Complimenting strangers on their dress

[MakemineaGandT]

Do you ever do this?! I usually feel too awkward to do this and don’t want to accidentally offend someone somehow, so mostly just keep the thought in my head, which seems a shame really. But occasionally I’ve given a random stranger a compliment and it’s brightened my day as well as theirs. The best time ever was admiring a woman’s incredible jacket while waiting to pay for a car parking session. She was so delighted - it turned out she’d made it herself and it was her first time wearing it.

Once or twice it has happened to me and it really has made my day.

So my question is - do you do this or has it ever happened to you? Should we do it more?!

I don't think like it. Happy for the compliment to be the thing - not me.

I mean this gently, but something in your tone makes me wonder, do you often get people complimenting you?

Yes, I did it yesterday in my local supermarket. She was very happy at the compliment, and told me her lovely dress was a cheap thing from Shein. Didn’t matter, she looked fab.

@BuntyBeaufort My DD bought the dress that she was complimented on from a discount shop (somewhere like TK Maxx). It just makes her feel even better that she got a great bargain!

Eh?

I doubt there's a week goes where I've not had at least 1 compliment about my clothes. I don't give the personal type of compliment and I'm not interested in getting them.

I do it all the time, especially if the person is plus-sized (as I am) and might therefore not automatically know/feel that they look good.

A woman called out to me from across the road to say that she loved my top. It was several months ago, but remembering it still gives me a happy feeling, and I wear that top with pride.
Please carry on complimenting people everyone 😊

Wow,ok.

I complement women and love it when other women complement me.

This is a really common way for 2 women to start a conversation. You compliment them and they compliment you. You start chit chat about fashion. That’s how you start speaking to someone.

To the people who don’t like it- it’s not actually to comment on your appearance.! It’s to start a conversation in a friendly and polite way.

I do sometimes. I saw a woman wearing a bright pink coat. The colour really suited her plus it cheered up a a dreary day. She was very happy to hear it.

I have a couple of times. It’s lovely to hear a compliment especially from a stranger, it seems so much more sincere.

Yes I do and I got positive comments in return. It does brighten your day

Yes, I admired a mum at works dress. She said she got it from the clothes shop at main entrance to the hospital. I went straight down there and bought one.

I was quite taken back in the States at how often people will make a remark to a stranger . Traveling with my DD who had long curly red hair was a non stop commentary most places we went . Guess it is an unusual colour there . She said she felt like a rockstar .

I do it! All so far have been delighted!

I was complimented on my flared jeans last week by a shop assistant, it really made my day

Yes. I think of how lovely it is when a stranger compliments me on what I am wearing and I hope that my compliments do the same.

What a horrible thing to say! It reflects badly on them not you - nice dress sense, mean personality.....

I do it all the time because I love it when someone compliments me.

I do it all the time if I spot someone rocking something amazing.

I vow that every time I think something nice about a womans appearance I always tell them. They always love it (unless they are very good actresses). I always feel a bit nervous if they have a resting bitch face (don't we all sometimes) but 100 per cent of the time they light up like a christmas tree.

Happened the other day at a gift shop and this woman had done her eyeliner in such an amazing and precise way - green - and she had black hair and I told her exactly what was on my mind when I looked at her. She was beaming and said I absolutely made her day - which then made mine.

Giving compliments all the time feels amazing actually.

I received a compliment today, which was lovely as I’m a 60 year old, short sack of spuds, but was wearing a coral summer dress, and then saw a woman in her 30s wearing a gorgeous floral dress in Lidl, and told her dress was beautiful. She beamed!

No, it's just a passing compliment. I absolutely do not want to start a conversation about fashion. Mostly I don't want to start a conversation on anything - they're busy, I'm busy. It was a compliment, nothing more needed except a quick acknowledgement.

I went on a first date last night and he complimented me on my dress.
Then when he'd nipped out to his car, a guy actually came up to me complimenting my look too.
It didn't offend me. I was flattered.

On the flip side, I occasionally compliment other women on their jacket or bag or anything - admittedly I don't believe I've ever said it to a male that I don't know.

It's a nice feeling to receive and give a compliment, in my opinion.