“You’re not going out dressed like THAT? “

My mum's comment was always that we'd get our death of cold going out like that. And a dear aunt seeing me in a very short Crimplene dress ready for my friend's wedding told me she could see my bum!

When my father arrived at my daughter's 18th birthday party he took one look at her (very nice, not-too-revealing) dress and said very loudly (being deaf) “surely she should have a vest on, she'll catch her death”. I gather a number of people at school on the Monday asked if she'd got her vest on.

As my parents bought your clothes as long as my sister and I lived at home, they didn't need to say it. Nothing they considered unsuitable was bought for us at all.

I remember being sent to take off too much make-up.

Once I moved away from home, I carefully scrutinised my clothes before visiting my parents.

My father used to say, “ If you meet me in the street, don’t call me Dad, call me Mr ...”
That told me disapproved of my outfit.

A few years before the mini skirt my friend and I made dresses, using the same pattern, for a special dance we were going to. Neither of us had quite enough material so my dresses had a wide piece of black lace added to the hem and she she added the same lace to the middle of the dress.

My dad went mad when I came downstairs, you can see your knees he shouted. So what would he have said if I had added the bit to the middle of the dress?

Ms Leadsom needs to cover her knees at her age.

Hit the nail on the head PernillaVanilla - I had always assumed she was much older.???

And if she must wear a short skirt opaque tights are an essential. A (considerable) glimpse of 50-something thigh is not a good look.

My dad used to say 'You're not going out in that belt are you - put a skirt on' Well yes, my mini skirts were a little too short!

When my parents took me to buy my first skirt suit, my father made sure that the back slit had a piece of the suiting material behind it. I was 15.

Esther mcKey looks entirely appropriate.

Andres’s pink coat is ok, but her boots are way too young for her. As for him, least said!

I work still and although things are fairly casual, there is very much a clothing ethic for both genders which I agree with. Professionalism never goes out of fashion and the way we present ourselves makes us appear professional, even if we may not feel it! I work in admin in the nhs and when I wear a black jacket with a black skirt people treat me differently.

I think AL looks great apart from the hair which needs modernising. DC looks ok, too, but was he really going to a cabinet meeting? I think he's probably wearing a disguise. I would if I was him.

My mother would have said "mutton dressed as lamb" whereas I say - you only live once ?

Don't mean to be unkind but that coat is far too 'busy' for me and she needs to do something with her hair as it's very dated.

I never worried and my parents didn't care what I wore. I can remember being really embarrassed, though, when I met a friend for a night out (we were both in our 40s) and she turned up in what looked just like a little silk slip!

In my humble opinion, her clothes are alright, but the dress is too short for a woman of her age. He looks as though he should be selling "The Big Issue"

I’m going to have flashbacks of Andrea Ledsom’s outfit for weeks. Sorry, that skirt is too short and the boots....well, a bit too Dick Whittington. Boris probably likes the “slap my thigh” look, or she thinks he does. As for Cummings, he looks as if he’s just been released from prison. Which in my view would be the best place for him. Cue outrage from the rabid Brexiteers.

Andrea has dubious taste in clothes. A bit "try hard" I think. Those boots!

Cummings looks as if he is trying to recapture his teenage years (mind bet it's all expensive designer stuff). Like AL's coat but she really needs to look at what she wears under it. Boots and a mini just age you.
Never remember my mum and dad saying anything like that. The only thing my mum didn't like was my tendancy to wear black after 15. She did admit when I was older that it actually suited me.

I was into hippy style. My eldest daughter used to choose my clothing for parents evenings! Cheeky mare!

Skirt too short unless worn with opaque tights.
I too loved Teresa May's style.

Yes, old lady, static dyed hair and clown makeup.

I must have been sent to the wrong page because I didn't see anything odd there.

But then after these two ridiculous excretions creations, nothing has seemed weirder than that - and at a wedding too.

Yes, my Mum often said that to me.
My answer was a smiling, 'Yes.'

And the lisle stocking and lace up shoes she'd bought for me, languished along with the over-long tweed skirts and twinsets.

I bought a copy of the Big Issue today and the seller looked a lot smarter than Cummings! Liked her coat but the dress was too short.

My mother wasn't too bad about my clothes, but my daughter frequently asks me if that's how I'm going out.

I'm sure the person living in the shared house , which is probably a complete fleapit, would be most interested to hear you think her dress was too short.

Anyway, well done for giving her a quid.