What are you wearing today? May 2021

[EllaPaella]

Hi all

Link to old thread https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/styleandbeauty/4174287-What-are-you-wearing-today-Spring-2021?msgid=104962677

@Miseryisabutterfly I don't think it sends people notifications if you bookmark. At least I hope not as I do it all the time instead of ". mark's place"

Or maybe it does and half of Mumsnet is hiding from me.

Phew 😅 crack on so!

Definitely just for you @Miseryisabutterfly!
@EllaPaella you are having totally different weather from us! I was back in a jumper today and I have the heating on and my big winter 'house only' cardigan I wear evenings all winter. Where has the sun gone?

Up here in the NE it has been boiling today 🥵 Chilly breeze set in this evening but a lovely warm sunny day. Gonna rain all
day tomorrow according to forecast. Just back from a nice meal and quite a bit of wine.. hic 🥴
What I wore this evening

Coffee was reasonably successful though I’d forgotten how much DH loves an audience. I hardly had to say anything! Fed up already with cold and rainy weather
@OublietteBravo what did you wear?!
Tee :MKT studio
Jeans: boyish
Sandals: Birkenstock’s
Sweatshirt around waist: hush

Ooh nice cardigan @EllaPaella where from? And very jealous

From Silkfred Soover, I like today's outfit.
The weather is certainly very variable across the country, was meant to rain all morning here but no sign of it yet.
I was actually hoping for a bit of rain, the garden could really do with it.
Today I'm wearing: T Shirt Lucy Dodwell Designs, Levi's and birkies.

Strange weather here.. Doesn’t know what it wants to do - so no idea what to wear when I go out later! Currently Anthropologie velvet joggers with an old cami and crop tee from Spark Company, with ye olde fit flops.. As usual the dog and at least one cat get in on the act too!

Very boring today!
Killstar top
Next hypercurve black jeans
Dune trainers

And a load of washing that's drying

Black flock star sweatshirt
Denim shorts
Coral plimsolls

@EllaPaella love that t-shirt - what a nice colour.

@PawsQueen very funky!

@RillHunner nice combo - shorts are really nice

@obliettebravo what did you wear??

I was wearing this with jeans, but the sun came out so

Dress - not sure
Sandals- M&S

I always forget

I wore a variation of option #9 - only with plain black trousers rather than velvet trousers. I completely forgot to take a photo though

Casual and comfortable today

Jumper: M&S
Trousers: M&S
Trainers: Jigsaw

East top & New Look jeans

This outfit has definitely made me realise I need high waisted jeans if I’m going to tuck in - these do nothing for me as I have a naturally high waist. I’ll save them for wearing under baggy jumpers I think

Thanks @Shannith nice dress your legs always look great I miss riding for the actual riding but it also makes you legs ultra toned.

Nice t shirt @Sooverthemill, hope you had a great night? @OublietteBravo sometimes those kind of evenings can be hit & miss.

Those joggers look comfy and stylish @Purplecatshopaholic

Boring outfit today been tidying up then trying not to lose it with the 5 year old who has been a mixture of whining and making a mess!

Bodysuit and other stories
Belt Sainsbury's
Jeans Next

@Sickoffamilydrama I like those jeans on you

Still cold here! Hope some of you good people are having sunshine! Sad as I’ve had new shorts arrive and it’s obviously too cold to wear them 😥
Blouse: mango
Dungarees: fat face
Trainers: veja

Boden dress, via charity shop.

It’s useful taking these photos isn’t it. I think this dress works well on me and I feel good (and slim!) in it.

I always used to wear skin-tight everything. Partly because that was the fashion (body-con dresses, skinny jeans etc) and also up until the last few years I had the figure to pull it off. Then I hit my mid-30s, had a baby, ….:then lockdown happened

Taking these photos makes me realise if I wear looser stuff I do still look slim. Trying to squeeze myself into skin-tight is just not flattering anymore.

I’ve also started looking at people out and about & picking my “best dressed” person of the day. I’ve realised that it’s never someone in skin-tight anything. The last couple of days it’s been ladies in looser summery dresses. Often it’s been older women too.

There’s a woman in my office and (pre-covid) I used to love seeing what’s she wore. She always looking absolutely amazing. She was over 40 and attractive but not a supermodel. Again she never wore skin-tight anything. (I think she also spent a lot though as I once asked her where her dress was from then Googled it and it was £££££)

That dress looks absolutely lovely on you @KiteflyingKat
I spent most of my teens and 20's being so stressed over the fact that I wanted a flat stomach (i've never had a flat stomach since I was 11!). I am slim and I appreciate these days that I have a nice figure and I am grateful for that. But to get that flat stomach I had to seriously deprive myself of certain foods (I spent years being way over disciplined about food) and spend a lot of time doing serious work outs. Once I got a bit older I began to ask myself who was I doing all that for? Why do I need a flat stomach? Does it make me happy?
I am 42 now and for the last 10 years I eat what I want (in moderation) and exercise because I enjoy it. I run, walk, do yoga, skate but I don't go to the gym and do sit ups etc because quite frankly I find that really boring.
I think my point in this long ramble is that getting a bit older is actually quite liberating as I let go of that angst about looking perfect and just excepted my body for the wonderful miraculous thing it is, loose tummy and all.
I also had a major health scare a few years back that make me grateful for my health and for getting older and every year that passes.
I agree that stylish certainly doesn't equate to being slim, skinny whatever.
Anyhow.. you look fabulous in that dress and have an absolutely cracking figure. I am glad you are feeling more confident.

I agree @EllaPaella! @KiteflyingKat you look fab and I'm happy for you that you feel more confident x

Working from home today and finally it seems our weather has caught up with everyone else's and winter is back! 🥶
Hush jeans, primark top and Silkfred cardigan. Also got my very unstylish but very warm Falke slipper socks on as well - oh the glamour (even contemplating putting the heating in!)

It's very cold today..@KiteflyingKat love that dress!

I'm in jeans again:

Top - oasis
Jeans - gap
Loafers - next

Who was it contemplating Valverde botas boots? Mine have just arrived, they're a carbon copy of the fairfax and Favor explorers, but oh my god they're SO soft and comfy!!

@Softpebbles I think it was you