If skinny jeans and ankle boots are frumpy?

[BarrelOfOtters]

Wtf are you supposed to wear.?

I know why I stick to skinnies and ankle boots in the winter. I went to put on my cropped barrel legged cords with new white trainers today and my legs and feet were freezing! I’m back in the jeans and boots and big socks now till the weather changes.

The fashionistas think that anything that isn't in fashion is frumpy, and are reluctant to state what they wear when challenged.

The rest think that anything that is dowdy, drab coloured, shapeless, badly fitting and basically is unflattering on the wearer is frumpy.

"Frumpy" is used on here usually about anything which isn't "flattering" or "doesn't show off your figure".

By "fashionistas" if you mean the posters who are probably going to be on the Parisian thread or who will suggest non mainstream brands, I really don't think that is the group who call anything"frumpy". I never do, but lordy, I've posted choices and I've had my choices ripped to shreds by some posters as being "frumpy" because they don't meet the above criteria.

I can't respond to your second paragraph. My clothes might not be "flattering" by the standards set by some posters but they are never dowdy, drab coloured, shapeless or badly fitting.

I got my arse handed to me a few years ago when my teen DD said she'd style me to go to a concert, I said what would she choose...and she said nothing at all in my wardrobe would be suitable! 🤣 I decided to wear my own unstylish clothes.

Frumpy to me is wearing a collection of garments that may be fine individually, but are incongruous and incoherent together. So a few years ago the classic one we used to argue about was shiny black heeled ankle boots teamed with bootcut jeans and a fleece. Another one I see a lot now is a floral dress with similar boots and a North Face anorak. There’s no consistent feel to the outfit. It’s not fashionable, it’s not a classic, timeless look, it’s just clothes chucked on because who knows.
The PoW does not do that.

I feel quite sympathetic to The Princess of Wales for having to take so much care over what she wears when - to my eyes anyway - she really doesn't seem that interested. It would be like me being made patron of Rural Life and having to pretend to like the countryside.

I think all the criticism to the Princess of Wales is very mean. Good on her to not care. She looks gorgeous to my eyes. I don't care people on the internet thinks she is frumpy.

The only reason wide leg jeans are "in fashion " now is because they were worn by all these influences /cat walk models etc
They aren't practical or flattering on the majority of people
Yet the same people who wear these dragging along the floor claim skinny's are so "old fashioned "

I wore current fashions the first time around, I'm too old to do it again. I will wear what I like and what is comfortable for me.

They look awful. You can't see their feet.

I do think skinny flares/bootleg can be quite flattering as long as you can see the footwear and they fit nice.

I wear all sorts including the above and skinny jeans and thick leggings.

Frumpiness? For real? She obviously can't be too 'out there' or too fashion forward. She is expected to look classy, elegant, timeless and often businesslike and she always pulls this off. She looks amazing in everything.

It's a bit wide of the mark to call her frumpy!

If - Lord help us all - I were in the royal family, I'd be like an ageing Beatrice and Eugenie, unable to resist trying All the Clothes, and constantly chided on here for not dressing for my age or my shape. There'd be post after post lamenting, 'Doesn't-she-know-what-suits-her-yet?'. I have quite a soft spot for them in my hard republican heart.

I really like the way she dresses. Yes, it’s very conservative and a lot more formal than anything I’d wear day to day, but I spend surprisingly little time opening hospitals or attending church services. And people rarely turn up places to watch me get out of a car.

Confidence is stylish. If jeans and ankle boots make you walk with confidence you'll look 100 times better than someone on trend skulking down the street trying to hide themselves.

I'm a bit Eugenie fan. She seems lovely but also dresses for her figure and role in society with a love of colour and I respect that.

Oh no don't tell me she's started dressing for her shape too! I liked them both best when they used to turn up at weddings with giant pretzels on their heads.

I take a huge interest in fashion and actually I do keep my shoes current as footwear choices can be very ageing. I will always though choose a cut and colour that suits me above everything else. I just can’t feel good in something that highlights my bad bits and hides my good ones.

I do really dislike the “what the fashion editors are wearing” pieces. A handful look great, the majority terrible imo.

Of course the whole shifting of silhouettes etc is only to try and get us to completely rethink our wardrobes the whole time - move from skinnies to wide leg jeans and everything from your shoes to your tops have to also change. I love keeping clothes for decades and pairing them with new bits. I always love the fact that my very fashionable 22 year old daughter always borrows my clothes.

You should wear what suits you, body shape-wise, and what makes you feel good about yourself. That thread about what 'frumpy' means just showed there is no consensus and probably depends on your age and what has been 'in fashion' during seminal times in one's life.

I'm old and in my time I've worn skinny, tight, bootleg, straight and flared jeans, also low waisted, high waisted etc. Personality I think skinny plus ankle boots is just fine on the right figure. Only teenagers and the very fashion conscious really care.

I really like the looser legged jeans and am hoping it's a long time before skinnies make a comeback. Wide-legged tailored trousers are super flattering compared to slim tapered trousers.

I wear them with chunky trainers, block-heeled ankle boots, wedges or chunky flat sandals in the summer.

Blimey....what a load of bollocks.