Do you dress like your mum did at your age?

I’d say probably dress like a combination of my mother - tasteful, classic - Bet Lynch and Vivienne Westwood.

It probably looks even worse than it sounds, but I love it.

Ilovecheese

My mum didn't live long enough to be as old as I am now, but she wore kaftans quite often. I don't remember her ever going to the hairdresser, she had long hair worn in a French pleat.

Neither did my mum, sadly Ilovecheese. My mum too liked to wear her hair in a french pleat but never wore kaftans. Sadly dying in 1967 from cancer, aged 47, she always wore full skirted dresses or skirts.

Even in her early 80s my mother would never wear what she considered ‘old lady’ clothes. She pretty much stuck to what I’d call classics, but smart rather than ‘old,lady’.

Even when she had dementia and no longer noticed or cared what she wore, I still wouldn’t buy her anything old-lady-ish.

I suppose I’m similar, but a more up to date version. That is, if jeggings count - I’m currently living in M&S ‘cosy jeggings’ - properly high waisted, so you don’t have to keep yanking them up - with long tops.

@ Ilovecheese your mom sounds so stylish x

Nothing like!!

Mun had acquired a "uniform" by my age. For everyday at home there were M&S (synthetic knit fabric) pinafore dresses (one blue one brown) with a polyester blouse underneath and a fine knit "courtelle" cardigan on top. Always tights. She did have some dresses for going out in or in the summer but again always tights!!

I have a colourful wardrobe of Gudrun Sjoden in natural fabrics. It's supplemented by equally colourful bits and pieces from sainsburys. I hardly ever wear tights these days - trousers under tunics, leggings and dresses. Bare legs in summer. Socks if my feet are cold!

Dear heaven, I hope not. My mother was very tall, almost 6 foot, size 9 shoes and totally disinterested in clothes. Finding things to fit years ago must have been terribly difficult though. I vividly remember her attending my school fete one year dressed in a men's checked shirt, a long grey flannel skirt, one fawn sock, one black sock, men's brown brogues and all topped off with a straw hat! No-one ever commented, thankfully.
I have more of my grandmother's fashion sense, thankfully. She was always well dressed and made up. I take advice from my daughter and grand children as I live in fear of turning into my mother.

No? -although smart when out& about, my mum was not what you'd call fashion conscious ?

Oh heavens I hope not!
My DM wore a reasonable amount of makeup, but it looked as though she never used a mirror.
She wore ‘up to date’ clothes for the time but had unusual tastes and her colour sense was a bit exotic!

Sadly I have outlived mum by 22 years and counting.

No nothing like my mother. I wear baggy cotton land girl style dungarees or an Italian linen dress. My style is rather bohemian I suppose. I usually have a bandana or scarf tied around my head in a sort of 1930/40s style.

Oh Yammy, the laugh I've had just at your question! ????
My mother and I were as different as could be and I'm still laughing at the thought of her in leggings, of any colour, and the comical tee shirts I wear!
She once came to stay with us for a few day and forgot her curlers. She asked me- ME - if I had any? Or anything that might curl her hair? Her face was precious when I handed her a set of crimpers!!
I wore trews when I was a little kid, who remembers those? They were so comfortable. But she insisted I wear jeans and forced me into them. Then a few years later, psoriasis on my legs, she bought me a ra-ra skirt (I eventually got to love it, but at first it showed far too much of my lanky legs). Then she complained that I wore my skirts too short....well who put me in a ra-ra skirt, woman?!
Dyeing my hair, although some colours were quite nice, was wrong, of course!
Having my hair cut, kind of pixie style back in the 80s, must have really upset her - oh at last, I was free to choose my own hair length!!
No, I definitely do not dress like my mother, nor did she ever dress like me. And looking back now, she had short hair but we girls had long hair until we were earning our own money!!

Lovely to read the reminiscences about mothers and their clothes, not something I’ve thought about much recently. My mother loved clothes and shoes when she was younger and adored dressing up for my father’s works conference weekends. She would make up Vogue patterns in exquisite materials - a cocktail dress and a full length evening gown, have her hair done professionally, adding a few dabs of Chanel Number 5. She looked wonderful. As she got older clothes were bought from charity shops and she was made up and her hair done. I fell out of love with clothes when I became the wrong shape for ready mades (pear) and struggle to buy anything I don’t have to alter. So I live in my walking trousers and tee shirt type top - nothing like my mother until I look at my face in the mirror - iron out my curls and… o grief, I am morphing into her!

My mum was very much into crimplene outfits, and often made her own outfits. She was also into hats and had quite a collection.

She often styled with a floral pinny, and would never dream of wearing trousers as I tend to do.

My Mum (born 1920) always wore make up almost to the end, she died aged 90. For years she used Elizabeth Arden then discovered the Body Shop and used everything from there.
Having lived in the US for a few years she got used to 'slacks'.
She was very elegant and LOVED heels. That has passed me by but my daughter does her grandmother proud in that department.
I do wear light make up everyday and try to wear something that goes nicely together.

No way on this earth would I dress like my mum ! Age 91 now, she won’t throw a thing away, make do and mend ? so bobbly cardigans etc are worn. When I take her out anywhere I have to say that if she doesn’t put anything presentable on, she will not be going anywhere. If she was hard up I’d be more understanding but she’s not ! It drives me nuts, she looks like a bag lady ?

My mum wore jeans well into her late 70s was fashion conscious had her hair and nails done every week, changed her earrings weekly. Always had lipstick in her bag. I’m very much my mum and keep up with trends and my DDs do the same.

My mother rarely wore trousers and dont think she ever wore jeans at all. She had some smart outfits and evening clothes and usually was very well dressed and always made up before she left the house. My life style has been very different over the years, so when I lived in portugal, it went from cotton t shirts and shorts or trousers in the day and I was a singer with the Gulbenkian choir, so would be either in a long black skirt with a black lace blouse for singing in a church or outside the foundation and the most lovely long cream made to measure dress with a wide yoke of beautifully embroidered beading, to sing in the foundation. I would have my long auburn hair put up in curls or a pleat and be wearing heels. The next morning it would be hair in a pony tail and t shirt and shorts!

My mum did her best with a limited income. She was always small and neat. Definitely more relaxed in fashion, but very smart when the occasion called for it. Scrubbed up well. Me? I live in cut off trousers and Fitflops!

Although she was reasonably stylish and fashion conscious, my mother always insisted that you ‘couldn’t’ wear any sort of heels with trousers. Not even with a smart trouser suit.

This was because she’d read some fashion writer’s edict on this - in the pre war 1930s!
Of course it was no earthy use arguing.

Thanks for this interesting information!

I wear jeans or leisure pants (at home) or long gypsy type skirts. And t-shirts. And vest tops in summer. And whatever I feel like, with no thoughts as to age. (Though not short skirts!) I'm 65 and often wear similar clothes to my 37 year old daughter. My mum always seemed to look "old" with a pinny on, or a headscarf or even a hairnet, in my youth. And shapeless dresses. Hair always in an old lady's perm. Of course, all the other neighbours and rellies of her age looked much the same then. And when I realise that she was actually only in her 40s with the hairnets and shapeless dresses etc, it makes me think how times have changed.

I’ve had to start buying elastic trousers because got arthritis in both hips. I wear what’s comfortable but I always wear makeup and look after my long hair. I Follow fashion and pick what I like to wear. But it’s not what is in fashion it’s what style suits you and mix and matching bits. My mother was always buying clothes when she was here.

I suppose that unconsciously I do dress a bit like my mother did at my age. My confidence in dressing was completely wrecked when I was only 48 and our cheeky handyman kept telling me I should ‘dress my age.’ Looking back, 48 was quite young and I never dressed outrageously anyway, but it made me very conscious of hem heights etc.,so since then I’ve been a very dowdy dresser.

AGAA4 Sounds like me and my mum. My grandmother made me swear on the bible that I wouldn't wear makeup. ( I do when going out somewhere special)
My mother never wore trousers. I wear them all the time.

Mum wore very similar clothes to me. Her outfit of choice would be jeans and a checked shirt. She very rarely wore skirts or dresses. In her last year's after getting dementia we opted for a lovely range of lounge wear for her. She had a beauty and poise that lasted until she passed away.