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Am I too old to show my cleavage?

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annodomini Sun 15-Aug-21 18:24:34

For years I have been hoping that I'd lose enough weight to wear my favourite dress. I bought it originally for my 70th birthday. Now past 80, I tried it on today and it fits perfectly. However, it does have rather a low neckline. Though I say it myself, I still have a good, unwrinkled cleavage, but at my age, will I look odd if I wear it? Or should I just put the dress on Ebay and buy one more befitting my age?

MerylStreep Mon 16-Aug-21 09:03:20

Kittylester
How true ? she’s always happier, though.

kittylester Mon 16-Aug-21 08:59:18

But, who is to say that you are right, Meryl.

MerylStreep Mon 16-Aug-21 08:51:42

Grandma70s
Oh how true. My dearest friend just can’t get it together ( style wise) when she asks me does this look ok I tell her straight.

timetogo2016 Mon 16-Aug-21 08:51:30

Wear it with pride and a smile,girl power.

NotAGran55 Mon 16-Aug-21 08:47:10

Sparklefizz

Juliet27

Yes, Sophia Loren looks wonderful. I find that my décolletage looks ok if my shoulders are back but if I have to move my arms together then the wrinkles appear ?

Yes, exactly that .... and the creases are not appealing.

But that wasn’t the question was it from Anno?

Certain looks and styles may not be the best on any of us for a multitude of reasons , but the wearers ‘age’ is irrelevant.

VANECAM Mon 16-Aug-21 08:45:04

All posters beware!

Fat blokes can where and reveal wot they like too!

But for some reason all posters would tend to have a negative take on that.

Revealing that there is a bias against fat blokes.

Billybob4491 Mon 16-Aug-21 08:43:10

I have never felt comfortable flashing too much chest, so I bought online a lacy modesty thingy, its about the size of a handkerchief and is fastened by press stud to your bra straps, it works for me whatever makes you happy.

Marydoll Mon 16-Aug-21 08:40:13

Lucca

Grandma70s

I have always felt that cliché about not saying anything at all if you can’t say something nice would make for a pretty deadly level of conversation and discussion.

Indeed

Indeed, but it can be done without being rude or hurtful.

Lucca Mon 16-Aug-21 08:38:12

Grandma70s

I have always felt that cliché about not saying anything at all if you can’t say something nice would make for a pretty deadly level of conversation and discussion.

Indeed

Grandma70s Mon 16-Aug-21 08:34:55

I have always felt that cliché about not saying anything at all if you can’t say something nice would make for a pretty deadly level of conversation and discussion.

Jackiest Mon 16-Aug-21 08:33:14

Don't waste your time worrying what other people think. Wear whatever you are happy with and whatever they think is their problem not yours.

Lucca Mon 16-Aug-21 08:32:24

Zoejory

We are allowed to wear what we want.

Obviously but OP asked the question?!

Zoejory Mon 16-Aug-21 08:22:11

We are allowed to wear what we want.

Sparklefizz Mon 16-Aug-21 08:19:40

Juliet27

Yes, Sophia Loren looks wonderful. I find that my décolletage looks ok if my shoulders are back but if I have to move my arms together then the wrinkles appear ?

Yes, exactly that .... and the creases are not appealing.

eazybee Mon 16-Aug-21 08:15:20

If you ask the question, it means you are not comfortable about it.
Can you add a small piece of matching material or thin straps sewn across the lowest part, so you can relax?

Juliet27 Mon 16-Aug-21 08:11:24

Yes welbeck I too wear some of my smaller shirts as jackets.

Juliet27 Mon 16-Aug-21 08:08:49

Yes, Sophia Loren looks wonderful. I find that my décolletage looks ok if my shoulders are back but if I have to move my arms together then the wrinkles appear ?

Lucca Mon 16-Aug-21 08:00:13

Sophia Loren, 80

Pammie1 Mon 16-Aug-21 07:50:57

You’re as old (or as young!) as you feel, so if you love it, wear it. If you feel confident about the low neckline, then that’s all you need - wear it and enjoy. Alternatively if you feel a bit self conscious, wear a pretty cami underneath. And Hetty58 - I have another old saying for you. If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. That was just bloody rude for the sake of it.

Elizabeth1 Mon 16-Aug-21 07:48:07

Are you sure you’ve no wrinkles? anno if so just wear it and enjoy envy

Marydoll Mon 16-Aug-21 07:44:09

yggdrasil

wear a necklace with it. Not a thin chain, a proper noticeable one

Good shout!

yggdrasil Mon 16-Aug-21 07:43:05

wear a necklace with it. Not a thin chain, a proper noticeable one

Riverwalk Mon 16-Aug-21 07:41:06

For me it would depend on how low is low - are we talking a hint of cleavage or a full-on Diana Dors look?

Lucca Mon 16-Aug-21 07:33:04

Esspee

My son referred to my shorts as not being “age appropriate”. It made me even more determined to wear them. You like it OP, you wear it and enjoy.

Now that I find odd. I totally respect the opinions of both my sons and would certainly not deliberately go against what they said.

Annodomini
I don’t have a cleavage so can’t really comment. To me the important question is “is it a stylish tasteful pretty dress?”

Marydoll Mon 16-Aug-21 07:17:14

In this day and age, women should be able to wear what they like, without having to defer to others or be judged.

The only reason I don't show any cleavage, is I'm so well endowed for such a small woman, that the natives would be traumatised!
Many years later, a doctor friend admitted to me that while still at school, at the age of seventeen, he and my other doctor friends used to describe my boobs as the eighth engineering wonder of the world!. They were surprised I didn't keel over. If Borrheid is reading this, it was the Irish one!

PS, I am proud to be wrinkle free!