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Expectations vs Reality?

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KatharinaRosalie · 24/03/2023 14:15

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Elsanore · 31/03/2023 16:18

LenoraVonBorten · 30/03/2023 14:57

I was thinking about that too!!

"I looked like a match" 😂

tobee · 31/03/2023 17:39

NorthernSoul55 · 31/03/2023 15:59

Body suits (or just 'bodies' as we called them in the 80s), the ones that fasten with poppers at the crotch.
Expectation : smooth lines from shoulders to bum, get the tucked in look without the inevitable lines across the hips, show off my waist.
Reality: walk with a pronounced stoop as they're never long enough, poppers ping open or worst of all, trap your pubic hair in the fastening.
I shuddered when I saw they were back in the shops.

God yes! Also the time spent trying to wrestle with them to re popper in the Ladies after a couple of drinks in the pub 🤦🏻‍♀️

Offredismysister · 31/03/2023 17:46

I had a crinkled swimsuit in the 90’s when I was a slim teenager. Saw a neon pink one is asda yesterday for £16, so I bought it. Tried it on & suddenly I have no waist & look like a bag of sausage meat.

Thunderpunt · 31/03/2023 18:20

Black skinny jeans, Doc Martens, easy wear blazer
Expectation - effortless cool, hip young casual around town
Reality - Max Wall doing his stupid walk

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RaininginDarling · 31/03/2023 18:25

Chelsea26 · 30/03/2023 11:43

I was going on a date and it was raining, I put on a white and black striped top, a denim dungaree dress, black tights and black lace up boots and then slung on my bright yellow waterproof coat…

I thought I looked cool, hip and effortlessly prepared for whatever the day through at us

Got on the tube and came face to face with a two year old in the same outfit

I. Am. Dying. 🤣

RaininginDarling · 31/03/2023 18:35

I went all "blue denim dungarees" when Mama Mia came out. Thought I could channel Meryl as I walked the dog.

Nope.

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CaveMum · 31/03/2023 18:57

@RaininginDarling same, though I looked more like one of Dexy’s Midnight Runners!

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Hamsterapocalypse · 31/03/2023 19:14

UrbanMage · 30/03/2023 11:13

Expectation: whimsygoth with a side of art teacher.
Reality: fat crazy lady on day release

Your reality is my goal! You just need a bit more cat hair.

WeeBitOfWoo · 31/03/2023 19:15

Love this thread. I thought of another one. Spanx.

Expectation: I will magically drop two dress sizes (despite eating massive pizza for dinner) and people will marvel at my svelte form in a bodycon dress.

Reality: Smooths lumpy belly so I now look five months pregnant. Yeast infection develops within an hour. Probably knock myself out trying to get them back on after taking a piss.

Underadandelion · 31/03/2023 19:35

Years ago in my early twenties I wore a white top with a tropical palm leaf print on and I thought I looked like a surfer girl in Hawaii. A guy I worked with pointed at it and said "well this is fun" ConfusedBlush.

DerekFaker · 31/03/2023 20:28

MissLucyEyelesbarrow · 31/03/2023 14:59

Always be suspicious of coats that are designed to be worn done up, but that aren't shown done up in marketing pictures. It means the stylist couldn't even make a 24 year old model look good in them.

That's good advice.

Which I will probably forget next time I buy a coat 😭

Snooks1971 · 31/03/2023 21:00

Thunderpunt · 31/03/2023 18:20

Black skinny jeans, Doc Martens, easy wear blazer
Expectation - effortless cool, hip young casual around town
Reality - Max Wall doing his stupid walk

Max Wall!!!! Love it

RaininginDarling · 31/03/2023 22:36

CaveMum · 31/03/2023 18:57

@RaininginDarling same, though I looked more like one of Dexy’s Midnight Runners!

🤣

IjustbelieveinMe · 01/04/2023 02:15

Cranarc · 29/03/2023 17:56

Clogs. I imagined I would look like a sort of cool, boho, 70s hippy. Given I have a pixie cut I am not quite sure how the look was supposed to pan out, but it did in my head somehow. Actually I looked (and sounded like) a shire horse.

😂

HarlanPepper · 01/04/2023 03:57

After much searching for something suitable to wear to my brother's wedding, I found a very smart, and I thought, rather daring, grass-green trouser suit. It was slim fitting and had ankle-length trousers. The first thing my husband said when I tried it on at home was "Riddle me this, Batman!". And he was right.

I still wore it. It was too late to find anything else.

LunaNorth · 01/04/2023 05:21

I bought a pink and purple horizontal striped sweatshirt with puff sleeves from Oliver Bonas.

Expectation - jeans and sweater brought bang up to date with an 80s twist.

Reality - built like a brick shithouse; first middle-aged woman to play Linebacker for the Miami Dolphins; possibly left the coat hanger in it when I put it on.

halfpasteleven · 01/04/2023 05:56

FlosCampi · 29/03/2023 21:56

I laughed out loud at doodle oodle ooo😂

Me too!

torquewench · 01/04/2023 06:14

I have a denim boilersuit. I only wear it in the house because instead of casual chic, I look like Im ready to service your car.

LunaTheCat · 01/04/2023 06:25

NorthernSoul55 · 31/03/2023 15:59

Body suits (or just 'bodies' as we called them in the 80s), the ones that fasten with poppers at the crotch.
Expectation : smooth lines from shoulders to bum, get the tucked in look without the inevitable lines across the hips, show off my waist.
Reality: walk with a pronounced stoop as they're never long enough, poppers ping open or worst of all, trap your pubic hair in the fastening.
I shuddered when I saw they were back in the shops.

Yep, had one in the late 80’s… I actually fell down and got taken to hospital in an ambulance… a dishy young doctor tried to undress me to examine me … never again!

BadSkiingMum · 01/04/2023 07:02

Navy-blue cotton jumpsuit with flared legs:

Expectation: Parisian chic

Reality: female comrade after a long shift in a Soviet tractor factory.

captainflash · 01/04/2023 17:05

Grenson boots. I have long, slim legs and thought they would be good with tights and a denim skirt
Expectation: Holly Willoughby in the jungle.

Reality: my partner wet himself laughing when I tried them on. When he finally got his breath back, he wheezed ‘Run Forrest Run’ and told me I looked like I was wearing something to correct childhood polio.
Fucker

TheMildManneredMilitant · 01/04/2023 18:38

Every so often I do a 'fuck it I'm so boring and want something FUN shop'. It never ends well.
Eg red shaggy fake fur cropped jacket
Expectation: Kate Moss
Reality: Elmo

SirChenjins · 01/04/2023 18:45

I posted about this recently and one poster got very upset with me, but I have big shoulders and care not, so here goes… I want to wear wide legged trousers, chunky shoes or trainers, a slouchy jumper and long coat or a leather jacket. In my head I look effortlessly chic but in reality (at my grand height of five foot one) I look like Susi Myerson from Mrs Maisel

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Noname77 · 01/04/2023 19:52

@SirChenjins why were they upset with you?

SirChenjins · 01/04/2023 20:08

She accused me of ridiculing another woman, and when I explained that Susi was a character in a comedy show who was not known for her style she insisted I wasn’t laughing at the comedy and that I obviously loathed myself because I looked like Susi Myerson. It was a bit extreme but very funny Grin