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At what age should you stop wearing jeans ?

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MarxistMags · 13/06/2025 00:16

When are you too old to wear jeans? I've always worn jeans, tee-shirt, fleeces etc. I wore a uniform at work. I can dress up when it's warranted and scrub up quite well. But it's unnecessary and over the top for going to the chip shop !
I do wear nice tops and cardigans when meeting with my friend for lunch.
Is it time to embrace the polyester ?

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Original poster
MarxistMags · 13/06/2025 16:31

Leggings ? Only if you don't have a big bum ! 😉

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MarxistMags · 13/06/2025 16:28

I would still look like me, but a more decrepit version of me 😁

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suburburban · 13/06/2025 16:26

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 13/06/2025 11:40

No age!

Older people haven’t worn them in the past because they weren’t the clothes of their generation, rather than because they were too old.

My grandparents wouldn’t be seen in them, but my parents in their 70s wear them all the time.

Yes dgps never wore them

dgm never liked wearing trousers

they didn’t seem to wear or own casual clothing like we have itms

Happyher · 13/06/2025 16:22

I’ve been wearing jeans since about 1967. Why would I stop?

pambeesleyhalpert · 13/06/2025 16:18

My MIL is 70 and wears jeans- and looks great in them!

Original poster
MarxistMags · 13/06/2025 16:17

I don't think they look awful on anyone. In fact I love my jeans. But I wondered if there comes a point when (be honest) you get too old for them.
For context I am 72. And happily still wearing jeans. I buy them from Cotton Traders. But the new style wide and flappy are awful. So there.
I'd better stock up with the traditional jeans I think !
Thank you all for the comments, I've had great fun reading them. X

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Judiezones · 13/06/2025 15:52

My friend's mum used to look fabulous in jeans right up until she died aged 93. My advice would be you're never too old for jeans!

Shodan · 13/06/2025 15:50

My late mother never wore a pair of jeans in her life, and was always campaigning to get me to wear a Nice Skirt (perhaps a kilt) and some Thick Tights instead of jeans.

I resisted and wear jeans every day and have no intention of stopping (although now, at 56, take them off as soon as I get in and put comfy yoga pants on).

Mind you, if I'd listened to my mother I would've had my hair cut and permed at age 30, since apparently there was an age limit on long hair too.

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 13/06/2025 15:43

My dad is pushing 80 and I have never seen him in anything but jeans! Jean shorts in summer...

Defiantlynot41 · 13/06/2025 15:32

Mary Berry looks fantastic in jeans at 90 years old. I intend to carry on until at least then! https://images.app.goo.gl/nCwYBamwxj13qWGY9

luckylavender · 13/06/2025 15:24

No such age

Clawdy · 13/06/2025 15:22

Don't forget the Neil Diamond song "Forever In Blue Jeans"! (Probably already mentioned!)

Courgettezuchinni · 13/06/2025 15:19

I also have a 84yo neighbour/friend and her grandaughter gifted her an old pair of her jeans last week and they fit her exactly! I hope I have her flair and joie de vivre in 20yrs time!

Idontknowhatnametochoose · 13/06/2025 15:13

My mum wore them in her 80s!

Comefromaway · 13/06/2025 14:49

Never .

MasterBeth · 13/06/2025 14:47

Death

EvilDJ · 13/06/2025 14:00

I want jeans to feature in my Ghost outfit so will wear them forever.

CurlewKate · 13/06/2025 13:52

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 13/06/2025 11:40

No age!

Older people haven’t worn them in the past because they weren’t the clothes of their generation, rather than because they were too old.

My grandparents wouldn’t be seen in them, but my parents in their 70s wear them all the time.

Out of interest, when do you think jeans became popular?

trainedopossum · 13/06/2025 12:49

I visited my 80+yo friend this week and she was wearing a pair of dark wash barrel leg jeans (pleats in front, elastic at the back) which looked incredible on her. My mum is 84 and looks great in white jeans. Denim is classic 🤷🏻‍♀️

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 13/06/2025 11:40

No age!

Older people haven’t worn them in the past because they weren’t the clothes of their generation, rather than because they were too old.

My grandparents wouldn’t be seen in them, but my parents in their 70s wear them all the time.

Pieceofpurplesky · 13/06/2025 11:39

My mum is 84, she looks awesome in her jeans with chunky shoes and a longish jumper.

Disturbia81 · 13/06/2025 11:12

ShineBlueSky · 13/06/2025 00:39

When the menopause fades, the waist widens and the hips disappear. This is when the comfy elastic waist pants come along and the jeans hit the donation pile.

My mum will had small waist and curved hips when she died late 70s, and still wore jeans.
You don’t have to lose shape

DiscoDragon · 13/06/2025 10:42

Well I stopped wearing jeans in my 30's, but only because I'd had a lot of abdominal surgery and had a lot of scars and I just got used to wearing looser and more comfortable trousers. Also I get really awful contact dermatitis from the buttons and zips now, same reason I've stopped wearing jewellery! If I didn't have all these annoying issues I'd still be wearing them I'm sure.

Sunshineandgrapefruit · 13/06/2025 10:30

I've heard it all now!

IHaveAlwaysLivedintheCastle · 13/06/2025 10:23

thistimelastweek · 13/06/2025 04:37

There are clothes that aren't jeans?

I sometimes wonder if that idea is a novelty for some people.

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