Is it ever acceptable...

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For a woman in her forties to wear original style kickers?
I have acquired a pair, love them but they feel a bit children's bbc presenter... I have attached a pic and considered changing the laces from red to navy...
If I were to were them then what with?
I enjoy wearing comfy but flattering clothes, quite casual slightly adolescent hippy/classic mix, lots of gap , Zara, charity and tkmax.
Jeans, little dresses, short skirts, mainly flats, dm loafers , converse and the occasional block heel Mary Janes or ankle boot.
Please advise, I'm a peri menopausal mid lifer, I don't want to make a hideous mistake.
Tia...

DPotter - so jealous!

HoggleHoggle - I am too large to wear white tops well I'm a size 16 so I guess I could try some on and see.

I'm a 16 and I wear white tops......
Not with the red DMs though........... and me in rolled jeans is just a no-no

A woman in my office was wearing patent kickers today. She was 50ish and they looked great.

ooh I am so jealous they are lovely, really like the red stitching.

toast I'd wear those vans with anything, they're lush, I'd totally go plain and casual , not too much in the way of pastels or it could start to look a bit Next or Matalan (no offence Next or Matalan shoppers) you want to keep an urban thing with vans , let the flowers speak for themselves if that makes sense?

nickdrake thank you I'm very pleased. Ive received a lot of compliments on my Kickers today, I must say tho, most of them have been from men. Men of a certain age...

Why wouldn't it be acceptable?

Like the Kickers, if those Vans fitted my extremely wide feet, I'd wear them pretty constantly with skinny jeans (short of leg so roll ups rarely work) and a smocky style top od the Seasalt/Fatface ilk (also a 14-16)

Love the next and matalan comment
I live in black jeans or normal denim jeans with black tops. This is why I'm not sure what to wear with these shoes.

They will fit on extremely wide feet, my feet are really wide! They are £25 in Tk maxx at the moment.

I love Vans. Perfect for my wide hooves.

If wear those with white skinnies and a dark top. Or just skinny jeans of some description and a plain top.

I'm not a fan of those kickers but I like the way you've styled them OP.

Thank you felicia