AIBU?
To think I could get away with wearing an Alice and at 30?
Ihavenoideatoday · 09/10/2022 23:16
I've come across an Alice band that I wore years ago and have been reminiscing about how much I used to enjoy wearing it! I'm 30 now and worrying that I'm a bit old for one. I have long quite thick brown hair and if I'm being honest I don't have the prettiest face in the world. Aibu to think I might get away with wearing one
Am I being unreasonable?
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Pumpkinpatchlookinggood · 09/10/2022 23:18
I am 51 and have 1!! My teen dd told me I am not to old to wear whatever I want! With that sort of support how can I not?
MsVestibule · 09/10/2022 23:20
I think of Alice bands as being suitable for school kids, not grown women. Sorry!
BitOutOfPractice · 09/10/2022 23:21
There’s nothing to “get away with”. If you like it, wear it. Jeez you’re only a young thing!
Ihavenoideatoday · 09/10/2022 23:21
@MsVestibule this was what I wondered about! I wore one loads as a child and tbh I very rarely see them on women
melchim · 09/10/2022 23:22
I hope it's padded velvet! I don't think there's an age limit, I've seen women with grey hair wearing Alice bands for practical reasons and it looks fine.
Ihavenoideatoday · 09/10/2022 23:23
@melchim it's not unfortunately! It's only a black plastic one! Maybe if I end up wearing them again I'll get a velvet one!
DillDanding · 09/10/2022 23:23
If you like it, wear it.
if you’re into fashion, don’t wear it 😂
Ihavenoideatoday · 09/10/2022 23:25
@WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps that was my sister's reaction too!
melchim · 09/10/2022 23:27
user1473878824 · 09/10/2022 23:30
They’re very in now. Or were the last time I checked. They’re all over Instagram.
Ihavenoideatoday · 09/10/2022 23:31
@LittleBearPad oh god no I'm not! Might just have to be something I wear in the house!
ouch321 · 09/10/2022 23:34
Have your own mind?
Then wear it...
Or a sheep like 80% of people who post on Mumsnet?
Then don't wear it.
BamBamBilla · 09/10/2022 23:39
Fuck what anyone else does. I wear Alice bands and tiaras because headscarves and turbans don't stay on my head.
KeepOutingMyselfAnotherNameChange · 09/10/2022 23:39
Absolutely wear it! Bet it looks fab.
ErrolTheDragon · 09/10/2022 23:48
Velvet headbands were very much in when I was about 30, I wore them all the time.
Having not worn one for years, I dug out a red one for the jubilee street party as the dress code was red, white and blue and I didn't have anything else red...turns out you can get away with wearing one at 61, well past it looking little girlish.
ZuzuSusu · 10/10/2022 03:05
I think they're quite stylish now, doesn't Kate Middleton wear them? She's over 40 right? Go for it!
AntimemeticsDivision · 10/10/2022 03:26
Get away with it?
What does that even mean? How does one 'Not get away' with wearing something?
Just wear what the fuck you fancy. You won't be arrested.
Alice bands are fairly fashionable now.
Wear it, don't wear it.
As you please.
borntobequiet · 10/10/2022 03:28
I wear one sometimes. I’m nearly 70.
Wear whatever you want.
CrustyFlake · 10/10/2022 03:30
I'm 32 and I sometimes wear pigtails!
I think we impose these kinds of restrictions on ourselves, whilst most other people around us would probably not even think of it.
If I saw an old lady wearing an Alice band, I wouldn't think she was too old old for it, so there is no way in hell I'd think it of a woman in her early thirties!
AntimemeticsDivision · 10/10/2022 03:30
I occasionally wear a Missoni turban and huge sunglasses when the mood takes me.
I'm 50 next year.
Do I 'get away' with it?
Well no bugger's stopped me yet!
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