There’s nothing as frumpy as indoor scarves

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Once the be all and end all, now awful.

Imo

What do you wear OP, do you follow fashion like a sheeple?
It's much better to do your own thing, and you don't look samey without any imagination.

Dated. The kind of woman who’d be “with it”
If it's the kind of woman who's "with it" who's wearing them then surely they're the height of fashion? Dated is the new black.

Best one of recent years though:

The currently trending oversized, high necked polyester prairie dress in mad zigzag pattern and mixed colours. Mostly unlined, wonky seams, about £70 -£300 in the high street’s upper echelons.

Moved on swiftly I suppose from the I-hate-polyester club’s environmentally friendly claims of yesteryear, eh? When everyone wanted to look ‘expensive’ and minimal and only wear shite from Brora, etc, etc.

The mum-boot changes every 6 months to whatever boot the shopping addicts reject after their time on instagram fades.

Short pixie cuts are youthful and then crone-like in equal measure.

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Once the be all and end all, now awful.

I'm sorry they look so awful and frumpy on you. Maybe you could wear a cardi instead.

I have some from 10 years ago and I used to wear them in the house (old cold house) with comfy clothes. I have now been bought a big shawl that is warmer and beautiful.

Isn't this kind of a red herring though? They've never really been on the cutting edge of fashion. They're a bit 'dress for success', when you need to visually warm up/add polish to a corporate uniform, and the only other variation I can think of is the wealthy matron/Her Maj Hermès scarf ensemble. Either way it's a very 'establishment' look, meant to look extremely conservative. I don't think anyone wearing one is under the illusion that they're rocking a runway look.
The only bona fide scarf moment I can think of was around 1979 when the pussy bow was a thing. I guess there was the continental/gamine knotted square scarf in the 60s? (Makes me think of À Bout de Souffle but google images turns up no Jean Seberg-in-a-scarf pics so maybe I imagined that.)

@Drabarni I hope to be like you in my 50s!

I often wear my outdoor scarf indoors.
I just get cold really easily. (weirdly enough, that has gotten better with pregnancy??)

I personally wouldn't describe it as the epitome of stylishness. But it's still better than sitting at my desk (or meetings) and feeling cold and miserable... Warmth beats stylishness. Always.

I used to keep a warm and huuge blanket scarf at work. It was large enough to double as an actual (although measly) blanket. (I keep an actual blanket at work nowadays...)

The kind of woman who’d be “with it”. Etc. what does that even mean?

I work with children. I wear a scarf every day. I have practised the art of quickly yet subtly whipping it over my lower face in the exact same instant that one of them gives me a full on, in-the-face sneeze. Which is surprisingly regularly.

Sorry to be so "off trend" but I don't fancy a face full of teenage snot just to please the dull-witted fashion police.

If my neck is feeling chilly when I'm at home I'll either change into a polo-neck or put on one of my numerous outdoor scarves instead of whacking up the heating.

I don't give a flying fuck if this makes me 'frumpy' or 'dated' as any savings on the gas bill can be used to offset the cost of high-end fashion items.

Sonja

I have a 15 year old dd and if I ever look like mutton she tells me.
I do like some fashionable stuff but not just because it's in fashion iyswim.
I also wear shawls, inside and outside, I've only just started this, but so far so good

My ds1 gets married soon, I'm wearing a shawl as a cover to my dress, sounds frumpy but it looks nice if positioned correctly.

I love a scarf, indoors or outdoors. Helps to hide the hairy neck beard.

Oops, I stand corrected, according to Vogue there was a 'babushka renaissance' in April: www.vogue.com/vogueworld/article/babushka-headscarf-street-style-trend

So an indoor scarf indoors is bad.

What about an outdoor scarf indoors?

Asking for a friend.

That will come as a shock to the hundreds of thousands of French women who wear foulards on a regular basis.

OMG I just clicked on that link and that style is similar to mine, colours too.
Except that lovely young model can carry off the old lady scarf style and I couldn't but would wear it turban style. I'd just look old because I'm older iyswim.

I always feel a bit sorry for people who don't wear things they like because they've gone out of fashion or they're "outdated". It must be so sad to be so reliant on other people's opinions of what to wear. Fair enough if you think something's fugly.

I'm 41 and a mum though, so what do I know? I don't wear leggings or mum boots or tunics or Boden but I definitely don't wear cutting edge fashion because I just wear what I like and what suits me. I believe short trousers that show your ankles are on trend at the moment - my 22 year old 5'8" size 8 assistant looks amazing in them but I'd look ridiculous (and hate having cold ankles too).

I cannot decide which I find more tedious. Using 'old lady' or 'mum' as a synonym for ugly or unstylish, or getting cross because posters on a style and beauty thread like to talk about what's in fashion.

getting cross because posters on a style and beauty thread like to talk about what's in fashion.
Style and fashion are two different things IMO

Sometimes I keep a very lightweight one on indoors at a cafe or the library, even more mummy is that I’ve crocheted it myself and I have them in an array of colours to match/ contrast with different outfits.
But I am 63 so can be Mumsy/Nannyish.

Are smug know-it-all wannabe fashionistas OUT now too?
I certainly hope so

I like an indoor scarf (not a knitted one) as they are the only thing that let me deal with the twin irritants of a cold neck and hot flushes