Expectations vs Reality?

[KatharinaRosalie]

Can we have another expectations vs reality thread?
Went to hairdresser. I asked for a Claire Dunphy messy cut: https://www.hairstyles.my.id/2018/04/julie-bowen-hairstyles-modern-family.html

Just walked past a mirror and though oooh I really do look like someone famous.
Yes, yes indeed. : https://www.udiscovermusic.com/artist/rod-stewart/

I love (the idea) of those sleeveless, drapery capes, especially the ones with fake fur trimmings.
I have tried different styles and colours on, but always just look like Professor McGonagall about to repel the dementors from Hogwarts.

Expectation: Planning a perfect vacation and everything goes smoothly.
Reality: Realizing that Murphy's Law applies to vacations too - anything that can go wrong, will go wrong...!!

This made me snort 😂

Laughed so hard at Richard III I woke up DP who thought I was crying!

A few years ago I bought a grey wool sleeveless cape in Benetton.
Expectation: understated on point effortless chic
Reality: Nanny McPhee minus the teeth

When I proudly wore a lovely tweed cape someone told me I looked like Basil Brush.

Way back in the early 2000s I had a green poncho. I put it on and then-toddler DS1 beamed, ‘A Christmas tree!’

Never wore it again.

Just loving this. Reasonably slim build but live in fear of forced to get the harvest in 😂. To echo pp trench coats are just a childhood fear of Mr Gadget. I would love to be the kind of Women who effortlessly throws one on but it’s never to be!

When I was pregnant, (years ago) I saw Samantha Cameron looking super in a dress with a sash under the bust, when I tried that look DH said looked like an Easter egg.

Another time I tried a black dress from cos with a white collar, I thought I was nailing pared back, utilitarian chic. DH asked if I was moonlighting as a nun!

Inspector Gadget not Mr Gadget! I can only ever link trench coats to him.

😂😂😂

Years ago I wore a belted waistcoat to work thinking it was sharp and tailored.
A male colleague remarked it was "gnome-esque".
Never had the nerve to wear it again.

Perfect 😂😂😂

Thanks so much for these comments! I’ve laughed so my expensive rejuvenating eye cream has run in my eyes and now I look like a bloodhound with conjunctivitis.

Snort at the trench coats! I have just bought yet another, this time without a belt. I am Jane Birkin…. However looking back from the mirror was my mum circa 1982 in a stiff Dannimac.

Tiered ditsy floral midi dresses. I’m reasonably tall so they should look summery and flowing, in reality I look like I’ve escaped from somewhere!

This is also me. Or like I'm out in my Grandma's nightie.

Utility style jumpsuit- will knock pounds off and look smart but effortless
DD asked if I had come to fix the heating

Expectation: Wrap dresses are so flattering on curvy figures! With cinched waist, the wrap dress gives an ultra-slimming effect, enhances your bust and slims over the hips.

Reality: BOOBS!!! Look at my boobs!

I ordered this thinking cool, stylish, smart for Spring and the cropped trousers might fit my short legs. Trying it on was hilarious, it drowned me, DH said I looked like I was dressed in oversized Chinese revolution overalls.

I have a very slim, athletic figure.
When it was hot last summer, I bought some Sweaty Betty tight cycling shorts for workout classes.
I was hoping to look like Shellie Blanks [personal trainer in amazing shape with insane abs].
I came downstairs in my shorts ready for a fitness class and DP told me I looked like Lia Thomas [hulking great male swimmer who calls himself a woman].

I went to a work function once in what I thought was a classic, chic, French type of look - very expensive long white shirt and black cigarette trousers. A very senior colleague who'd helped organise the event mistook me for waiting staff and started briefing me on the running order of the night.

I had my hair toned silver/grey a few years ago when it was very fashionable. I looked like Theresa May.

I feel the cold so I've always got a massive puffer coat on. And I use a backpack rather than a stupid handbag. In my massive coat with my backpack on, DP says I look like a Dutch exchange student.

🙄Yes! The curse of the boob.

Every few years (whenever they come around again) i try a gypsy top in summer. Excited by all the lovely frilly things in the shops - surely i can pull it off - the gathered neckline going straight across and the dropped shoulders ...

Expectation: Playful. Show off tanned shoulders. Nice change from the simple vest tops which suit me but i'm bored sick of

Reality: ''Oh Sir'' (heavy country accent) ''Look at my luverly apples'' <holds plate under bust and winks>

🙄

Bought some black leather timberland boots,tried them on and dh asked if I was joining the army cadets.
Never wore them unsurprisingly.

@Laiste 😂reminds me of Carry on Doctor:

Barbara Windsor (in a very tight top walks) past an ambulance driver eating a pear:
"Oooh, what a lovely looking pear!"

Driver "I was about to say the same thing!"

For me my nemesis (nemisees?!) are jumpsuits and dungarees. Whether they are smart/dressy or ultimate casual, I always look the same - backing singer in Dexy's Midnight Runners.

These comments are absolutely hilarious!! I've had my fair share of disasters, but whilst the reality may not always turn out like we expect let's give ourselves props for trying!

@CaveMum - nemsei ? 😄

I want to wear jump suits and just look awful too. The crotch is always in the wrong place (dangling down or camel toe) and my arse suddenly seems to look the size of a planet