Should you stop wearing certain clothes after a time?

fifomania

Hi! Recently went shopping with my mum and i pointed out a pair of shorts to her that I liked and she said they were too young for me. This made me want to cry! I'm 27, have a good 8 - 10 figure and look about 20 but I'm back at college and I feel so envious of young girls. Clothes and style is so much better than when I was 18 and I spent years of my youth wearing awful clothes or dressing like a boy! :eek: So I don't know if there are clothes you should stop wearing as you get older?

dudara

I actually thank my lucky stars that I'm getting older and that I'm not as susceptible to fashion as I would have been when I was younger. These days, I've figured out what suits and flatters me. I mix it with fashion, but it's not fashion driven.

This one is hard to argue. No one likes seeing an older woman with her tits out or the saggy arse of a middle-aged woman in leggings. But if you have the figure, and you don't look like mutton dressed as lamb, then why should you stop?

I suppose a good indicator is when multiple people tell you that something isn't working for you.

LadyMayBelle

I think you need to find what suits you, and stick with that shape, cut, whatever..but update accordingly. Last time I went shopping with Mum we ended up looking at nice, floaty stuff that might suit my social workery job but I instantly felt old, and told her I didn't think it was me (I'm 27 too and look younger). I stick to structure; I love shift dresses, that kind of boxy style, and bold colours, and a bit of glitter and quirk of course! I hope to carry that style into my "adulthood " , but just adapting it accordingly and appropriately ...as dudara said, no one wants to see a middle aged woman in saggy arse leggings

I do agree, hugely, that the clothes available these days to younger women is so enviable to what we had as teens...I dressed like a boy but that was because that was all there was!!!

jellie

Personally I wouldnt think that 27 is too old to be wearing "fashionable" clothes, but they may be because im 26 :P

Little Acorn

Jennifer Aniston: Age 41 since February
Cameron Diaz: Age 38 since August
Sienna Miller: Age 29 on the 28th this December
Beyonce: Age 29 since September
Kate Bosworth: Age 27 since January, so almost 28

All above wearing shorts in April of this year:
http://incelebritynews.com/2010/04/23/cameron-diaz-jennifer-aniston-beyonce-bring-short-shorts-back-in-style/

Victoria Becham: Age 36 since April
http://www.denimology.com/2009/08/victoria-beckham-abercrombie-fitch-shorts-flip-flops-JT-1.jpg

Kate Moss: Age 36 since January, almost 37
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/06/26/article-1289578-0A348971000005DC-387_198x596.jpg

Nobody bats an eyelid when celebrities follow all the trends nomatter what age they are,and why should they? They follow the trends in a stylish way and still look great.
I just don't get why regular non celebrity girl's are expected by some people to suddenly start dressing like a frump when they reach certain ages.
As long as the clothes are flattering, I don't think you should worry about it as long you feel happy and comfortable in whatever it is you're wearing.:)

Novella

I don't think 27 is too old to wear shorts at all! I think as long as you're comfortable in what you're wearing, you can pull it off. I'm 21, but I've had the same sorta style since I was about fourteen. Of course, it changes slightly as I get older and with what's in the shops, but I've always been into the 'girlie-grunge' thing and I doubt that'll change.

finnegan2010

So what would be your thoughts on these

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-475871/Were-16-nearer-61-front.html

baby and crumble

My initial thoughts are "AH! That's freaky!!" but I guess that's just me. Nobody ever just looks at you from one direction, though. You need to look good from all angles, and tbh they don't. They're almost the reverse of many women- so many of us put huge effort into what we look like from the front, but not from other angles.

I think though at some point, no matter what your body is like, you need to tone things down. there's a weird attitude down there that there's 2 styles of dressing- 'young' and 'old'. it's not like that. I'm 28, so I'm wary of always wearing jeans and tee-shirts, but that's what I'm comfortable in, and I'm lucky to work and study in an area where I don't have to dress formally, but you also never know who's going to be brought in to the office, so I've found a style I like which takes elements of me only being 28, but also with some maturity. You don't suddenly go from wearing mini-skirts to floor length velour!

it is a difficult balance though at times, and I know i get it wrong occasionally, sometimes spectacularly. But oh well!

lainey316

My brother told me I was too old for Topshop full stop at Christmas. That said, he's probably right (I'm 33 though generally pass for younger). Sure a little pair of hot pants might look a bit mutton-dressed-as-lamb but often it's what you put with them. Dressing like Cher Lloyd when you're over 21 will look ridiculous, simple as (ok she looks ridiculous anyway but you know what I mean). Quite often it's not the item someone is 'too old' for - it's the outfit.

Tho I see gangs of 16-20 year olds now and they all look identical - so while the clothes in F21 etc look cute, when everyone wears the exact same thing it's just dull.

finnegan2010

2 weeks ago i was walking up griffith avenue happened to be behind this what i thought was a 25 year old.

hmm fine thing long blonde hair, short skirt just below the bum, boots to the knees heels about 4 inches. the odd car beeping the horn

Was a nice view untill we got to a traffic lights. I had to take a double take.
Her face was like a dried out prune she was about 60.
From behind HOT HOT HOT . Face WOOOAHHHH WOAHHHHHH
how do woman do it , not many men could pull that stunt off lol
MUTTON DRESSED AS LAMB

Chuchoter

Once I was in a lift with a 70 year old in a green tracksuit, giant sunglasses, uggs and a really messy high ponytail. It was like someone took a D4 17 year old but made her really old. It was crazy.

I don't think 27 is too old for shorts, as long as they're nice and not stupidly short.

Sibylla

I do not think 27 is too old to wear shorts at all especially if you have a good figure. The problem is when you have women trying to dress like thirteen year olds, It tends to look a little mutton dressed as lamb. One of my friends is ten years older than me. She insists that she only looks 18/19 but this is not the case at all. Sticking to a style that suits her age would actually make her look younger. A lot of women insist they look younger but you can generally tell what age people are.

Toto Wolfcastle

27 isn't too old to wear shorts as long as they suit you.

I saw a girl recently who was quite tall. She certainly wasn't fat but she wasn't skinny either. She had a good figure, quite curvy. Gorgeous face too. Probably in her twenties. But I couldn't take my eyes off her thighs because she was wearing leather high waisted shorts that did not suit her at all. They made her thighs look absolutely massive. They looked out of proportion with the rest of her body. It was weird.

Just wear what suits you and you (hopefully) wont go wrong.

Plazaman

Unfortunatley you have it all wrong, it's nothing to do with fashion.

You Think : "On they're nice fashionable shorts, I'll have them as I'll look fab"
Your Mum Thinks : "It's January, she'll get her death of cold in them"

anotherlostie

I think a lot of it has to do with shape as much as age. When I was 25 I was very overweight and a lot of 'trendy' clothing looked desperate on me - I cringe when I look back at the photos. 10 years later and three stone lighter, I generally wear what I want but again with common sense dictating what is strictly teenage fashion (mullets, baggy low arse jeans etc). I bought my outfit for my Christmas party in Top Man and Zara and was complimented by several people on it so think as long as you apply common sense when you try it on, you'll be grand. And maybe guys get away with it more, but I have seen 60 year olds trying to dress like teenagers and it looks funny.

huskerdu

If you look good and feel comfortable and good in the shorts, go for it.

The only thing that this thread proves is that 27 is too old for shopping with
your mother.

I don't mean that to sound harsh, but I found this. My Mum, even thought she is quite young and relaxed about most stuff, has much more
fixed ideas of that you "should" be wearing, when you are a certain age.
She doesn't like that I don't wear a "blouse" to work and dress casually a lot of the time.

No point in having a row about it, but I avoid shopping with her.