Are my dresses unreasonable for the school run?

[MyNameIsPinkiePie]

I wore the black dress yesterday (see pics) and got a filthy stare off a woman pushing a buggy on the school pick up. I don't think I had my kids with me at that point. I later wore the dress to a Christian youth group, in fact I wore it to the office earlier the same day and it seemed fine. Today I had both kids on the way to school, I was wearing the dark red dress with a black cardigan. I got another long glare from the same woman, it was her staring that made me realise it was her again! I wouldn't wear the dark red dress to the office and I have pinned it to make it less low on the bust. They are both soft jersey dresses. But are they really that bad and does it make a difference whether I'm a mother or on the school run as to whether these outfits are appropriate?

[BloodyDisgrace]

She was a jealous cow who also has no manners (otherwise she would have looked discretely). Stare right back until she reverts her eye.

[LadyinLavende]

Like several others I was thinking "she must be freezing in those dresses in this weather"... then I saw someone had mentioned suncream which made me look at the date - not just the wrong month, the wrong year.
Are you an archeologist @Knightsbridge ?

[DadDadDad]

It's not on Discussion of the Day, just on Trending, which I assume is auto-generated, simply picking up on this thread because we all keep commenting in a short space of time!

ZOMBIE THREAD! ZOMBIE THREAD! ZOMBIE THREAD!

[Beeziekn33ze]

MNHQ - why is this zombie on Discussions of the Day?

[DadDadDad]

RedPanda2 - thanks for illustrating my point!

ZOMBIE THREAD! ZOMBIE THREAD! ZOMBIE THREAD!

[RedPanda2]

Ooops Zombie!!

[RedPanda2]

Better than the pyjamas that a lot of mumsnetters seemnto think is acceptable!! Really nice dresses

[DadDadDad]

It always amazes that some people apparently just read the OP to a thread which clearly has lots of responses, don't even do a cursory check to see if there's an update or what the latest posts are saying, and then comment.

For the rest who do have some common sense and are checking the end of the thread:

ZOMBIE THREAD! 3 and a half years old!!

[Member869894]

too much cleavage for work; probably a bit OTT and alarming for the school run toot

[Meralia]

Ha! I was also thinking the dress was not great for this January weather!
OP, how have the last 4 years been?

[Nanny0gg]

@Knightsbridge

Where the hell did you find this thread?

[Darkautumn]

Knightsbridge. Why would you.

[DadDadDad]

The thing is, @Geminijes, I suspect it wasn't quite so cold when the OP started this thread in the recent summer of 2015!

[Geminijes]

If you wore the dresses with just a cardigan and the sandals as in the photo then maybe she was staring at you wondering why you were wearing inappropriate shoes and no coat in the cold weather we have recently been experiencing.

[WendyImhome]

Haha, same coffee. Though she was looking as it’s Janury! Weird thread to start up again...

[Ginkythefangedhellpigofdoom]

Ffs sake! knightsbridge!

Iv just spent ages trying to work out why she's dressed for summer in bloody January only to see eventually this thread is from fucking July 2015

[IceIceCoffee]

I was sat thinking she must be freezing then realised old post

[MyGastIsFlabbered]

Eh? Why resurrect this?

[Mulberry72]

ZOMBIE!!!!

[Knightsbridge]

The dress is fine, and looks lovely. Ignore her.

[WhereTheFuckIsMyFuckingCoat]

That's a really lovely post super

[SpunkOnMyBouquet]

Gordon Bennett, why did I read all this

[SuperFlyHigh]

OP I feel a tad guilty for lambasting you....

the best place for your post initially would've been Style and Beauty or perhaps Chat.

The vipers (including me do tend to jump on board especially if something close to the bone (Muslim woman) is mentioned.

So for what it's worth they're nice dresses but you really really shouldn't put too much thought into what a random woman does when she looks at you. Heck if she is jealous that's her issue.

As someone else said here you should maybe see someone or I don't know healer (I'm not being nasty!) for self esteem issues.

Seriously I'm a pretty (so I'm told) 10 years younger 43 year old, and yes I get 'looks' sometimes... If I over analysed every single one of them I'd end up a jibbering wreck. Also sometimes I too am guilty of shooting a look at someone not judgy but maybe it comes across that way.

So calm down.

[CarrotVan]

The only reactions you can control are your own so dress how you like and stopping worrying what randoms think about you or your clothes. Why do they matter so much to you?

If you don't like too much cleavage buy cheap vests from Primarni and wear them under cleavagy dresses. That's what I do for work/day time but wouldn't if going out for the evening.

If you're worried about looking too young then you can dress older but with young kids and still bf I'd just wear what was convenient/comfortable/clean

[gingermopped]

I like the black dress, where's it from? x