black lace top that I’ve had for 25 years
So, far from being a uniform, jeans are actually very versatile and a way of expressing your individuality

Me too, jeans all the way. Happy Birthday to all who will be 70. I will be in May but I don't feel I should be. How have all the years gone in so quickly!

I mean they are a uniform because virtually everybody wears them.
Seems very conformist and unoriginal to me.

Since when have jeans been a uniform?

I’m 78 and have never worn jeans. Who wants to wear a uniform? I am slim and would look all right in them, I suppose, but no....

Varian......actually you did say it, or did you only imagine it was a thought?
You certainly don’t need to be a size 12 to look fine in jeans, even young women are often a size 14/16 and more, and look fine.There are so many kinds of jeans around now, that shape doesn’t matter.They are very stretchy and forgiving worn with the right shirt or top.

Absolutely fine Tilly.
There have been a few GN threads on the subject and every one was reassuring!
Feel free to pm if you have specific questions but honestly, the thought of the op is 100 times worse than the reality.
Whatever awful scenario you're imagining - forget it!
Stop worrying about what you'll feel ( nothing!) or what you'll see ( just bright light).
Recovery time quick and painfree.
Result - excellent!
Now relax and think of colour returning to your life.

Ooh mcem - I’ve got to have a cataract op in the next few weeks - scared stiff! Was it ok? Don’t tell me if it wasn’t! DGD sounds a good ‘un

Does being 70 mean we should give up jeans and wear beige elasticated waisted pull on cheap trousers with stitched in creases? Noooooo!

Now where would we be without our jeans, ladies?! ??

Never from me either, 73 and still wearing my skinny jeans and will continue, and I m size 14 and look fine Why do you have give up wearing them because of an age.... jeggins are fine too

Ditch jeans - perish the thought

Triple b****cks . Apart from when I'm in Oz, I wear jeans or leggings most of the time. I'll be 70 this year and the older I get the less bothered I am about what I wear, what I look like and what anyone else thinks about it. I've just acquired a personal trainer in order to enter my 70's a fitter, trimmer person. I love her to bits already - she didn't believe my age

I stop wearing my jeans every night when I get ready for bed. In the morning they go straight back on again. That will never change. Jeans belong to our generation so obviously we cannot get too old for them. Not so sure about the ones with the crotch down by your knees though. (Brilliant thread, makes me feel so young!)

tilly that's something I 've thought about. When discussing the 'mutton dressed as lamb' dilemma with DGD (17) I made her promise that if ever I wear the wrong thing she will tell me!

I have lots of pairs of reading specs since my cataract op and yesterday she presented me with a fairly flamboyant pair, saying not many people would wear them but "you can get away with it, Gran".

She knows I'm not happy about the looming 70th so has reassured me that since I don't look 70 then I should just ignore it!!
She is looking forward to Disneyland Paris with the wee ones every bit as much as I am. She's a gem!