Can you dress too young for your age?

[Elliebobhobnob]

Can you dress too young for your age, and if so how would you define dressing too young?

It could be a man or woman.

I'm interested to know how someone would describe a person dressing too young.

You look fantastic. You don't look 47.
But when you do, you'll look weird dressing like a 21 year old. Although I think you might be confident in your own style :)

Yes! Shorts are appropriate summer wear, not 'showing off' 😎

Any sniggerers can do one, but I hope nobody's ever that rude or stupid about your lovely legs.

Thanks, but I don’t dress like that all the time! I’m wearing a maxi skirt and a (slightly cropped) woolly jumper at the moment.

That photo was taken on holiday somewhere warm.

And to the people that asked. Exercise is HIIT. I haven’t got a ‘diet’ as such. I just eat normal food.

@winterdarkness
You were either very young and your body recovered brilliantly, or you've had a LOT of time to work out. That's not the case for most mothers
This really is nonsense, unlike the MN opinion that all life cease and you become a martyr to your kids; never buy clothes, have a hobby, have a social life, many many women do manage a family and time to exercise and look after themselves.
I have 4DC, have always had time for the gym and my hobbies and plenty time for them.
It seems to be a thing in recent years where having. baby is all consuming and it takes every minute of your life and your partners up.

lol, me too! I live in jeans, Adidas hoodies & Adidas Superstar trainers. I'm 48 😆

I've never heard anyone snigger thus far! Thank you 😊

I asked a page or so back if you've had children, I do think the sixpack morphs into a one pack when you've been pregnant sometimes sadly

@winterdarkness
agree. You have to make exercising a priority. In the same way that you would cooking dinner for example. Because it IS a priority.

Sorry, missed that. No, no children.

There are mothers with abs as good or better than mine at my gym. Some enter competitions, which requires serious dedication. I’m not that dedicated.

You are inventing a new story here. I never said that one has to be a martyr but the reality is that most mothers, who work full time, don't find a lot of time to exercise. The woman in the picture clearly has a great body and that doesn't come from sitting in an office all day before running back to do bath times. If you work, commute, have 4 kids and find time to exercise, you must have a good support set up. Most people don't have that

We don't even know if she's has kids anyway, but she's explained she does HITT.

Oh balls to that.
I mean, if you were rocking a lot of crop tops and mini skirts I can see why he might be embarrassed, but even then he needs to learn that he doesn't get an opinion on what other people wear, and especially his parents. I suggest finding the youngest and most ridiculous outfits possible (ideally also dressing your dh in whatever your son likes wearing) and wearing them everywhere including to wave to him loudly at school until he apologises/begs for mercy.
Jumped up little shit

@winterdarkness
I didn't invent anything, you're using the narrative of the downtrodden mother with no time for herself, plenty mums have great bodies, having kids isn't an excuse to neglect yourself.
I have never had a support network; no parents or siblings.

plenty of mothers are like that, so we cannot deny that fact. I was not, because I only had one child and he had a father, but plenty of women are not in that situation. Denying that is just ignoring reality. Just because you and I found the time, it doesn't mean 1000s of others can do. Anecdotal cases are not statistics.

Some of 'dressing older' is just dressing in outdated styles, though. Re-reading this thread, many posts say "I wear hoodies" as though a hooded sweatshirt were a youth signifier in & of itself. I wear hoodies - all being over 10 years old, they're cut to fit (more or less). Modern hoodies are cut in a rounded, puffy shape, worn loose, and look very different. Mine now seem bland by comparison; they look a bit wrong.

The only conclusion I'm drawing from this is that I MUST NOT replace all my hard-working tops with updated versions! Regrettably, I can't afford to be au courant in every way. I did buy one puffy sweatshirt in a sale, and I bloody love it. It's like wearing a hug ... <cuts up credit card>

Wear what you like. People who think you have to switch to sensible jersey dresses from Boden as soon as you reach a certain age are joyless fuckers.

😂😂

OP, we should all wear whatever the hell we want. Judgy fuckers (aka the mutton dressed as lamb crowd) can do one.

Of course you can dress too young for your age. Not casual clothes, I love sweatshirts, jeans, trainers, shorts etc. An older woman in a tight revealing lycra mini dress no matter how slim she is will look odd.

It's nice to look attractive, trendy but classy.

I wore a black jumper dress with long boots and tights this evening with a red blazer for warmth till I got to the restaurant. Not a short lycra dress. We can still dress nice in our 40s & 50s & older but leave the skimpy dresses for the young ones.

Nah, wear what you want. I wouldn't wear tight lycra dresses myself because I'm fat and I wouldn't be comfortable in it but clothes have no age. I think it's admirable if somebody older has the confidence to wear it!

Nah people should wear what they want.

That's just creepy!!!

he told dh that a pack of t-shirts was 'too young for him and that he should remember he's 40.

Cheeky little git.

But I'm 40 and it is something I worry about. I wear all sorts of clothes, dresses, jeans, joggers, boots, trainers, converse, knitwear, hoodies. I tend to avoid big logos or anything that's both short and tight. I'm definitely a casual dresser but do wear floaty skirts and dresses in Summer. I'm 35 years older than you, and this thread has been a revelation - all these people arguing about whether you should change your dress style in your 50s/

I think it's down to practicalities- for example if you're rather bent, skirts hang lower at the front and that affects the overall look. If your body suits the style, wear it, whatever your age.

I definitely wouldn't wear some of my old clubbing outfits at 50 no matter how slim I was. I did look good in them 25 years ago.

Also, posters who think blazers are just for office wear are wrong. They look great worn with lots of clothes that don't look like you going for an interview on all ages.

I loves hoodies too. So does my DH.