Style choices that age women in their 40s

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my gosh this is so easy. Anyone who was wearing skinny jeans is exactly 40 or older!

Let’s face it, those wide legged pants are a trick the fashion industry is playing on younger women. They are not attractive on most people and are firmly in the category of clothes they will laugh about when they see pictures of themselves decades from now.

I’ll stick with my flattering skinny jeans, thank you very much. I like them, they’re comfortable, and my husband likes the way I look in them. The nice thing about being older is that when you find something that works for you, you have the confidence to stick with it. You no longer need to constantly look for and wear the latest thing, which may or may not work for your particular body.

Nah, I’m Gen X and have never thought skinny jeans looked good. They emphasize the difference between the widest and the narrowest part of you. If you have any hips or thighs at all they are not very flattering.

That’s right, X is gonna give it to ya! Also Gen X and also never thought skinny jeans looked good because I’ve got a small waist and curvy hips and backside - high-waisted, wide leg look great on me. I’m willing to bet that people with different shapes than me look fantastic in skinny jeans.

Also, the point of the current wide legged pants is the young are so beautiful, they look good in anything; that’s why they wear them. ANY trendy fashion looks cringe decades later. WE ARE ALL TRICKED BY THE FASHION INDUSTRY. Cerulean.

If they picked a different blue she would just be wearing a different blue sweater and nothing about her life would be different! Nothing! It’s the dumbest scene.

The point is they control what she wears and you just proved the point even though you totally missed it.

They make a case that the decision was made, but there is no case that the decision is consequential. If they had picked lilac, she would just be wearing lilac. Or puke green or whatever. There’s no argument that it would affect her in any meaningful way.

+1, I like that movie but I actually don’t think it’s a persuasive argument gif the relevance of the fashion industry. Ultimately that character moves on from fashion and also starts dressing in a more normal way, though employing some of the tricks she learned from people at the magazine. But she doesn’t become some ultra-trendy fashionista in the end, because it turns out that pretty pointless unless it’s literally your job, and everyone else can just wear whatever and it’s fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my gosh this is so easy. Anyone who was wearing skinny jeans is exactly 40 or older!

Let’s face it, those wide legged pants are a trick the fashion industry is playing on younger women. They are not attractive on most people and are firmly in the category of clothes they will laugh about when they see pictures of themselves decades from now.

I’ll stick with my flattering skinny jeans, thank you very much. I like them, they’re comfortable, and my husband likes the way I look in them. The nice thing about being older is that when you find something that works for you, you have the confidence to stick with it. You no longer need to constantly look for and wear the latest thing, which may or may not work for your particular body.

Nah, I’m Gen X and have never thought skinny jeans looked good. They emphasize the difference between the widest and the narrowest part of you. If you have any hips or thighs at all they are not very flattering.

Yep, also Gen X; we called it the ice cream cone look and it was something to be avoided.

IMHO, the most flattering jeans for most figures are straight slim.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my gosh this is so easy. Anyone who was wearing skinny jeans is exactly 40 or older!

Really about 40-50.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my gosh this is so easy. Anyone who was wearing skinny jeans is exactly 40 or older!

Really about 40-50.

Yup. And the unstylish women 60+ are wearing bootcut jeans still!

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Can I join the coven? I don't prefer a tunic but will substitute in long floral dresses. I can knit and read Tarot cards.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my gosh this is so easy. Anyone who was wearing skinny jeans is exactly 40 or older!

Let’s face it, those wide legged pants are a trick the fashion industry is playing on younger women. They are not attractive on most people and are firmly in the category of clothes they will laugh about when they see pictures of themselves decades from now.

I’ll stick with my flattering skinny jeans, thank you very much. I like them, they’re comfortable, and my husband likes the way I look in them. The nice thing about being older is that when you find something that works for you, you have the confidence to stick with it. You no longer need to constantly look for and wear the latest thing, which may or may not work for your particular body.

Nah, I’m Gen X and have never thought skinny jeans looked good. They emphasize the difference between the widest and the narrowest part of you. If you have any hips or thighs at all they are not very flattering.

Yep, also Gen X; we called it the ice cream cone look and it was something to be avoided.

IMHO, the most flattering jeans for most figures are straight slim.

It reminds me of the comic strip Cathy that was popular when I was a kid.

It’s like when Trump and those guys wear oversized suits to look bigger— women wearing tight pants to look smaller. Just wear clothes that actually fit without being constricting.

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There’s a lot of people in this thread who feel bad that they don’t look good in skinny jeans and they’re mad at the women who do.

Really, people just need to wear what looks good on them. Let’s stop with telling people that this item makes you look old and that item makes you look out of style. If you’re over 40, you should be old enough to know what is flattering for you and not care what other people think or what other people wear. We’re old enough to stop chasing the latest thing and we are old enough to wear what we like.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a lot of people in this thread who feel bad that they don’t look good in skinny jeans and they’re mad at the women who do.

Really, people just need to wear what looks good on them. Let’s stop with telling people that this item makes you look old and that item makes you look out of style. If you’re over 40, you should be old enough to know what is flattering for you and not care what other people think or what other people wear. We’re old enough to stop chasing the latest thing and we are old enough to wear what we like.

I look good in skinnies, but find them uncomfortable and don’t think they create a very sophisticated silhouette. If you have the body for skinny jeans, you’ll also look good in straight leg or wide leg pants.

The people clinging to skinny jeans are the ones saying that they don’t want to “add bulk” with more fabric. It’s not that they just have better bodies. Most women with killer bodies are wearing on trend fashion, which is NOT skinny jeans.

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By order of importance:
1. White hair.
2. Other visible signs of age, such as wrinkles, sun spots, etc.
3. Too much weight.
2. Short hair instead of long.
3. Lack of attention paid to changing bodies and how best to find clothes that fit.

The pattern, color or style of clothes matters less than the above. Make-up or absence of make-up matters less than presence of frown lines, crow's feet, white hairs, etc.

I include signs of age as stylistic choices, even though many women chose not to do anything about it, and I respect that choice.

Nothing worse than limp long hair that’s kept long just for the sake of being long.

Women look older with their hair short. If you prefer that look anyway, go for it.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of floral patterns.

Clothes that don’t fit properly.

I have been working in London recently and a lot of the female associates and leadership in our London offices are wearing loose fitting floral dresses. Don't see how that is age related.

That's just terrible frumpy British fashion.

I don't think you've been to London or seen these women. I thought they looked great!

I work for a British company and have been to London plenty. It’s just an old-fashioned British thing. Like chintz sofas, if you like it, you like it. But it’s undeniably not modern. And these women wear it all their lives, from 20-80.

Who decides what is modern and what is acceptable fashion? After all, I look around the modern US landscape and see too many overweight women wearing too tight clothes and hate the trend for multiple tattoos overly exposed (on often flabby white calves). Is that modern? I daresay you don't care for the loose floral look that is popular in Britain but let's put it this way, those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. And, as it is, London is one of the handful of genuinely international cities, an actual design center and a major shopping destination for fashion, and would you like to have a frank discussion comparing London to the fashions of, say, DC?

How’s it going, PP? Are you feeling a little itchy? How’s your tongue, is it working normally? It’s probably just a rash, maybe something you ate, nothing to do with old, fat American witches.

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Those outfits from white house black market. The ones with metal accessories, buckles, chains, those are aging.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of floral patterns.

Clothes that don’t fit properly.

I have been working in London recently and a lot of the female associates and leadership in our London offices are wearing loose fitting floral dresses. Don't see how that is age related.

That's just terrible frumpy British fashion.

I don't think you've been to London or seen these women. I thought they looked great!

I work for a British company and have been to London plenty. It’s just an old-fashioned British thing. Like chintz sofas, if you like it, you like it. But it’s undeniably not modern. And these women wear it all their lives, from 20-80.

Who decides what is modern and what is acceptable fashion? After all, I look around the modern US landscape and see too many overweight women wearing too tight clothes and hate the trend for multiple tattoos overly exposed (on often flabby white calves). Is that modern? I daresay you don't care for the loose floral look that is popular in Britain but let's put it this way, those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. And, as it is, London is one of the handful of genuinely international cities, an actual design center and a major shopping destination for fashion, and would you like to have a frank discussion comparing London to the fashions of, say, DC?

I live in NYC. DC has no discernible fashion beyond “Ann Taylor.”

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a lot of people in this thread who feel bad that they don’t look good in skinny jeans and they’re mad at the women who do.

Really, people just need to wear what looks good on them. Let’s stop with telling people that this item makes you look old and that item makes you look out of style. If you’re over 40, you should be old enough to know what is flattering for you and not care what other people think or what other people wear. We’re old enough to stop chasing the latest thing and we are old enough to wear what we like.

Actually there are a number of people who are deluded in that they think skinny jeans look good on them. They only look good if you are 5’11” and 120 pounds. I have never seen anyone with a more average body who they flattered.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a lot of people in this thread who feel bad that they don’t look good in skinny jeans and they’re mad at the women who do.

Really, people just need to wear what looks good on them. Let’s stop with telling people that this item makes you look old and that item makes you look out of style. If you’re over 40, you should be old enough to know what is flattering for you and not care what other people think or what other people wear. We’re old enough to stop chasing the latest thing and we are old enough to wear what we like.

I look good in skinnies, but find them uncomfortable and don’t think they create a very sophisticated silhouette. If you have the body for skinny jeans, you’ll also look good in straight leg or wide leg pants.

The people clinging to skinny jeans are the ones saying that they don’t want to “add bulk” with more fabric. It’s not that they just have better bodies. Most women with killer bodies are wearing on trend fashion, which is NOT skinny jeans.

My friend, if I had a killer body I would 100% wear the latest elephant-stovepipe-boyfriend-whatever trend. The point is that I don’t. I just have skinny legs and adding a lot more fabric makes me look larger, just like covering a slender waist would make that person look more matronly.

Different things look good on different people, and that’s okay.

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This doesn't get real until your 50s when menopause put 10-15 pounds on you overnight, and your pants suddenly no longer fit. You're fasting, eating right, and working out. And the employees at clothing stores call you ma'am or think that you are your child's grandma.

Shit isn't real for you yet, kids. It's coming, tho. In a few, short years. Thanks for the laughs tho!