Do you dress like your mum did at your age?

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 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.

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 (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.

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.

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!

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!!

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.

Sadly I have outlived mum by 22 years and counting.

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!

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

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.

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!

@ Ilovecheese your mom sounds so stylish x

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

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.

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.

No, not at all. My Mum didn’t dress like her Mum either. ?

My mother was very into fashion. Very embarrassing when I was at school because her style was quite different from other people's mothers.She always coloured her hair and wore full make up almost till the day she died. Always in dresses or skirts and a hat when she went out (think Hyacinth Bucket)

I mainly live in Jeans and loose tops and my hair is cut by the man who used to cut DH's. hair. I only really bother with make up if I'm going out somewhere, which obviously isn't often at the moment.

I’m lucky enough still to have my mum, she’s 93 now. 30 years ago she dressed pretty much as she does now, she’s a big fan of ‘easy care’ fabrics, so she wears a blouse, jacket or cardigan, with trousers every day, all made of man made fabrics, with Hotter shoes which she’s worn for many years (not the same pair!). She always looks smart, but not in clothes that would ever wear.
I’m a jeans girl since I had my first pair at 13, I wear T-shirts and sweatshirts etc., all cotton usually, with boots- she would never wear anything I would choose. We do both hate skirts though!

Every time I see " Mrs Brown " she of the Brown's boys, her dresses and cardigans are like my mum's were. Whatever colour was in her dress she'd pick it out and buy a matching cardigan.
Mum never wore trousers, always dresses. I'd be frozen without thick tights and trousers.

A full pinny when doing the housework or cooking and only wore slippers when ready for bed.

What I never understood were the hats. Always a hat on and sometimes it stayed there while she prepared tea after she'd been out.

A dab of Ponds and a pale lipstick was all she used.
I've never been one for the full make-up either.

No, I don't dress how mum used to do. D's had some of my tops so that'll give you an idea. I suppose I'm a slob in comparison to how mum was.
When she was alive she sometimes asked " what on earth have you got on ?"

It'd be an oversize silk " artists shirt " in shocking pink and a pair of flowered trousers, with my hair in a pony tail tied with a bright chiffon scarf She was very neighbour conscious but I certainly wasn't. Next doors were very Dior.
I'd do the same today !

Dress like my mum? Good God no! She always looked so immaculate with corset, perm, shampoo and set etc. She never left the house without makeup and was always getting changed. She was very beautiful, very vain - and a terrible mother.

There'd be a skirt and top in the morning, an 'afternoon dress' - then another change for dinner and the evening.

She had clothes made for her (women would come to measure her) made some herself - and bought yet more (always good quality). She had special bags and shoes to match various outfits, so very concerned about coordination - and presentation.

Oh, and she thoroughly checked her appearance and hair in a mirror (preferably full length and three way) every ten minutes, it seemed.

Life's too short for all that! What a waste of time! I'm the opposite.

Mine very fashionable. My Dad and Mum both looked fabulous.
Dad especially loved his leather "bomber jacket"
Both never had a problem with bright colours, my Mum loved a bit of leopard print /big prints and a bit of "bling", she was always face cream made sure she had her lipstick on, with a squirt of perfume.
She passed away about 18 months ago nearly 90, up until the end looking fab.
My sister and I have followed in their footsteps.

My mum was a very petite lady with a lovely figure. None of her six daughters including me had such a very slim waist. She liked dresses blouses skirts and twinsets. She never wore trousers until she was in a home having dementia. She was quite vain when she was younger her outfits always coordinated well she never wore makeup. She wore glasses only for reading and would not wear them outside. She liked Ponds cold cream and Oil of Ulay (original) named cream.
I don't dress like my mum but I do like pretty floral dresses in the summer. I don't wear a lot of makeup apart from eyebrow pencil and lipstick. I have been wearing varifocal glasses since my forties I can't wear lenses.

My mother loved clothes as did my father. Mum adored looking at photos of stylish women, she dressed as well as she could afford, preferring quality over quantity and she really took care of her clothes, bags and shoes.

They always looked good, my Dad especially could be a little vain.

I think my style is a bit more casual than my mother’s. I’ve been wearing jeans for over fifty years and don’t see me giving them up ever.