Things that S and B hates but are actually pretty great

[Lentilweaver]

I have just leaned into being unfashionable and bought a pair of Fitflop trainers, after looking everywhere for comfortable city walking trainers. I expected them to be hideous given the flak they get on here, but actually, they look ok. Minimalist even. And are supremely comfortable. I had trendy Adidas before and they were so hard on my feet. Hate the large, ugly branding on NB, Hoka and other trendy trainers.

I feel the same way about my Seasalt Janelle, now in it's third year, much reviled on here, but I think it looks fine on me and is such good quality. Also my Land's End coat and swimsuit.

What other things do you like that are not trendy, but great quality and you wear all the time?

I absolutely agree with this, if you love fashion and clothes they bring joy at the darkest times.

When my sister's husband died very suddenly last year I went to stay with her for a month, and the first thing I did was make an appointment with Dolce & Gabbana on Bond Street to find her the perfect widow's weeds, he loved fashion and used to message me for suggestions of gorgeous things to buy for her, and she loves dressing up (we're from a family of women who adore clothes), and it just felt like a Dolce & Gabanna moment. She looked beautiful, majestic, (I wore Valentino), he would have loved it, he loved glamour.

I often see threads on here re funerary wear, and it seems to be 'don't stand out, it's not about you'. I love dressing up for a funeral as a respect to the dead person. I want people to dress up at my funeral, I want veils, and renting, and black.

Sod celebrating my life, be sad I'm dead!

I digress.

I think we've lost the art of dressing up, I dress up at the slightest provocation and am never scared to be the most dressed up person anywhere. I'd like to see it more though, I adore seeing people out and about looking splendid and marvellous. Love it.

Always good to meet a fellow traveller.

Ah, that's quite funny, I don't live in London but spend quite a lot of time there for various reasons, and in various areas and I see plenty of dressing up & heels, it's obviously area and event dependent, but there's plenty of dressing up in London.

I guess the jeans and jumper people came on here and were told they'd look like provincial fools if they got silly ideas about looking nice on their trip to the capital.

But don't use the term 'provincials' @FKAT.

That's not cool.

Oh god I've just bought a Barbour x ganni jacket and didn't know I was committing a S&B crime.

I always dress for holidays/dinners/on vacation/ weddings and even errands. Always enjoy a lovely dress and heels. Not revealing more a feminine look I have naturally gray hair below my bra strap since summer of 2020. I work in a public facing role and I can honestly say….i receive compliments every single day on my hair from all ages. Today a young woman yelled
across the parking lot….love your hair and yesterday while at the cinema(Complete
Unknown loved it) the couple
sitting behind me who barely saw
me in light said…we love your hair.

Baggy, shapeless, 'unflattering' dresses.
Anything @IHaveNeverLivedInTheCastle or @Floisme wears.
Wide-legged trousers with wide tops, committing the crime of an "undefined waist".
Showing off a well-padded figure instead of hiding (sorry, smoothing over) it.
Paying the extra for real silk or mohair, etc.
Overdressing - I'd rather be the one inappropriately dressed in leggings and a t-shirt, but love those who turn up in explosions of glitz.
Oh, and leggings as outerwear. As long as they haven't gone transparent, why not?

It's all good fun, though!

Tend not to be looking at this type of topic until recently. Thought S and B referred to Serena and Blair!

44 isn't mutton, not by a long shot!

this type of topic?

Do you generally not wear clothes?

Recently escaped from a naturist reserve??

Haha! V funny.

I took no interest in Style and Beauty while I was carrying extra weight, I was fed up about it too- I have previously really enjoyed it. But had been dressing in the first item I ran into in the supermarket for a while.

Now I've regained my health and lost the weight, I'm all in for enjoying clothes again, and have even started a Style and Beauty thread today!!

I have Uggs, the long ones and some water resistant Chelsea boot ones
Seasalt coats
i bought some FitFlop furry lined wonder wellies in Next Clearance just before Christmas
WhiteStuff cardigans

I will be glad of all this looking at the weather forecast, especially the coat and wellies 😀

Dresses from Toast. Crinkle cotton and linen smock dresses worn over loose linen trousers. Sometimes with an apron over the dress.
Lace-up boots.
What about long A-line pinafore dresses - are they a MN S&B crime also? I'm really hoping so because all of those are my everyday staples.
Yes to long greying hair.

Good ugly chunky walking sandals.
Waterfall cardigans - very flattering imo.

I love my Plant Hunter too ,the Janelle looks awful on me.

Mutton.

Fuck that.

I'm 50 and feel beautiful.

Agree @bunnybunnybunnybunny.

You have to love yourself.

Really love yourself.

Women aren't useless after a certain age. We're more powerful.

@BaubleMania agree. I am 50 and feel the most confident I have ever felt. Got told by a man in a pub recently that I was the most beautiful woman in there. I don't need the validation but I certainly enjoyed it🙂

Janelle looked awful on me too. I tried on both in Woodland Green, expecting to love Janelle but much preferred the feel of the Plant Hunter. I've since got a second PH in the sales, this time a black printed one.

Love that!

Although men in the pub are the worst for any kind of validation.

Men generally can do one.

Sounds good to me!

@BaubleMania @willowstar
I'm 60. I can truthfully say that I receive far more compliments about my clothing/style/hair now than I ever did at 25 or 30. Since my mid 40's I seem to have evolved and finally found myself.
It's funny because people equate getting old with being frumpy, but for me it's gone the opposite way, I'm much more adventurous in my choices now and since I took up painting, I have a much better grasp of colour.

At one point the Style gurus were obsessed with not wearing trainers except when exercising. Madness.

I think all that "seasons" business is nonsense. If I like a colour I wear it. As a pale blonde I think I'm supposed to avoid black - not going to happen, and red lipstick always fixes any "washed out" issues anyway.

Every so often someone will come onto the Cabbages and Roses thread and say, ‘do people actually wear this stuff?’. Yes we do and why the hell not? It is gloriously florid and beautiful and actually very comfortable.

I've always been very 'me'.

I'm tall and angular. Mad hair.

'Masculine'

Trouser suits..

Cat suits..

Angles...

Clean lines.

Saint Laurent

Pam Hogg

Collar bones and no tits.

Bella Freud flared trousers.

Waistcoats

And sunglasses.

Absolutely. Just beautiful.
If I'm honest, it is out of my reach financially, but I do use this brand for inspiration. I discovered it years ago, via a knitwear designer on Ravelry who was often photographed modelling her cardigans and shawls with the most fantastic dresses and coats. They were almost always Cabbages and Roses, sometimes Toast and I ended up once buying a linen Grizas pinafore dress from her - weird coincidence; I only realised it was her after it arrived.
But yes, love Cabbages and Roses style❤

I think I've found my people here, I've got Janelle costs, fitflop trainers, wear skinny jeans and fleeces most days.

Good news the youngsters are wearing fleeces, I might be able to find a few replacements in the sales!

I'm 60, been dressing like this for many many years and it works for me and my lifestyle.