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I wouldn't be seen dead wearing XXXX .... and why?

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Rowantree Thu 08-Aug-19 10:19:58

.....a miniskirt, pair of shorts, thong, false nails...
Short items of clothing on my body would freak everyone out.
Thongs make me cringe with imagined discomfort and false nails are pointless on a muckworm like me who enjoys getting her hands grubby.

Anyone else?

birchermuesli Fri 09-Aug-19 21:47:23

heels (can't walk in them, also they make calves look weird), polo necks (unflattering), wrap dresses (unflattering).

joannapiano Fri 09-Aug-19 21:39:38

Aepgirl, sorry, but you had better get ready to vomit into the nearest waste bin when I come past in my vest top, bingo-wings flapping.

GoodMama Fri 09-Aug-19 21:20:34

I don't know about the UK, but here in the US most of the teenage girls are very casual. Their favorite "uniform of choice seems to be large, oversized t-shirts with short running/athletic shorts underneath.

They look like they are walking around in their Dad's old t-shirt and no bottoms on at all.

It's atrocious, sloppy and they all do it!

Miep1 Fri 09-Aug-19 21:19:05

I'm with joannapianna on this, especially the ones with a sewn-in crease down the front. I'm sticking to my jeans till the day I die, probably literally!

Aepgirl Fri 09-Aug-19 21:13:24

Sleeveless dresses / tops. How I dislike over 50’ s showing their wobbly arms.

grannybuy Fri 09-Aug-19 20:50:02

Long hair ( unless it was luxuriously thick - which mine isn't )
Polo necks
Leggings ( unless for an excercise activity )
Thongs
Any top that shows my bra
Anything with epaulettes
Tunics - being only five feet, I like shorter tops, and alter many to fit
All black ensembles
Stilletoes
Sandals in the winter

Jaxie Fri 09-Aug-19 20:29:11

Anything that shows a wrinkled cleavage, bare shoulder tops, animal prints and frills ( nobody loves a fairy when she's forty).

Bellasnana Fri 09-Aug-19 20:25:56

Hats. I look a b****r in them.

PamelaJ1 Fri 09-Aug-19 20:17:56

Anything with logo’s on it.
I’m not paying any company to act as its advertising board.

lmm6 Fri 09-Aug-19 19:51:01

A fleece.

Saggi Fri 09-Aug-19 19:31:52

I have three prolapsed discs in my lower back....no doubt caused by wear n year of wearing stupid high heels when a teenager...my first disc went at 21......think on!!

debgaga Fri 09-Aug-19 19:28:09

I don’t like to wear my birthday suit in polite company as it really could do with an iron

NannyAnn2 Fri 09-Aug-19 17:21:52

A Frown, life's too short.

GrauntyHelen Fri 09-Aug-19 17:20:41

a rain mate

Blinko Fri 09-Aug-19 17:06:35

False eyelashes, ripped jeans, tattoos, stilettos, frills - all noooo!

GrannyAvis Fri 09-Aug-19 16:49:28

I have knees that swell sometimes with scars from knee replacements, and I would never wear a short skirt but last summer I decide to wear my scars with pride and once I got my legs brown I wore shorts just above the knee. First time in 10 years and nobody batted an eyelid! Be brave, give it s go.

4allweknow Fri 09-Aug-19 16:02:23

Caterpillar eyelashes, slug like nails and the nails especially with half a ton of glitter and jewels on them. (As to the face cream issue, its the very flat tips of the fingers as with everything else needing normal finger movement. For the toilet issue, do these people go to the toilet.) 5 inch heels so fashionable now, short shorts, bikini, and Pat Butcher earrings.

Musicgirl Fri 09-Aug-19 15:13:58

I am definitely in the no thongs brigade and l will not wear short skirts or shorts either. Believe me l am saving the world from myself. I have to dress reasonably smartly for work and most of the year wear smart trousers, top and long open cardigan with a necklace. I enjoy wearing skirts and dresses too. Interestingly, because my bottom half is two sizes bigger than my top half elasticated trousers are the only ones that really fit without the waist being far too big. Jean's are out for the same reason. Really, l try to dress to flatter my smaller top half and hide my horrible bottom half.

kwest Fri 09-Aug-19 14:09:42

I have often secretly envied both burkhas and those blue trousers and tops that everyone once had to wear(not sure if it was in China or some such place). To just be able to get up and shower and dress in the same loose thing as everyone else was wearing sounds bliss to me. I recently invested in four really nice kaftans to wear in the promised heatwave summer. Sadly it has rained almost every day since. There are no bits of me that I want to draw attention to. None of it is excessively ugly or beautiful. A smile and an interest in other people are enough to be remembered by. The whole dressing decisions business is really tedious. I'm not the most observant person in the world so I must admit that I can't remember if a smile is actually visible in a burkha.

grandtanteJE65 Fri 09-Aug-19 14:07:22

I would never wear a track suit, roll neck or turtle neck jumpers, a pleated tweed skirt or flannel slacks.

gillyknits Fri 09-Aug-19 14:00:48

Agree about thongs! Can’t get my legs out under any circumstances although I can wear a long skirt.

sarahellenwhitney Fri 09-Aug-19 13:54:17

No way do I see attractive in wearing what I refer to as' at half mast' are trousers that go above the ankle but can't make it to the calf.

inishowen Fri 09-Aug-19 13:49:58

I won't wear anything that shows my cleavage, short skirts, tight trousers, tights, stockings, heels, earrings, false eyelashes, mascara. That's enough isn't it!

Minniemoo Fri 09-Aug-19 13:44:39

Crocs

petalmoore Fri 09-Aug-19 13:43:24

I was invited to a party in the late 70s, when I was in my late twenties, to which guests were invited to wear something they wouldn’t be seen dead in. My pièce de résistance was an NHS wig prescribed for me when I was having chemotherapy - it was in a bouffant backcombed bob style and made from the same vinyl hair as a doll, and it made me look like a barmaid in a low dive. I didn’t lose enough hair to make it worth my while showing my face in it, as it were, but I thought it would be a pity to waste it, so I teamed ‘her’ with a black full length nylon nighty an d mountain climbing boots. I was prett sure I wouldm’t have to be seen dead n it, and so far I haven’t been!