i liek this kind of look for autumn, nice pretty dress, with over the knee socks

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here

this is the only season temp wise to wear this type of thing, but i have a feeling if i wore that on the school run i would get gasp and people thinking im a whore!

what do you think?

oh and dh said im too old for that at 34, bloody git

Why can't you do ironic at 34 woolytights ?

Because irony in fashion only works on the youthful. 34 is youthful compared to 40....but it's not exactly a spring chicken.

oh dear, i better go and top myself now then
only kidding!

I think at 34 you could wear the dress with tight and chunky knee sock and knee high boots. But not the over the knee socks.

well in that case can anyone reccomend some nice elsaticated waist trousers, and some nice slippers, ideaally the zip up slippers as i do tend to fumble around alot these days
perhaps some tartan ones would be nice

not sure what sort of tops i should be wearing? any iedas? am iright thinking some sort of shapless baggy old t shirt?or is theres some thing else that would suit my age better

It is quite a sexy look isn't it ?! Think us oldies could get away with it if there was not the gap between the tights and the dress.
Shame I usually hate teenage fashion (black tights with denim shorts) but I do like this look.

Love the dress, hate the socks.

god no ,those socks only for teens surely!?
people will snigger

doesn't mean you have to start shopping in M&S classic section htough

Very cute, and would look brilliant on my 20-yr old sister. At 29, I personally wouldn't do the socks though - it's just too cutesy and not age-appropriate.
Get the dress! You can still look foxy with tights and ankle boots.

well i dont think i shall wear it with the socks then, as i can imagine the looks and gossip on the school run if i turned up in that.

High / mid heeled brogues and woolly tights would be the way forward, I'd say.

OP, the Horlicks look (that dress with woolly tights &brogues, like the previous poster said) is terribly cool though!
Wear with pinned-up braids and a dusty copy of Anna Karenina under your arm and just watch the school run mammies follow suit

I've got some similar to these but with a chunkier (but not blocky) heel and they're most foxy with dresses like this. There are loads about ATM in all price classes.

(am 34 and it's not mutton-ish)

I love tea dresses (but can't load Asos at the moment for some reason) but I agree with most of the above - over the knee socks for the under 20s only. Although I personally think they are vile regardless of age.

Socks? I didn't see any socks....

the thigh high socks (aka wooly hold-ups) as worn by the model in the link...

Ah I just had another look and saw the socks. Nope! They are too young for us 30 something's I'm afraid.

IMHO the socks are vile and tasteless at any age. I clearly remember doing an (internal) cats bum mouth at them when I was 15 (as was the girl wearing them).

under the knee socks, opaques and a wee dress does work work though.

Love the dress, the suspender socky things look a bit cheap, would be lovely with tights and a cardi.

Yes, if it's a tight, shortish v necked cardy fastened at the waist with a skinny belt over. Frumpy otherwise

Dress - yes
Socks - no

I don't think you would be able to carry off the socks at your age. You could get away with the dress perhaps.

Incidentally, anyone having trouble loading that page? Have tried again, it won't load and then crashes out MN!

Weird.