What makes a woman glamorous?

[WineInTheSun]

Just that really!!
Inspired after a colleague saw me stuffing my mouth with biscuits and remarked ‘what are you eating?! You always look so glamorous and not the type to walk around with a mouthful!’

Made me think am I glamorous?
Always have a full face of makeup on (primer, concealer, foundation, bronzer, blusher, mascara, lipliner and lip balm), hair clean and tied in a high ponytail. Have to wear a uniform to work but opt for the dress with a waist belt option.

So what to you sets a woman aside as glamorous?
I’m secretly complimented as I have a crush on said colleague but also wondering if it means he just sees me as a Joan Collins impractical Dynasty type so not such a compliment

[StellaRockafella]

When I go to pilates, my teacher always laughs at how I manage to look glamorous even in a pair of leggings and a knotted t-shirt, hence my suspicion it is an innate thing.

Wanted to add that wags, Towie folks and other reality 'stars' are what I'd call vulgar, not glamorous. But as said previously, glamorous obviously means different things to different people. However, OP, take it as a compliment, it means you've got a special something about you that makes people notice you! :)

[drina27]

I think Audrey Hepburn was the most stylish person. She was too slender and gamine to be what people are calling glamorous. She had an engaging boyish quality. Stylish is, in my opinion, better than glamorous.

[EoinMcLovesCakeJumper]

I don't really see that one is "better" than the other... we all have different personal styles and we can't all achieve the gamine look. Audrey Hepburn experienced serious malnutrition during her childhood and was always very slightly built as a consequence, so although I agree she dressed well, I don't really like to see her look being held up as one to aspire to.

[JaceLancs]

My version of glamorous is good manicure, expensive jewellery and watch
Quality footwear and bag
A good blow dry works wonders
Waft of expensive perfume
I also like a wool coat

[drina27]

I don't really like to see her look being held up as one to aspire to.



She was - and continues to be - a style icon. Yes, I do know about her story, actually, which makes her iconic status so pleasing.

[drina27]

www.kino.dk/sites/default/files/styles/k_poster_big/public/primary-pictures/audreyhepburn.jpg?itok=7T9NN74O

[drina27]

The above us one of the most iconic of images.

[drina27]

...is one...

[GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal]

I used to be glamorous - constantly in form-fitting dresses and heels, co-ordinating accessories, hair done, make up on.

Ten years and two kids, plus a career change to something more creative and less formal, and I look - well, "arty" might be putting kindly. An average day would be hair in a messy ponytail; casual, comfy clothes and big tortoiseshell specs. Scruffy might be putting it more accurately!

[Ninkanink]

Glamour has nothing at all to do with body type or weight. One can’t be too gamine to look glamorous, nor too busty, nor too short, nor too tall, nor too old. And so on and so forth.

Elegance is perhaps a different thing altogether. One can be elegant without having a particularly glamorous look. But Audrey Hepburn had much glamour and star quality. Not simply by virtue of being gamine (although to be fair it does usually make it easier/simpler/less effort to look sophisticated), but by virtue of being a star in the last golden years of Hollywood.

She couldn’t help it that she was severely malnourished in her childhood, nor that eating was always a difficult issue for her (IIRC). It’s not a moral failing to be tall, thin and have a dancer’s elegance.

[happytobemrsg]

Glamorous to me is chic, monochrome dressing, pencil skirts, high heels, & of course red lipstick!

[WineInTheSun]

Very interesting views!! I suppose I hadn’t considered weight/body shape. It’s fair to say Dawn French is glamorous and always has been. Maybe an hourglass shape has Jessica rabbit connotations so can look sexier? Personally I think it’s possible at any size.

Now I have to hope ‘glamorous’ didn’t mean he thinks I’m high maintenance/hard work to date as I am very attracted to him and taking the original comment as a compliment

[Ninkanink]

It’s a good thing if he thinks you’re high maintenance/hard to date and is still interested. I like a man who likes a difficult woman (because I happen to be a little bit difficult).

[Ninkanink]

Hard work, rather.

[Elllllle]

So according to this thread, glamour is:

Good glossy well kept hair
Natural Parisian messy "bed hair"
Quality accessories
NOT a tan leather handbag (wtf)
Red lipstick!
Lots of makeup
Natural makeup
No makeup and "natural beauty"
High heels
Always being done up and making an effort
It's innate
NOT being trashy
Being high maintenance

And so forth....

You won't get your answers here OP

[Womenwotlunch]

When I say that someone is glamorous, I mean that they look well put together classy and attractive with an innate confidence.
It’s not about wearing lots of makeup . If that were the case the Towie girls would be regarded as glamorous
However, I do think that some people use the term in a passive aggressive manner. Rather than say that someone is beautiful you say that they are glamorous implying that they only look good because they put a lot of effort into their appearance

[Ninkanink]

It’s very subjective. There are various camps or tribes in this regard.

Just like on the ‘how to look expensive’ threads where you get some people who answer in terms of the old money look - very understated - expensive, good quality clothing but nothing ostentatious, etc etc, and then you get other people posting photos saying, emulate this (essentially, have your hair ‘done’ at all times with extensions, always have your nails done and buy yourself mock LV, full face of make up and show as much skin as possible). Yes head to toe designer is a very expensive look, but it’s usually not what people mean when they ask that question. Or traditionally it hasn’t been. Perhaps enough people now think of that look as being glamorous or expensive or stylish.

I think it’s one of those things where you can’t always define it exactly - I think it’s much more to do with the individual and how they carry themselves and what they perceive their place in the world to be. The clothing/hair/trappings are just extras on top.

[Honeybee85]

I think looking very polished and oozing self confidence mixed with high quality clothing and accessories.

[CountFosco]

I think a male colleague telling you he thinks you are glamourous means he fancies you.

For women it's more complex. It is related to elegance but is sexier and louder. Bodyshape is part of it, an hourglass can be glamourous even when they don't want to be. Glamour requires some life experience, intelligence and humour. Larger than life, something unknown to aspire to and an element of artifice (the famous red lipstick).

[drina27]

@Elllllle

What do you think?

[Namechangexyz1]

Always have a full face of makeup on (primer, concealer, foundation, bronzer, blusher, mascara, lipliner and lip balm)

That's the opposite of glamour to me.

Or maybe I mean elegance.

[GingerBeverage]

People who wear clothes that need to be dry cleaned only

[drina27]

Elegance and style are to be cultivated. Glamour not so much.

[Ninkanink]

Why should glamour not be cultivated? I love a bit of old school glamour.

[drina27]

Because it’s too obvious and not discreet enough?