my husband has brought a beige casual jacket.

[bananaandcustard]

which officially means he is dressing like an old man.

AIBU?

Gah miles too late in posting the Panache shit!

and at accessorising cords with discontinued 70's perfumes!

Surely it smelt like cat's piss however?

Tweed is vile. [secretly loves Lily of the Valley however ]

Cords make your arse look fat. Possibly only if you are fat however.

I refuse to buy any variant of beige; whatever it may be called. it is vile.

We need a bonfire of the beige.

HappySpills you fell for that old ruse???

Velcro and Lonsdale is an awful combo. He needs Campers, same comfort factor and style aesthetic just slightly less wrong.

Possibly.

I'm pale, pale people in beige look like they're made entirely from porridge.

Not the best look.

emotions it's worse than that, he has two pairs now. One for best.

Is said jacket a 'blouson' or perhaps a 'jerk in'?

i am with you squoosh. I am ginger and on the wrong side of podge. looks fucking awful.

Apparently women wear natural, neutral or ecru.

My arse.

OP has your DH, got....dare I say it?.....a special sized/shaped stick for stirring a pot of paint with? .

sqoosh you must have good skin, I'm pale, too and it shows how uneven my beige skin is! Splodges and red spots. Porridge with berries.

Any human skin tone is a risky thing to wear. Especially in a legging.

I like corduroy(sp?) as well as plaid brushed cotton (on DH not me). Is this where I confess I bought DH a pair of mid calf (plaid) slippers-the sort with furry lining-for Christmas? I thought they were better than old man slippers.... He looks kinda cute in them . DDs say he looks like a pixie .
My DDs have made me promise never to wear beige (or that washed out pale blue/green that Old Ladies wear). Or anything vaguely beige-y . Even if masquerading as ecru .Or eau de nil . Even cream is a bit dodgy. They will chorus 'it's beige' if I go anywhere near . Though why I think it would suit me I dont know. Like squoosh, I'd look like porridge .

I wish my DH would buy a beige jacket. He is 50 & recently bought jeans and high top trainers from River Island

I buy DH (and DB) these as slippers - are they beyond the pale (or ecru)?

But Post, tell your DDs it's called Mushroom, Oatmeal, Moonlight etc, just like "different shades of" Magnolia.

They are European Comfort Shoes.

Oh yes

My dad made us wear Corduroys in the 80's hated by me, 'cos my mam always ironed them flat (seam to seam, never front to back or even better still not to iron them). But now I know they're a Victorian invention*, I could possibly see myself wearing a pair as long as they're a dark colour

*I like Victorian/Edwardian clothes.

Eddie whatever they are no good look can ever be achieved with the wearing of them.

HappySpills you are doomed.

DS2 has his heart set on a tweed flat cap.He is 9.

Mine wears "comfort top" socks. And listens to classical music. By choice.

Now, how do I get rid of this jacket?

Mine was 50 last May and bought one around the same time. I kept giving him the look and it ended up in the bin [he put it there, not me]. So he went out and bought a burgundy Harrington instead. Looks nifty on a teenager. Not so much on a 50 yr old. At least it isn't beige though.

Saying that though he does wear jeans and cords for gardening in which do look fine.

I'm just thinking of the night I proposed... in my beige suit! My now wife said yes, though of engineers she always said "the odds are good... but the goods are odd". Never too sure what she ment!

Mine has one, I have pointed out that my lovely grandad had something very similar but DH insists that its a 'mod' thing. He is 55 this year and bought it about 5 years ago