Do you care? Too much ? Too little ?

I care a great deal about how I look, and would rather be slightly over-dressed than under-dressed. The one thing I really detest is women not wearing bras - it seems much more since lockdown, and to me is really slovenly.

Humbertbear, why would you - when it's not that important?

Aepgirl, I wear a bra to go out (and shoes) - does that count?

I just want some trousers and (maybe) jeans that fit me properly

I look tidy, always have a little makeup on and my hair sorted. If I'm going out somewhere I dress for the occasion, but most of the time I'm walking the dog, food shopping, gardening, etc so don't dress up too much. I'm clean, my clothes are clean and that's the most important thing.

Galaxy- ???

I care. My style has changed over the past few years. I am seen in baggy cotton dungarees when on my boat but when I go out.. even to the market...I will wear an Italian linen dress and stylish shoes. My hair is styled even when home. One should always have pride in the way we look...

I always just feel ok in the clothes i wear, i have no style at all. The clothes i would like to wear i dont have the confidence too. My best friend would look good in a bin liner she just has style and grace. She knows how to do her hair and make up and beside her i feel like a..... gulump... if there is such a word. We never actually go anywhere together as we just dont 'match' so we always see each other in our homes and we talk about anything and everything and have a great time. I sometimes feel she is out of my league really. We have similar viewpoints on life, families and politics, and after working together over 35 years ago, seeing each other through weddings, marriage break ups, kids and their problems in teenage years and funerals of our beloved parents and now my DH we have a shared bond of some kind. Sorry OP i have kinda got side tracked.

I do care. I don’t leave the bedroom without lipstick, earrings and perfume. I wear clothes which match and which are pressed and clean. Some of my clothes are quite old but if I haven’t worn something (excepting formal clothes) for a couple of years, it goes straight to the Charity Shop. OH, well on the other hand, really doesn’t care. We were about to go out for lunch the other day and I noticed he was wearing a pair of trousers which were covered in mud. He said no one would notice because he would be sitting down in the restaurant! I encouraged him to change. He hates buying clothes too and wears shirts until they literally are threadbare. He didn’t used to be as bad as this but since he retired he just doesn’t seem bothered.

rafichagran

I dont care obsessively, two showers a day, moisturiser, lipstick and ironed clothes that l feel I look good in. After that I dont give it a thought.
I dont like it when people say they dont care what they look like, I know someone who said this and I am afraid he did smell. He admitted he was lazy, but unfortunately this had an affect on other people as it was not pleasant.

Two showers a day seems like caring obsessively to me!

I care to some extent. I like to feel comfortable so do not slavishly follow fashion but I like to also feel good - like I have made an effort.
I usually put makeup on because if I don't and catch myself in the mirror I look like my mother - when she was 100!!

I'm rather lazy and tend to wear pull over jersey dresses (easier over my post-lockdown bulges) in bright prints. I visit a nail bar once a fortnight - acrylics and gel because my natural ones peel, split and break as soon as they are a millimetre long. I wear a couple of cheap rings and, occasionally, earrings, now that I don't have to don a mask so frequently. Sometimes I put on makeup but it depends on how much time I have in the morning - I'm often late and in a rush, in which case I go barefaced. Sometimes I don't even brush my hair, just stick it all into a bushy ponytail.

My partner praises me for always looking elegant! Hah!

I care. I apply makeup every day, even just to do the gardening. Not loads, justfoundation, blusher, lipstick and mascara.
I mainly wear jeans and either a long sleeved tee shirt or sweatshirt but obviously something a bit dressier for going out.
I get my hair trimmed regularly and highlighted every few m9nths. I don’t wear nail varnish on my fingernails and keep my nails short. I do paint my toenails a very bright crimson in the summer.
That’s about it.

I am a mostly a stay at home carer for an adult DC so I have a load of ancient clothes that are "OK for round the house". I an also of an age where my look for years has been (ageing) hippy/boho so I don't really do conventionally "smart". .

Aldom

I was once sitting in the waiting area at the hairdresser. I was quietly admiring the woman seated next to me. Her clothes were obviously expensive, she was elegant, just so beautifully turned out. As I was thinking this, she turned to me and said, 'I feel such a mess. I only wear these old clothes to come to the hairdresser.' I was speechless.

Heck! I always wear scruffs to the hairdressers!!

For a reason. Back when I was a teen, I had to go to a hairdresser for a practice bridesmaid's hairdo. I was nicely dressed. The stylist was using setting lotion and I felt it trickle right down my back. When my dress was washed, where the lotion had been the dress fabric was bleached out. Never worn good clothes to have my hair done since

greenlady102

I don't care what other people think I look like....I do care what I think I look like.

Sums up how I feel absolutely, thank you. Though I do run a mile from a camera!

Riggie I suffered the same as you did with leaking hair colour, so I’m careful what I wear to have my hair done.
Beth20, even when I feel I look good, the camera doesn’t always reflect that, but since I’ve invested in what my DGC call my ‘human fly’ sunglasses I’m more willing to join pics.

Travelsafar, no one is 'out of your league' so please don't think that. I' sure your friend would be horrified at the very idea. Eviebeanz pretty much nails it for me in everything she says. I need to walk past the mirror with total approval by way of a wink and a nod That's from me and nobody else. Love colour co-ordination and classic styles. Can't think when I last bought a single item. Still love all the old stuff that fills my wardrobe. Can't get out of bed until I've decided what I'm going to wear and then it's shower and all systems go. Love it.

I stopped following fashion, which I had never been fanatical about, in my mid-forties.

I still prefer to feel that I am dressed in something that suits me, but as old age is definitely here, I don't really enjoy looking at myself any more.

I make sure I'm clean and tidy. I don't care what people think. I am never going to be the height of fashion but I wear what I feel suits me.

I would say somewhere inbetween.
As long as i am clean and tidy that`s fine by me.
However,when igo out for an occasion i try a little harder.
I have yet to have a sarccy comment.

I have a hair dye story, Riggie.

I dyed my hair red for about 30 years. Once after it was freshly dyed, I went to the gym. Rigorous workout, as you do. Broke a sweat as usual, which I mopped on the hand towel I take with me.

It was only when I got back to the changing room that I realized I had ginger sweat trails down my face and neck.

I care up to a point. I change from house trousers to decent ones every time I go out. If I’m going to meet people, I’m reasonably colour coordinated, including jewellery ( subtle beads or pendants with matching ear rings. At a recent hospital appointment the doctor asked the consultant to come through, and after she had questioned me, and consulted with the doctor, her parting shot was, “ I must compliment you on your jewellery “. It shows that some people do notice the little touches.

I care. I have two conditions which affect my weight; one of which, lipodoema, means my lower half is much larger than my upper body and will not change however much l diet or excercise. My top half is a size 12 and my bottom half a size 16. I cannot do casual - smart casual is as far as I go. I like Seasalt and Joe Browns. I quite often wear a knee length dress over leggings or footless tights.

Eviebeanz

I do care in that I take time when I dress each morning to choose things that match, feel comfortable, are flattering and appropriate to what I will be doing.
I don't care in that (a) I don't choose the latest fashions when buying new clothes and (b) I don't pay attention to what other people think of my choices
My husband says that my motto is be "never knowingly underdressed".

Could have written this myself exactly the M.O. ! I also dress in 'themes' now I'm not working , like to dress all in one colour down to jewelry and shoes, or in a 'mod' theme now I have painfully short hair! Or as a bag lady if I'm staying in garden ha! Having spent all working life "suited and booted" good clothes practices stay with me and I love it!