@auntydeb Better I think, to look at ways of dressing and presenting ourselves for flattering our softer, gentler shapes rather than try to wear the clothes of youth. The clothes no matter what should match the body or visa versa, I would not suggest to a 280lb+ man to don a pair of Speedos or Dolphin shorts. There are women who age has seem to trot to instead of gallop and could wear fashions that society (at least here in the States) want deem exclusively for the young because of the amount of skin it shows or how body hugging it is. Those who have a tighter, leaner shape should be able to celebrate it if they want; not that they have to.
Those young ones are out to mate and procreate. I would not count out the older gals just yet, with many women putting career in front of everything else or divorcing early they are not about to sit on the porch with their knitting needles past 37yr just yet. I suspect many still care about catching the eye of men and having a family or another family if the last one ended. ;-)
@optimisticpessimist Situational dressing: An older woman should not show up to a professional job in a mini-skirt and see-through top, but neither should a 20 year old. A situation for certain attire to me is slightly different from fashion that is suppose to be sensual or sexy. Office attire can be just as sexy as street clothes hence, also, and lastly.
I would not recommend a 270lb+ man going shopping in Dolphin shorts no matter how hot it was because I don’t feel at that would be ”public appropriate”.
Clothing, IMO, should flatter what you have not point out with neon arrows all of your body’s flaws i.e. tight pants that push up rolls of fat (the muffin top) and a crop top. I have seen more teen girls with that particular fashion faux pas than any older women. I could not agree more. I have seen many young women and teens try to pull off fashions many other teens can do and fail horribly, but I guess since it is said that is their fashion they believe they do it well. No matter what the age or shape you should wear what will complement your body or at least not distract away from the good by accentuating the bad.
@noelleptc I don’t[sic] see old as 40’s so I don’t think these models and actresses count. You would not imagine how many people see the 40s or even the late 30s as old, or at least to old to dress with any sort of skin beyond the arms or a backless dress (if it was a gown or some kind).
AstroChuck Whatever you do, don’t tell Helen Mirren that. She was 63 when this was taken. Which is kinda the point, most 60ish women maybe didn’t age as well as her but because they didn’t she should not be penalized for wearing a 2 piece if she can rock it.
The latter example was probably what most would expect and maybe what is usually seen. Also another great example why not to buy after market boobs, that IMO looks far worse and silly than wrinkled butt in a thong.
I don’t have wrinkles or sagging skin yet however I wouldn’t like to dress like a hoochie mama. Doesn’t mean I’m going to dress like someones[sic] grandmother either. What exactly says “hoochie”? How tight, how much skin, how much skin at what age, if ”bullets” are seen on the blouse? What if no skin was showing but supper clingy “painted on” skinny jeans with camel toe?
@Pandora There are clothing that just looks better on a younger person because it looks like something a 15 to 25 year old might wear. If it doesn’t have the Power Puff Girls or Hello Kitty all over it I think a mini can be worn by any age woman if it complements her; the teen or young woman might be wearing a Hanna Montana mini but the older woman I am sure would have one from Armani, VS, or Versace, etc, but still be a mini.
@Neizvestnaya I’ve always looked young, had a good figure with or without clothes but now my face is showing age so even though I could still wear clothes I did before, I feel strange like I never did before. And it always seem to come back to the age of the woman no matter how you try to get around it. You feel differently wearing it because someone else will have an issue with it. If it was anything other than a pair of jeans, a skirt, top, etc no one would take a second look. They won’t say “look at her, she is drinking a 20something coffee, or using a teen dictionary”. They would not say you are buying a 20something lasagna, they won’t sit about distinguishing this or that as being for the young, that is for the old or older. But because it is a mini it can case as you say awkwardness, if some young buck wolf whistle you to discover you could be his mom or aunt then he feels he has egg on his face. But because of that you get collateral damage by not feeling cool enough to wear a mini you could still wear and rock.