what will you NEVER wear because it will "make you your mum"

[MaureenCognito]

Always remember laughing at noddyholders posts about her mum and her penchant for silver chunky jewellery and flicky hair.

what item epitomises your mum?

Am I the only one reading these descriptions and thinking "Mmm, that sounds comfy"?

Square toed boots
Cheap faux leather handbags that are way too small to put anything in
Per Una
Hush puppies

oh and Venetian glass jewellery
matching earrings and necklace (and sometimes bracelet)

Chiffon scarves. Tweed perfume. Fake fur collars.

Really cool kurt Geiger biker boots which I love but couldn't wear because she has them!

Oh my. I am so unstylish

Per Una- but not from our local m&s she heads to the next town so she doesn't look like everyone else!

Chanel No 5.
Not Marilyn
My Mum

Bunbaker - my Mum wears Per Una jeans. She is a bit apple-y with slim legs and they really really suit her actually.

Who said upthread about holiday clothes? My Mum has a whole section of her wardrobe that only ever makes an appearance when she goes abroad. White cropped jeans and tops with gold and leopard print much in evidence. With metallic sandals.

"Bunbaker - my Mum wears Per Una jeans. She is a bit apple-y with slim legs and they really really suit her actually."

I am a pear and have some slim straight jeans from Per Una. They fit beautifully, don't gape at the waist and really suit me.

Aw, my mum is actually rather stylish for a 71 year old, but she does have a penchant for those Scandi dresses from GUdrun somebody? A bit like a norwegian peasant threw up .

Ecco shoes.

And too much Rive Gauche

My Mum's improved with age and often looks really stylish these days. Other days it's not so good. Ecco shoes, fleece gilets and [cough] a camel toe.

How does one tell their DM they have a camel toe? Me and DSis discussed it and decided to leave well alone. Thankfully, I was with her shopping one day and managed to convince her to buy the next size up in trousers. I keep telling her it's SO much more flattering in the hope that the smaller "offending" trousers will be relegated.
I now live in constant fear of sporting my own camel toe. Wish I could have one of her pairs of ecco sandals tho. Don't judge till you've seen them. They're really naice!

It's the way that my Mum describes clothes and colours that make me laugh.

She cant say navy blue without adding 'you cant beat navy for smartness'

She cant just say a white shirt it's - 'a crisp white shirt'

Brown is always 'donkey brown'

She doesn't say beige she says ' Taupe' pronounced torpay

i once had a very old colleague who called a shade nigger brown
i wwas

mil partial to an 80s style don johnson jacket patterned

Those transparent plastic rain hoods that you can fold very small and put in your bag or pocket.

top and bottom in matchy matchy colour, possibly in pastel green

heels, blouse, coiffed hair and full make up when she has to fly somewhere.

too much perfume...

YY to cauliflower perm

Popsocks- even under skirts because tights make her 'too hot underneath '( to be said in Les Dawson type voice whilst hoiking bosom)

dottyaboutstripes OMG I have tears of laughter streaming down my face. That outfit sounds so bad it's good, like granny geek chic or something.

My mum went through a phase of patterned leggings. She is in her 70s and has a very dumpy figure. She also cuts her own hair into a short pudding style. She used to look so pretty when she was younger!

doinmummy LOL at Les Dawson voice, why do mums do that? Just say it normally but quieter!

Maureen, i recently worked with a young colleague who used the same term.