I've really wanted this dress for months...AND...I'm 60 in November xx

[SusanHodge1964]

What do I do...except bite the bullet and buy the blooming thing WHICH I will wear and not just on my 60th BIRTHDAY (I'm of the punk generation, except I was more into Rock music). Apart from both of my wedding dresses...I paid for the second one...this "Dandelion Michael Kors Mini Dress" is the most expensive dress I will ever fork out for.!!! However I will wear it on my 60th birthday and beyond...AND...stick it in the washing machine EVEN if the label recommends "dry clean only".

i can justify this amount of money for a mere item of clothing and I will ENJOY wearing it LOTS...and LOTS...and LOTS...and machine washing the blooming thing...Thank you xx

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If you love it and you can afford it buy jt!

But don't be expecting designer quality with Micheal kors. It's a very naff, overpriced brand that generally ends up heavily discounted. I think its around the same quality as mid level high Street.

Still no confirmation of the dress then...pshhhhhh....

I know, but I wasn’t alive when these were in the first time around and the late sixties seems to be on trend if you look at Reiss, Mint Velvet etc. seen lots of dresses in this style in the higher end brands.

If I had the legs for it at 60 I’d go for it. (I don’t even 😭)

Yes I have heard that, but I've also heard the phrase "honesty is the best policy."

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Oh my gosh I'm jealous!!!

I know plenty of women in their 50s and 60s who would wear the bell sleeve lace dress and look fabulous.

@FlingThatCarrot

But don't be expecting designer quality with Micheal kors. It's a very naff, overpriced brand that generally ends up heavily discounted. I think its around the same quality as mid level high Street.

Michael Kors Collection is their premium line, definitely better than mid-level high street. I think Michael or MK is closer to high street.

I know. How annoying!

OP is BU for not showing the dress before disappearing, but some of these comments "60yr old shouldn't wear mini skirts, certain styles are only for certain ages"...fuck that. What a depressing way to live your lives, and what a shit example to set DC (especially DDs).

A lot of fashion is cyclical, I think a lot of the (currently very popular with younger people) 90s stuff was 60s inspired. I love bell sleeves and A lines, especially combined in a short dress. Something like that will always be style to me - as opposed to fashion.

I am late middle aged and have a shaved head with Mohican, and my young adult DD is currently wearing my Ramones T-shirt. We share docs, shoes, coats etc (mostly mine originally!) and have just agreed we need to buy another particular hat as we both want to wear it Am I dressing for the wrong age group, or is she? No doubt people will say I am, but fuck it, I still fit in my clothes even if I don't fit in with my peers

My hair falling out was awful, but shaving it and coaxing what little remains (it was like growing a tiny seedling ) into a style I love, has been a good thing eventually. Buy the dress (but as PP have said, don't machine wash it!) and wear it every single day if you like! I genuinely believe, apart from specific occasions where you should conform to social norms/dress codes eg job interviews and funerals, you can never be overdressed. There's just no such concept in my head. If something is gorgeous and you love it, wear it whenever and wherever you want. If it makes us feel happy, how can it be a bad thing? I will not live what's left of my life choosing my own clothes based on other peoples' opinions, and really want my DCs to have the confidence to feel the same, especially DDs. It would be great if women supported each other to do this, instead of judging each other.

If it’s just one dress, why not hand wash it? Not difficult to do in the bath. It would be a shame to wreck it in the washing machine.

I think this was some sort of exercise among interns at MK to boost the google search rankings of some yellow mini dresses, two of which are horrible. The OP hasn't been back, it's her only MN post and her user name isn't exactly original. It's almost as if but was chosen especially to sound like a woman who is almost 60.

You might well be right about that @TwigletsAndRadishes. How sneaky! I doubt they’ve made any sales as a result though.

I think we'd have more luck finding the "OP" than the dress!

Deffo buy it

I thought the same, I don't know why someone would spend 2k on something you could get for £3 on Vinted. I think I just expected something a bit special. It's perfectly fine. I don't think it's awful to say so?! It's a public forum, and I don't get many opportunities to ask why someone might spend crazy money on something where the added value is... invisible? It's not a criticism. Just questing for insight

I was a bit surprised by the claim the OP was of the "punk generation". Punk emerged and was initially shocking in the mid 70s. OP would have been 11.

Yes punk and its influences lasted and maybe OP was a late embracer but I wouldn't have thought that makes her of "the punk generation". That generation is well into its 60s , even 70s, not just turning 60.

It read as if written by someone who thinks that's what a wacky 60 year old would sound like. (the nonsense about machine washing it)

I didn't like any of the dresses we found.

Wacky 60yo to me brings to mind Sue Pollard, although she is actually 73 and quite possibly was a punk in her teens.

Come on, share the dress!!!!
If you can afford it, just get it!
However if you want to keep enjoying it, do the dry cleaning as opposed washing machine, or you will ruin it! Water is likley to shrink it significantly!

IF I buy the dress, I'lll take a photo of me wearing it on my 60th birthday and post it on here...thank you and bye bye for now xx

Very trollish behaviour OP. Just post a link to the sodding frock. For goodness sake this is pathetic.

It'll be one from Asos...

How bizarre.