This season it's all YELLOW and FUSCHIA - Ageism is RAMPANT in fashion [bows]

[ahundredtimes]

Seriously.

No more boho chick they say. Now the moment is 'Biba and Ossie Clark. An early 70s, Art Nouveau-ish tripping off into the kind of tendrilly doodles girls used to scrawl on their bedroom walls after studying their hippie-romantic rock album covers'. Does that mean ANYTHING to anyone?

Can you be nearly 40 and wear a large silk corsage with style?

Can you be nearly 40 and wear a tea dress?

Can you be nearly 40 and wear harem pants?

Can you be nearly 40 and wear bright yellow?

Can you be nearly 40 and be in the moment?

No, I say, no. You cannot.

The revolution starts here.

[buttons up black cardigan, tailored black cardigan]

yes I expect I sometimes look a bit bonkers

but I dont care

the alternative is too depressing to contemplate

ate least you arnet a felicity kendall crone

what happened to your posha nd patronising mates

they are still posh and some are v patronising but I avoid them

or am silly and immature in their presence

god I would love to look bonkers

Enid I envy you

I thought buying red gloves was a shocker

lol

do you like them though?

I have bright green ones today (not with fuschia coat am not that bonkers)

I saw my friend in Sainsburys and she was wearing a trilby with a feather in

fantastic

oh I used to do mad hats but seemed to have gone more sober in recent years

must get magic back

lol tis funny how ONE hting can make you feel daring
my corsage( small blue) three years ago nearly rocked the rafters.

ditto jeans in boots til recnetly

hats are daring though for osme reason.

yse must buy one

am thinking black cap to which can attacth brooch

Anyone who wears yellow or fushia has only themselves to blame. (though a little dash of either might be ok if it suits your colouring)

Especially the particularly hideous yellow dress pictured in Observer Women.

And sheer is what we should be wearing. Though why anyone would pay good money for clothing that can be seen straight through, I don't know - just save your cash and ho naked!

I love yellow, it's bloody delightful with a tan, and makes your tan look deeper.

Being a character does not work. PPH tried to be Cindy Crawford the other day and look what happened: nits.

my grey nails look rather nice, not at all corpsey. just off to paint railings though so that'll be the end of the groomed look.

i love hats and am currently in an array of berets. would have a hat corsage (what can its name be?) like a shot if not for curly hair - whole effect a bit much i think.

i'd like to be someone properly eccentric but stylish. little edie possibly going a bit too far though.

hats are great

currently sporting a wide brimmed floppy 70s felt number

fine on a still day but if breezy the brom turns up and I look like the chap on the left, which is not good

Can't wait for it to be hot enough to wear the straw cowboy hat again

good god I have a hat recommended by Teen Vogue
[faints]