Do you dress like your mum did at your age?

My mother never, ever used face creams - she was a soap and water person - and had the most amazing complexion right up until she died at nearly 90! Her only concessions to make-up were a flick of powder and lipstick if she were going out.

She had the weekly, obligatory shampoo and set, plus a perm every few months!

She made her own clothes, mainly dresses and always looked well turned out rather than glamourous. She did succumb to trousers, but never jeans!

Yes my dear Mum, born 1920s, was a dress or skirt and blouse lady and always wore a pinny in the kitchen. Tidy hair and a shampoo and set every week. Very little make up, she looked lovely without it. Gran, born 1890s, was the same except she had her hair permed and I don’t remember her wearing any makeup. I’m the complete opposite, live in jeans, long hair and wear eye makeup every day. I’d love to have inherited Mum’s looks.

M y mother dressed as if she was much older than her age. She was never interested in her appearance.
I am the exact opposite!

My mother was born in 1920s, grandmother in 1890s. I think my mum's generation dressed like their mothers between 30 and 60 yr old, tweed skirt, jumper, maybe twin set . Once they retired, a lot of comfort clothes particularly manmade trousers and skirts. My gran never worked outside the home once she married. She always wore a corset, dressed smart, full pinafore or housecoat to cook/clean.
Me? My comfort is leggings & skirt, jeggings, T shirt, hoodie, fleece - cotton, cotton-mix, natural fabrics if possible.

My mother sadly passed away at the age of 69 which I nearly am but anyway she loved clothes, she even had clothes made for her, Me,I live in jeans and sweaters, T-shirts in the summer and linen trousers…

I dress more like my 41y old daughter. We’ve been known to share clothes occasionally.
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I was a huge disappointment to my mother. She wore an awful lot of beige and that sort of greeny colour that middleclass ladies used to wear.

I have said before that she hoped, one day, to see me dressed like the wife of a professional man! Sadly the twin set and pearls seem to have got lost in the post.

My mum never owned a pair of trousers. Always wore dresses and skirts. Had a perm every 6 months and a shampoo and set every week. Make up was lipstick and powder. All this was very similar to her own mum.
I am much more casual. I wear denims and jumpers or leggings. I hardly wear any make up, just lipstick.

No! my mother was born in the 1920s, my grandmothers in the 1890s, all of their time. My grandmother once told me off when I was aged 13 turning up at a family gathering in bell bottom jeans

My mother, when we were growing up didn't have the money to splash out on the clothes she may have wanted, although she did have a working wardrobe that comprised of fairly smart blouses and skirts. She had the most disposable income towards the end of her life when she downsized after she was widowed, but then she no longer cared about clothes that much, simply wanted to wear what she felt comfortable in, usually trousers. She also achieved her ideal weight around that time, in fact she ended up quite tiny, because she ate like a sparrow, we often laughed about that, many of the things she would have like to have had before came too late to appreciate them.

No! I don't dress like her, I still wear jeans, leggings, ankle boots, all the stuff we grew up with but possibly have modified somewhat according to our age now. I wouldn't for example wear a short skirt or ripped jeans, not that I like the latter anyway, but do wear skinny jeans sometimes. My perception of older generations is that they were generally more conservative in what they chose to wear. Particularly if we go back to our grandmothers' time, I think my paternal grandmother had ten pink fits at what she viewed as the outrageous back when I was going through my teens. I was also at the hairdressers yesterday, loads of multi coloured hair worn by stylists, I think in comparison none of our generation bat an eyelid as to what once would be viewed extreme and is now just pretty commonplace.

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Yammy my Mum was very similar to yours. Her makeup was Nivea cream or Ponds, powder and red lipstick. She only wore her wedding and engagement rings.
Skirts and blouses with an apron on if cooking.
She never wore trousers and wouldn’t have been seen dead in jeans or anything casual.
By the time I had children she was your typical old fashioned homely Granny and would do anything for all of us.
My MIL spent all of her earnings on herself and floated around in posh frocks, long red nails, covered in jewellery and didn’t do anything unless it suited her.
But the kids loved them both (probably due to their very different ways).

We could have had the same families. My MIL spent all the money on herself and was always up to the minute she even wore mini skirts until my FIL complained. Her array of youth creams would go down well now.
My mum was like yours I had forgotten the ever-present pinny. One step up from the wrap around one my gran wore it was really a sleeveless frock.With something called a course brat on top. A heavy-duty pinny that looked as though it was made from sacking.
My kids did enjoy them both and got a different set of values from them. MIL smoked my mum didn't, MIL didn't have pierced ears and when I let one of mine have hers pierced aged 16 she said the same as she had to me,it was "common", until I pointed out the Queen had hers pierced.

My own mother was always fashion conscious,she used to tell my dad we'd be a s well dead as out of fashion when he compained our skirts were too short etc .She did like to be well dressed and always had her hair fixed and her face on .She was weight obsessed and ate off a tea plate to keep her portions tiny.She was never above 7 stone in her life.

It made us follow some of the same routes,I always put my face on as soon as I get up and am always reasonably well dressed,my daughter calls me her wee glam mammy .

It isn't all good though as I've had weight issues all my life ,fasted in my teens when I was a size 8 and still now panic if I've put on a few pounds or a stone over lockdowns.
All in all I'm happier to be an image conscious person when I see the mess some folk are in the street ,they dont seem to have a mirror to check how they look from all angles,but I AM image conscious not vain.

Yammy my Mum was very similar to yours. Her makeup was Nivea cream or Ponds, powder and red lipstick. She only wore her wedding and engagement rings.
Skirts and blouses with an apron on if cooking.
She never wore trousers and wouldn’t have been seen dead in jeans or anything casual.
By the time I had children she was your typical old fashioned homely Granny and would do anything for all of us.
My MIL spent all of her earnings on herself and floated around in posh frocks, long red nails, covered in jewellery and didn’t do anything unless it suited her.
But the kids loved them both (probably due to their very different ways).

My mum always looked amazing, even when at home. She had more style than I have, seemed to know what to wear to look stylish, but never frumpy. But she never wore jeans, as I do, as find them warm.

My grandmother (born 1883) and my mother (born 1910) always wore trousers after the war, unless they absolutely had to wear a skirt or a frock.
My mother made all her own clothes as well as working full-time.
Both of them threw away their corsets as soon as they could.
I loved them for being feisty and forward thinking. ❤️

Yes, but my mum looked amazing in smart casual- I have not inherited her style and simple, understated glamour.

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.