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should you dress differently in your thirties?

69 replies

cheesesarnie · 25/05/2009 16:39

i mean am i too old to wear certain things etc?i dont know whats wrong with me at the moment???maybe because its coming up to summer or maybe feel tired.

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mollyroger · 25/05/2009 20:21

ye gods midnight, for a party? But it isn't floor length. Someone might see my ankle

midnightexpress · 25/05/2009 20:22

Thaat is hilarious kingrolo!

We can do some improving reading too

PuzzleRocks · 25/05/2009 20:29

This is where I shop when I am flush

LaurieFairyCake · 25/05/2009 20:30

My god that last one Puzzle

it's just so, so ........Amish

mollyroger · 25/05/2009 20:41

check out the swimwear!

harleyd · 25/05/2009 20:42

attractive

mollyroger · 25/05/2009 20:47

actually, having spent the afternoon at a dales beauty spot by the river, I kinda wish more women would go for some of these clothes

KingRolo · 25/05/2009 20:49

Great for horseback riding!

jemart · 25/05/2009 20:51

I actually like M&S and Next and Boden too (when I can afford it) can't understand why so many people have it in for them. Perhaps I'm just hopelessly dowdy?

As regards OP, I reckon that by the time you are in your thirties you should have a fair idea of what styles suit your body shape and so wear clothes that fit well and make you look good regardless of whether they are on trend this season.

Also once you hit 30 you have to admit to yourself that you are a grown up now and stop trying to dress the same as when you were 16. That doesn't rule out Topshop entirely but there will definitely be large quantities of their stock that might make you look a bit silly.

harleyd · 25/05/2009 20:53

"Also once you hit 30 you have to admit to yourself that you are a grown up now and stop trying to dress the same as when you were 16."

says who!

KingRolo · 25/05/2009 20:58

Depends very much on what you wore when you were 16.

jemart · 25/05/2009 21:07

What age would you consider grown up then harleyd?

jemart · 25/05/2009 21:08

My 16 yearold self was a size 12 with much nicer legs......

cocolepew · 25/05/2009 21:14

I'm, ahem, 40 and have recently bought a light cotton dress, I wear it over leggings or skinnies, for I have A Big Arse. In work loads of people were admiring it until they realised the pattern up close was actually skulls.

But I also have a pair of FootGlove shoes that I bought before I was 40 .

I'm a mass of contradictions, me.

harleyd · 25/05/2009 21:16

i dont wanna be a grown up!
i dont want to have to wear sensible shoes and frocks
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

KingRolo · 25/05/2009 21:21

Get yourself into these then harleyd!

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cheesesarnie · 25/05/2009 21:23

pmsl at all these replies!

i dont want to be a grown up either.

'I reckon that by the time you are in your thirties you should have a fair idea of what styles suit your body shape'

thats probably the problem,i dont really i suppose.ive always been tiny but used to buy clothing that was too big just so i could wear nice clothes-this was before uk shops started doing sizes 4 and 6.or i had to wear teen clothing-not ideal unless your a fan of slogan t-shirts and flames.so i suppose i always made do.i probably have a quirky dress sense compared to my friends but they are mostly younger than me and i think i panic at times that im 'not normal'-as in there all out in jeans and pretty tops and im in my favorite polka dot dress!

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skramble · 25/05/2009 21:23

I love how with modest apperel you can buy shoulder pads, why ?

mollyroger · 25/05/2009 21:26

cocolepew - you sound very like me....

But with my name, people come to expect a leedle Skull and Crossbone action...

harleyd · 25/05/2009 21:27

kingrolo...they'd probably go ok with my dm's

jemart · 25/05/2009 21:29

harleyd I'm no fan of sensible shoes either but do you realise the flip side of what your saying is you want to dress like a kid?
who wants to be a gawky teenager forever?

I'm aiming for glamorous curvy woman (making most of assets and struggling like mad to conceal wobbly mummy tummy)

KingRolo · 25/05/2009 21:33

One of the problems jemart is that when you hit your 30s your body shape changes (esp if you have kids) so what suited you in your teens and twenties really doesn't suit you anymore and it's hard to know what to buy. Lots and lots of people my age (early 30s) wear wildly age inappropriate clothing - but it's as often too old as too young.

harleyd · 25/05/2009 21:35

what sort of clothes do you wear tho?

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cheesesarnie · 25/05/2009 21:36

thats the problem for me though-my body hasnt changed dramatacly.but does that mean i can still wear what i wore when i was younger or do i grow up?
i wish i was as jemart said 'glamorous curvy woman '

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jemart · 25/05/2009 21:38

I'd appreciate any advice you can give KingRolo, I myself will turn 30 in a few months time. I am currently trying to overhaul my wardrobe following birth of DC3.