To ask what age you should cover up?

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This isn't about what you think about others flashing skin, it's more a question about you personally - what age do you start to feel mini skirts and cleavage are inappropriate for you personally?

When I was younger I'd wear so much skin baring clothing (in many cases too much skin for sure!), nowadays I do still bare some skin but am much more conservative, and feel awkward in short skirts for a variety of reasons (not even mini just shortish ones)

What age did you start to feel age crept into your clothing choices?

@BurbageBrook

God, surprised by some of these answers. I’m 30 and I still feel really young; I’d wear a mini skirt and tights whenever or a short dress. I never liked cleavage but I have great legs and I don’t see myself stopping with the short skirts until I’m probably 50 and maybe not then either! I also have long hair and intend on keeping that until I am much older too. It works for the Hollywood actresses so why not the rest of us! These ‘over 40/50 so must cover up’ ideas are so old-fashioned.

Same!! I'm so surprised.

Since I was around 23 I converted to Islam, Now i cover head to toe but usually in tunic tops and stretchy trousers rather than a long dress. I love the simplicity of it and the privacy of it. But i was never really into clothes/fashion expect for the teenage years. I think there's a beauty in covering up and not showing yourself to the world. But i totally get most people prefer to be more expressive.

I've just turned 40. Never had a cleavage so nothing to show there but for my recent birthday night out I wore a very short dress with bare legs (nothing that shouldn't be showing was!) because I've got fucking fabulous legs! I'm tall, size 8 and do a lot of exercise so they are very defined and deserve to be let out sometimes 🤣

@GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER

When I began to think my bare flesh was no longer something I wanted to inflict on the general public. So maybe 50, but I hadn’t worn very short skirts for ages anyway, and I never had much of a cleavage so hadn’t made a ‘feature’ of it.,

Of course people can wear whatever they want, but seeing fat old women with vast bingo wings in shoestring tops does make me cringe inwardly. I don’t feel the same about skinny old leathery people, who’ve spent half their lives baking in the sun. Not pretty, but then thin, sun-baked flesh is IMO not nearly as unattractive as the fat, flabby, pink version.

Both the fat, wobbly armed and “spaghetti strap” look and also the skinny, leathery look are hugely unflattering. I disagree about the former being worse because the skinny, leathery look is so ageing. I feel sorry for the latter.

Not reached that stage yet and I’m 52. 😃

Of course people can wear whatever they want, but seeing fat old women with vast bingo wings in shoestring tops does make me cringe inwardly. I don’t feel the same about skinny old leathery people, who’ve spent half their lives baking in the sun. Not pretty, but then thin, sun-baked flesh is IMO not nearly as unattractive as the fat, flabby, pink version

This isn’t an age thing though. If you want to get judgemental there are an awful lot of youngsters wearing clothes they really shouldn’t-you can easily be fat with flabby bingo wings at 21 as you can at 40. Or overtanned.

I am also of the comfortable choice. If that’s a mini skirt and tank top then so be it. I don’t think age has anything to do with it, if you like it and think it looks good, or are comfortable, or feel confident, then it really doesn’t matter.

I often wear “unfashionable” stuff. I hate skinny jeans and high waisted trousers, so wear loose flowing lower cut trousers and skirts. So what. I like them.

When you have tits like mine it would be a sin to cover up.

@TarasCrazyTiara love it 🤣

For me, it’s not about what I can “get away with”, it’s about how I want to be perceived. I reached a point- maybe around mid 30s?- where wearing short skirts, particularly for work- felt as though I was seeking approval/validation, and I didn’t want to do that. I wanted the message I conveyed to be less “haven’t I got great legs” and more “you know what? You don’t get to see my legs because I’m not here as decoration”. I increasingly find it intrusive and disrespectful when men I don’t know or am not interested in look at me in a sexual context. And I think it’s naive to think that the way you dress doesn’t influence the way people see you.

For me it never was and isn't an age thing. I wear what i want when i want and if i look in the mirror and like myself then everybody else can go do one

Never felt comfortable with massive amounts of cleavage on display. However, I am in mid 40s and will wear vest tops and hot pants (if occasion and weather appropriate) no problem, I work out a lot and am in much better shape than in my 20s, so happy to flaunt it.

I think modest dressing is more on trend dowadays butbi dont subscribe to all this " dress your age" shite.

I’ve never been one to wear mini skirts and show my cleavage. If anything, I felt inclined to cover up early so I could go about my daily business in peace

When I look at the bits and don't think I want to show them off. So, very short shorts are a no, because I have crepey skin at the very tops of my thighs. Mid thigh skirts still fine, as my legs look no different to my 20s. Bikini no, due to lower stomach crinkles, but crop top with high waist fine, as that part of my stomach is good. I'm smallish chested and don't have much cleavage, so happy to wear low tops in summer or nights out. I'm also fairly short and size 6-8, so don't tend to look very 'on display' even in quite revealing clothes. Basically the mirror and not my birth date is my guide. I'm 52 and so far have made few changes since I was 20.

I’ve never worn short skirts, low cut tops or high heels as I don’t feel comfortable dressing that way. I think it shows in my face if my shoes hurt or my top and skirt need to be adjusted every time I move!

@TarasCrazyTiara - For me, it’s more a case of impossible to cover them up 😂.

Totally depends on the woman and the figure, what the legs are like, what the cleavage is like etc... I know it sounds bad, (and very un-PC,) but if you're nearly 60 and look like Elle MacPherson it's fine to flash your flesh/ legs/ cleavage. Not so much if you look like a female version of Barry from Eastenders. Totally subjective and as I say, largely dependent on the woman and how she looks, not so much to do with the age IMO.

Depends on the situation, I will still wear a bikini on the beach, short skirt and skimpy top when hot on holiday/weekend but to work it's not appropriate to wear anything shorter than an inch or so above the knee and no cleavage! I'm nearly 50

I show off the bits I like and cover the bits I hate, I don't care what anyone else thinks or what is considered old fashioned.

Im 46 and wear whatever I like. I peruse the style and beauty forum on here but find a lot of the posts are more stuff my mum would wear(66)
For example I am going out on friday and am wearing a mini pinafore dress and a blouse(both Emily atack loves at New look) Will be worn with black tights and boots.
I like fashion and wont let age prevent me from enjoying it.

I used to show a bit of cleavage, but never felt comfortable showing a lot of flesh. I wore short skirts as a teenager sometimes but was never really comfortable in them, preferred long ones!

I started to feel too self-concsious to show any cleavage after having my first baby at 30, my boobs were never small to begin with and they got bigger and less perky and a bit wrinkly after 2 children in 2 years!

I'm now 40 and I'm like a proper little old lady, I'm cold all the time and just want to wear soft fuzzy things that are warm and comfy and cover everything up! I don't care about looking fashionable any more.

In my case it's more the job than the age. As an academic I don't feel comfortable displaying too much skin at work, particularly with students.
But the amount of skin I show isn't much different from when I was 20 than now at 50. In some ways I may even feel more comfortable now, because I was very skinny then and less now.
Then there's the leg hair factor. I tend to wear mostly trousers because I don't want to bother shaving, not a huge fan of waxing either.

Well I'm 56 and still pretty much wear what I have always worn!

And yes, I am one of those who still wears bikinis on the beach, I just buy very expensive ones these days, with lots of support.

Cleavage is an interesting one. Lots of pp's saying they don't like cleavage. Which is fine if you don't have breasts., However, as a lady of large breasts, the most flattering neck line for me is v-neck, resulting in cleavage. There is nothing I can do about that, I have tits, and there's no way of covering them up without looking like I have a huge mono-boob. Covering them up and wearing round necks, just looks incredibly matronly, and that I am not.

I do love long floating dresses in the summer, but strappy, not sleeved, and in the Winter my go to is skinny jeans with loose jumpers and boots, or mid thigh skirts with thick tights and boots.

I find my massive cleavage a great distraction from my belly

I'm 40 and still wear short skirts and short shorts (with tights in winter, apparently a fashion no no), 'sexy' tops, tight fitting dresses etc
But I've never followed fashion and always been quite eccentric. I think I still get away with it due to being gay, slim and fairly attractive. I have good legs but no cleavage so can't comment on that part.