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when is mutton dressed as lamb?

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TheDaVinciCod · 18/10/2006 13:37

why do allenglish women try to look 16 rahter htna being "casualy elegant"( tm phrase my mum)

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themoon666 · 18/10/2006 13:39

coz we are all binge drinking chavs without a mirror between us?? I don't honestly know that we are that bad, are we? Worried now.

sorrell · 18/10/2006 13:39

Because it's no fun and far too much like hard work.

KTeepee · 18/10/2006 13:40

Mmm but isn't it worse when women my age (40s) dress like old ladies - have come across a few and honestly my mum wouldn't wear what they do.

Did you see that you were front page news today btw?

TheDaVinciCod · 18/10/2006 13:47

i did and snorted!
yes i dot hink somethims that the french women you see actually arent slaves to fashion

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KTeepee · 18/10/2006 13:49

Yes I think the key is not wearing stuff that is too trendy - the best dressed women i see go for a more classic look (doesn't have to rule out jeans...)

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TheDaVinciCod · 18/10/2006 13:59

refer her here please

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BlueBeetle · 18/10/2006 14:02

Fashion victims - they can be mutton dressed as lamb - you cannot slavishly follow all the fashions - you'd look like a bag lady ! You have to find your style and stick to it - update with accessories and colours.......

Wear what suits your bod and suits your lifestyle, don't wear what "they" tell you to !

Obv Liz MacDonald in Corrie is stuck in 80's time warp, as is Viv Windsor in Emmerdale !!

Tortington · 18/10/2006 14:02

becuase casually elegent is every so ordinary.

i went to a pub where an old lady was dancing ( along with other old ladies and young people) and her nick name?

tinsel tits. becuase hse always wore glittery things - anything that sparkled

did she have a good time - hell yeah - i want to be just like her when i am old.

rather that than elegently anything quite frankly!

when is mutton dressed like lamb?
well when lamb gives a shit - would be my short answer.

TheDaVinciCod · 18/10/2006 14:02

Hmm being called " tinsel tits" is not high on my list of aims in life

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TheDaVinciCod · 18/10/2006 14:02

why cant you haev a good tiem and dance and NOT be called tinsel tits?

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TheDaVinciCod · 18/10/2006 14:04

watched liz terrible hurley on proiject catwalk yesterday
somooen presneted a midnight blue dress
"ooh too dull" sh e said in shockign pink that did nOT suit her skin tone at all

teh blue woudl have looked FAB

she has no idea what colours suit her
oh and shse also said one dress was "too tarty"
AHEM!!!! rememebt hat dress?

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TheDaVinciCod · 18/10/2006 14:04

ooh nto she is not tarty

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TheDaVinciCod · 18/10/2006 14:05

\link{http://static.flickr.com/25/89015362_b9dbed8bfb_o.jpg\this kinda pink shocckign - and check out eh lizzie duke neckalce{

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TheDaVinciCod · 18/10/2006 14:06

this pink - check out the lizzie dike necklace

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NotQuiteCockney · 18/10/2006 14:06

Hmmm, shorts, bustier and peep toe shoes is not mutton dressed as lamb - it's mutton dressed as spam.

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TheDaVinciCod · 18/10/2006 14:07

cant find a pic but rememebrwhen she turned upt o a wedding in a dresw ith ehr pants showing

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TheDaVinciCod · 18/10/2006 14:09

oh yes i hate that poem

the reality is whne you wear purple a dn are mad peopel will egde past you in lifts

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