I bought a white coat in the sales to look like Olivia Pope, but I actually resemble a middle aged taekwando instructor

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Good work MLMsuperfan please contact your named Fun Sponge supervisor so they can direct you to your next thread.

I tried on a vintage brown fur cape with my wedding dress to recreate the stunning, ethereal look of a photo on Pinterest.

Looked like Henry the fucking VIII

Back in the day my mum once made me a white jacket. I loved it.
Wore it to school and a boy thought it was a pottery apron. Next thing I know it's covered in clay.
I was distraught. 😢😢😢
Anything white is dangerous.

Stay and be offended then! The rest of us all found it hilarious. It's bizarre to remain on a thread that doesn't amuse you, but crack on.

@MLMsuperfan

As the saying goes it's only a joke if everyone is laughing. A joke at others' expense may not be so kind.

What utter bollocks!

And yes, I'm middle aged

Henry VIII

I bought a pair of wide legged floral trousers that I teamed with a white tshirt, Cant lie I thought I looked great.
Wore it for the school run and my kid asked me why I was wearing my pyjamas to pick him up 😳

I'm middle aged and found it funny too. Nothing wrong with looking middle aged, I certainly do. But sometimes it's not the look I'm going for.

If there's nothing wrong with looking middle aged why is it such an effective punchline to a joke?

@Purplethrow

I also bought a white trilby for a holiday, I looked like a bloody fishmonger.

This has made me laugh more than I have in a long time

Can the token atmosphere hoover please sod off preferably to the dreaded CV area with all the other misery guts

Crying with laughter, thank you all for the hilarity on a Saturday night!

@MLMsuperfan

If there's nothing wrong with looking middle aged why is it such an effective punchline to a joke?

Because the joke is about perception, not about being middle aged. The joke is about how we imagine we look compared to how we actually look. It is often used in reverse, when we look back and reminisce at our favourite outfit at the age of 14 and realise that it didn't give the air of sophistication that we thought it did.

Loving this. Fishmonger and putting the mats out properly made me laugh.

Good work MLMsuperfan please contact your named Fun Sponge supervisor so they can direct you to your next thread 😂

I feel your pain OP, I bought a very cool pair of cropped dungarees this summer - sadly they made me look like a Tellytubby rather than an insouciant French artist type, which was more what I was aiming for..

@MLMsuperfan

All this "not the look I'm going for" is such bollocks too. Have some more respect for yourself, and stop dragging your sisters down too.

There's only one person on this thread dragging her sisters down @MLMsuperfan

Everyone else is enjoying a laugh in a shit time , you are spoiling it . I've been really fed up today and this thread has been cheering me up . Honestly please stop it

(no offence intended to any tellytubbies reading this obviously)

Thank you for much needed laugh, some brilliant comments!

no offence intended to any tellytubbies reading this obviously

No offence taken 😉

Wait what, is that a scandal reference?? Didn’t think anyone on this forum knew about Olivia Pope !

Why should I be silenced? The 'joke' is at the expense of older people. It's harmful.

I lusted after a jacket in the windows of Wallis years ago, taking a de-tour home every day, just to look at it.
Pay day finally came, and I zoomed into the changing room to try my beloved jacket on.... OMG, I almost cried!!
The colour (mid brown with a beige furry collar) and fabric (suedette) made me look like Scooby Doo😱
It was truly horrible!! Didn’t suit me at all, and the colour on me was vile...
Such a disappointment

Was the aforementioned classics thread this one www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/3106919-Anyone-want-to-come-and-mourn-the-reality-vs-expectation-of-new-purchases-with-me

Sorry, on mobile so can't manage a fancy link.

Years ago I bought a really fluffy white (fake) fur jacket. I thought it was great until someone pointed out I looked like snoop dog. I've not worn it since

Ooh, just remembered another one..!
In the mid 80s, I bought a long cream trench coat for doing the school walk on rainy days.... my DH took one look and said I looked like Midge Ure in the “Vienna “ video....😏