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I just put on my skinnies and a Breton...

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puglife15 · 15/07/2016 08:42

And feel like I should be wearing a sign round my neck saying I HAVE GIVEN UP ON STYLE AND FASHION

I'm quite happy as in my pre-preg jeans for the first time, but have quite a serious muffin top and this striped number is just the right side of baggy to cover it.

Now I just need some mum boots and a butterfly print scarf

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PollyPerky · 15/07/2016 08:54

Eh? So what DO you think you ought to be wearing? I'm afraid i feel quite fashionable in mine but then I'm maybe 40 years older than you.

Huldra · 15/07/2016 09:14

No, it's a sign saying Mumsnet Forum Member Grin

Disclaimer: I have nothing against breton tops, they're just one of those items of clothing that are mentioned here loads but I don't see peple wearing on the streets in the same proportion.

ZaraW · 15/07/2016 09:22

There were plenty of people still wearing skinnies and stripey T shirts in NY when I was there a couple of months ago it's still a popular look. I'm wearing mine couldn't care less what others think. I look awful in cropped flare jeans and cold shoulder tops and so do most people I've seen.

2ManySweets · 15/07/2016 09:22

Oh god, if that's giving up on fashion I may as well just shoot myself now.

I have such a serious muffin top it actually folds over the waistband of my skinnies, forcing the buttony, pointy part of the waistband out at the front, making me look like I have a tiny yet erect "stomach penis"

rainbrella · 15/07/2016 09:28

yes i've given up too. so easy to wear. last time i looked i had 4 skinny jeans and 6 stripe stops. i may even jazz it up with a statement necklace.

BikeRunSki · 15/07/2016 09:31

I have been wearing jeans (various leg styles, mainly indigo) and Breton tops (various colours) since I was a teenager, 30 years ago. Not every day, but often!! Today I am ringing the changes with skinny chinos. Smile I am not giving up on fashion, because I never took it up in the first place.

witsender · 15/07/2016 10:19

I wear that combo a lot. It looks nice...regardless of trends.

LemonDr1zzle · 15/07/2016 10:24

No muffin top here - I've got a whole shelf of muffins over the top of my jeans waistband!

It's up to you to decide what looks good on you and how "fashionable" you feel. Wear what you want, be comfy and happy, screw "fashion" Grin

UhtredRagnorsson · 15/07/2016 12:14

Zara I was in NY last week and there were plenty of people wearing skinnies (though it was TOO HOT for them and more people - including me - were wearing dungaree shorts or just other types of shorts). I didn't see many stripey Ts though, it was basically a coldshoulderpocalypse

ZaraW · 15/07/2016 12:22

We were staying in Greenwich Village lots of NYU students wearing them.

IHeartKingThistle · 15/07/2016 12:27

It's not a combo I tend to wear - not for any particular reason, I just wear other things! All the mums at my DCs swimming lessons do though. They don't talk to me. Grin

UhtredRagnorsson · 15/07/2016 12:39

Zara Not last week in the Village they weren't. :) But like I said, it was super hot, you'd expect them to be wearing something different to a few months ago. A lot of people were wearing basically artfully arranged string (to be fair that was kind of me, too).

TheEmmaDilemma · 15/07/2016 12:39

tiny yet erect "stomach penis"

Been there. Grin

rightknockered · 15/07/2016 13:49

I was just thinking yesterday that I need more short sleeved striped tops Grin

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puglife15 · 15/07/2016 19:38

Stomach penis, haha.

Oh god, I just realised I am totally rocking one today.

Cold shoulder tops - I just can't get on board. The ones I've seen just look cheap. And I'm not thin or cool enough to carry off the short flares either.

I've just ordered an off the shoulder summer dress but I'm 99% sure I'll be returning it. Still, at least I tried, right?

I sometimes wear a shirt instead of a striped top...

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puglife15 · 15/07/2016 19:42

Round here it's the law that if you're a) a mum and b) over 32 you have to wear skinnies and Breton. Except hippies, and a few people in the neighbourhood who are cool hipsters and wear boilersuits and boyfriend jeans with awesome trainers and the sort of cool top I never see in any shop ever

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UhtredRagnorsson · 15/07/2016 20:03

Ah well I probably look cheap then.

fruityb · 15/07/2016 20:08

It's what I lived in pre pregnancy! Or with a navy skirt and black tights. It's what I feel most comfortable and relaxed in.

I am obsessed with stripes however.

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puglife15 · 15/07/2016 20:37

I'm sure you don't Uhtred - it probably says more about my shopping browsing limitations with kids in tow (ie supermarkets)

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burnishedsilver · 16/07/2016 00:04

I still like my bretons but the skinny jeans are starting to feel old. I won't be buying any more. I'm sick of the sight of them.

squoosh · 16/07/2016 01:14

All my stripes have been put into retirement.

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puglife15 · 16/07/2016 01:59

What do you wear squoosh ? Or do you just walk around naked on the top half now because i literally have no idea what a stripeless wardrobe can look like...

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HerRoyalNotness · 16/07/2016 02:14

I've recently remembered
How much I love stripes. Had a stripe tee on today with crop skinnies. Tomorrow will be new stripe tee with denim skirt. Sunday stripe short dress and mondY stripe maxi dress. (Weekend away wardrobe, stripe overload). And they're alllllllll navy and white!!

I used to do brights and patterns but want to stick to more classic, don't look at me things these days

UhtredRagnorsson · 16/07/2016 11:31

Well. I probably do look cheap. But this time last week I was at a thing wearing a cold shoulder topand one of the most gorgeous men in the world told me I looked good, so...I'm fine with it. :)

Today I will however be wearing a non cold shoulder, striped, T (although it's not a Breton as such). And I'm fine with that too. I doubt anyone will be telling me I look good today though.

SuburbanRhonda · 16/07/2016 11:34

What's a "cold shoulder" top?

Is it one where you have to turn your back on everyone when you're wearing it?