Clothing with an age limit

[LostMyPants]

At what age does it stop being acceptable to wear shorts with tights? Or leggings? Or converse? Is there any clothing with an age limit?

MsAspreyDiamonds I totally agree that it's not a good look on anyone of any age or any size. Call me a traditionalist but I think underwear belongs under your clothes. The clue is in the name. However in your first post you implied thatthe woman's age was the most objectionable thing for you. I just wondered why?

I hope when I'm 60 I shall be wearing a bright pink bra and a see through blouse. I'd rather be Dorian Green than Anne Widdicombe.

I saw an older woman (I'd guess 70s) in a crop top with a bare midriff. She had the figure for it - very slim and toned - but it still looked wrong, and I couldn't tell you why.

But so what? Why does it bother people?

Well it didn't really. I just noticed it, that's all, and was a bit surprised to find I didn't think it looked "right" even though there was nothing wrong with her figure and on a younger woman I'd have felt nothing but a pang of jealousy.

Ok but maybe that is your problem, not hers?

Didn't say it wasn't. It's not like I ran up to her shouting "cover yerself up you aged hoor!" though.

I'm sure you didn't But you noticed her, didn't you? How many other 70-something women did you walk past that day without even seeing? Maybe that woman prefers disapproval to being invisible?

I think it is definitely the case that if it suits you and you can carry it off, you can wear any look at any age.

I am 50, and do remember going through a stage, maybe when I hit 40, of thinking I was too old to wear above-knee skirts and the like. I think that is more to do with society's "conditioning" than anything else. I now wear what I like and think I suit my figure and don't particularly care what anyone else thinks.

That's a very good point!

That was aimed at Floisme.

Thanks, TheBookofRuth
This is what I hate to see older women wearing: baggy, oversized, ill-fitting clothes, normally in dark or neutral colours, that leave you with no shape and make you look twice the size you really are; clothes that are designed to make you disappear. Give me shorts, crop tops or sheer blouses any day.