Mumsy

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What do you consdier mumsy and would never ever wear even if in fashion?I'll start Waterfall cardigans NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!

magiclucille if you belted the cardi with a skinny belt around your waist you might be happier with it?

Thenextmrsdepp - yep I agree. Exactly like that.
I'm a bit that you can still buy the damn things given it's about 20 years since they were in fashion.

Thanks Fleecy will try that - think am afraid doing so will make bum look big, but totally take point made earlier about covering up not working... Perhaps just eat less is answer

Oh shit.

Today I wore fatface cords, knitted uggs and a heather coloured berghaus with my mulberry nappybag slung across my body.

My hormone addled brain thought I was so relaxed-chic cool...

Now I read this and it turns out I WAS MUMSY! Someone hand me a vodka.

Oh my! Thank-you TheNextMrsDepp I will be heading out to buy new boots as soon as possible. I thought I was being classic and elegant. Clearly not.

I think the problem with this thread is that it's split between the stuff which my mum would wear (fleeces, anoraks, shoes from Cotton Traders, and shouldn't she? she's nearly 70 and a pillar of her rural WI) and the stuff which I sometimes accidentally find myself wearing (everything else mentioned apart from Boden).

My resolutions on reading this are
A) not to buy any of the three million waterfall cardigans I've looked at over the last year.
B) throw out my black block heel boots which I know are unforgivable
C) carry on with the 30 Day Shred (1st day today! Not actually dead) because it is tragically true that mumsiness is a lot easier to avoid when you're a size 10 or less.
D) dig out my beloved old black leather biker jacket. It's warm, it's waterproof, it has lots of pockets, and it may be horrifically misguided but it's not bloody mumsy.

Fleecy, it was me who mentioned heeled loafers.

Those R&B ones are gorgeous, but they only seem to have flat ones in my branch.

I was wondering about the Clarks version - I've always felt 'Clarks ergo mumsy' but maybe exceptions can be made?

Or maybe these?

Please feel free to stop me from making a big mistake - I've made a concerted effort to banish the frump lately but footwear still occasionally foxes me.

I feel the fact that they are billed as "woman's smart shoes" tells you all you need to know about those shoes.
I have pounced on the brogue as a rare fashion aberration which is comfortable, waterproof and generally sensible. I bought two pairs in the Office sale and plan to wear them every single bloody day until about 2 years after they become a ghastly cliche of mumsiness.

This is the thing, isn't it, MrsVP?

On the one hand - as you say, woman's smart shoe says it all.

On the other - loafer style served me well all those years ago when I wore them for work and (casual) play.

And if I wear them with skinnies and short skirts that's surely un-mumsy enough to get away with it?

Okay thanks Jajas - i fear the search goes on.

Will link some I've seen in ahem Monsoon.

Go on, rip 'em apart.

WWWY - they're not too bad, actually! Not sure about the Clarks ones, though, think I last saw them on my Geography teacher in 1983.

Great thread, I've laughed outloud at parts.

Could a key to avoiding Mumsiness be wearing bright colours? Or at least unexpected colours: red shoes, emerald green coat, etc etc.

I just bought a pair of Converse, and was leaning towards conventional 'safe' colours of navy, black and grey. Then I saw the sequined pair. I eventually passed over and went for rasperry, with white laces, thinking the bright colour would cheer me up and look striking under jeans.

Mumsy or not?

I agree that it is MUCH easier to avoid a mumsy look when one is a size 10 or less. If I drop a stone, I think I can get away with much more.

Sorry. Raspberry.

arf my dd calls converse 'mums trying to be young shoes'
but she's a know-it-all 18 yr old

So does that make Converse mumsy or mutton?

And what about Sainsbury's version of Converse? I have some in bright turquoise. Sains: mumsy, turquoise: mutton.... maybe I've got the balance just right!

why don't you all just wear what you want to?

and what is WRONG with black boots?

Oh dear.
I confess to being the owner of a two-tone blue anorak. Not sure about waterfall cardis, I haven't found a nice one in the charity shop yet...
DC and DH keep hiding my furry leopardskin hat and refuse to go anywhere with me if I wear it.

"Lots of people on style threads like to get their colours done for example (eg, winter, summer etc). PErsonally I would hate to be told what colours I can and can't wear. I will wear what I like the way I like it."

I had my colours done many years ago and found it quite liberating. It explained why I avoided certain colours (because deep down I must have realised what colours suited me - I am winter BTW). This time of year is the worst time for clothes buying for me as all the shops are full of autumn colours - shades of beige/brown and variations of, none of which suit me at all.

Also, if you are wearing the right colours people shouldn't notice your outfit, but notice how well you look. If they notice what clothes you are wearing you are wearing the wrong colours. I would much rather someone told me how nice I looked rather than the dress I was wearing was nice.

Ooh, ooh, I have a question: denim jackets. I still quite like wearing mine (traditional style vintage wrangler second hand from Camden Mkt, quite fitted) but keep seeing really quite old people in them - am I making huge error?