Do i dress like an old lady?

well not old ladies dress like "old ladies"
so am not too worried 😂

I would not dress like our old Queen used to dress. Not my taste.

I am also very confident that many people do not like the way I actually dress. I could not care less. I'd rather look like me than looking like them.

On first impressions, no it's just a basic dress. On second look, with the bracelets it's giving a little bit stuck in the 2000s, your favourite band is still the killers.

Never seen an old lady wear a dress similar to that.

I think it looks quite nice on you

Although reading this thread quite a few don't think that

I think this dress makes most people look this way if you’re not slim.

You bet I had no problem with the phrase dressing like a teenager. I do. It’s a lazy stereotype. Hence you lost your bet.

No nerve has been touched but my point is that ageism is obnoxious. Those of us who are lucky enough get older. Marginalising us in terms of how we dress - with our old lady clothes - is tiresome and lazy and ridiculous.

I hope you’re around for long enough to discover the frustration.

You’ve read a lot into a throwaway remark. It’s you who has used the derogatory words not the OP. OP is not responsible for your inference here

I think that in the past there were styles that we associated more with specific age groups, but that's not do true anymore.
I see women of all ages from teens to 70s wearing pretty summer dresses, the same brands of trainers etc.
Unless you are going for beige slacks and a twin set, I don't think there is 'old lady' anymore!

I don’t see what’s ’old lady’ about that!

Now if you’d been wearing ill-fitting pinky-lilac trousers that weren’t quite long enough, with a beige anorak-y thing…

I have no idea what you are on about

I am sorry if you take personally the concept of "dressing like an old lady".

Misogyny?

My OH no longer looks frumpy himself, because Im bossy about what he wears. He looks crisp and funky. Silver fox

Unlike his old man gardening look that he would naturally go for.

How do “old ladies” dress? Surely it’s just putting clothes on? Just like young ladies and middle aged ladies?

It is rather ageist and frankly daft to suggest that older women can't be stylish, fashionable, elegant and dress well.

Well you lost your bet. Not quite the aha moment you thought was it?

oh please

It's possible for people to want to look nice and to make the most of whatever body shape they have, without being reduced as weak idiots who are after male approval.

Stylish doesn't mean "uncomfortable"

I'd wear this dress and I don't think I am an old lady - it's perfect for the summer 😀

I want to ban the word "frumpy". Or dowdy.

This thread is just oozing in misogyny as well as ageism. Dresses have to be flattering, or "do something for you" to be sexually attractive to men and whether something is comfortable or well-made doesn't matter, and neither does whether the woman concerned likes it or not.

"Old Lady" dressing is not a thing.

FFS.

My 'old lady' friends and I are able to choose clothes that look and feel fantastic. I hope you reach this stage of life too.

Old = frumpy? Nice

That's a bit ageist to assume older women's wardrobe to be inherently an insult. My mum is in her late 80s and dresses incredibly chic.

If your clothes don't suit you it's nothing to do with age.

I’d wear that and I’m 26. Looks comfortable and nice (boobs look great)! Maybe more casual, but definitely not old lady. The stance you’re pulling in the pic does make you look like you’re about to tell me off tho 😭.

Your friends comments are really off. But I will say, seeing as you’ve asked, that this style dress is VERY hard to pull off. Unless you’re small chested and generally very thin (I’m neither btw). You’re got lovely healthy looking skin/ hair and nice shape but the dress isn’t flattering. If you want a randoms opinion, you’d be better off with shirt dresses / nipped in waists/ midi length still/ maybe floaty sleeves/ bolder colours. I had a Quick Look and this is what I mean, you can get similar copies on Vinted for fairly cheap.

or just wear the dress you’ve got and fuck your friends opinions. The dress is fine but like I say, there are more flattering styles out there.
https://www.nobodyschild.com/products/dillon-shirt-dress-2614866002?variant=55390907433345&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Nobodys_Child-UK-PMax-All-DT%2BTA-SE-ePmax-Tier+4&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20969365384&gbraid=0AAAAADQCJIWKqqq6saQ5v08BzypcVsQ2E&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlerQBhDMARIsAB16H-UltFR3mYG75qHf458oWnmoPqGoyJTG5SQZg8h0B3fy_bTJRa6MZTwaAiH9EALw_wcBhttps://www.johnlewis.com/and-or-sanchez-shirt-midi-dress/black/p114521037?size=20&s_ppc=2dx_mixed_fashion_BAU&tmad=c&tmcampid=2&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20158969600&gbraid=0AAAAAD2el1wi3pp_jdzzgyD75o1HID3Pl&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlerQBhDMARIsAB16H-XDv_GHL2l6eh6zJAxkjJTAYns_G7tMgWvnld5lll4Iv1QCH2J3srIaAq9WEALw_wcB

Wear what you want and don't worry about what other people think. Life's too short. I think you look just fine.

Here’s a 60 year old on her style instagram page. Might make you wind your neck in with the ageist comments!;

www.instagram.com/astridiwantyouinmylife?igsh=bDd1OTk2aXZqbWpo

Why do you send pics for your friends to judge? Please, never do it again. Have you not heard of 'Never ask a question if you don't want to hear the answer.'? PS, if you were actually an old woman you wouldn't be doing this - you would have stopped caring what other people think of you years ago.