Style choices that age women in their 40s

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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.

What? Or are you saying something insensible because you can't logically respond to a valid argument?

Sadly, we can't magic you a sense of humor. If we could, all our spouses would be funnier.

Are you the same/solo witch poster throughout this thread? Because if so, you really need to start writing a book! You already have many fans!

Thank you, the coven has grown and one of the new members pointed out that the book exists! It’s called “The Change,” and I’m excited to download it and then probably not read it for a long time if ever.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone here pointed out that after your 20s, larger breasts age you. It's hard to explain how, but when I tried on a shirt with a padded pushup bra and a regular light bra, the extra boob size definitely made me look older. It's subtle but there was a difference. So throw out the miracle bras or, if you're bustier, go for a smoothing sports bra style.

I know people are upset about this one, but it's true. I think people are upset because they know it's true. Very large breasts look matronly after a certain age. The word "bosom" comes to mind.

It's a trade off. Women who get a lot of attention for their boobs in their youth wind up looking grandmotherly faster because of those boobs. Women who with small boobs get to look youthful a little longer. I feel like it kind of balances out in the end.

can help.
It's 100% true. Hate all you want, but my breast reduction made me look younger and skinnier. I had no idea how much bulk and frumpiness they added until they were gone. Perimenopause is making them grow again and I can't wait to go in to get them knocked off a second time.

If you don't still have an hourglass waistline, it sure can help.

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Np and unsure if it's already been said but those pleather pants from last fall were terrible yet all my female relatives 50+ wore them religiously. They came in myriad fall colors and the shininess of the pleather emphasized all the lumps and bumps of the menopausal frame.

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to celebrate turning 40, I got out the curling iron and went at it.

What used to make me look younger all of the sudden made me look much older. It was giving me Eleanor Roosevelt rather than Keri Russell.

The well-worn phrase "mutton dressed as lamb" crashed hard into my psyche as I looked in the mirror. My kids and husband thought I looked great, but I could see the extreme aging and so could my friends. It was almost comical how abrupt the change was.

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Anonymous wrote:to celebrate turning 40, I got out the curling iron and went at it.

What used to make me look younger all of the sudden made me look much older. It was giving me Eleanor Roosevelt rather than Keri Russell.

The well-worn phrase "mutton dressed as lamb" crashed hard into my psyche as I looked in the mirror. My kids and husband thought I looked great, but I could see the extreme aging and so could my friends. It was almost comical how abrupt the change was.

Short hair is aging.

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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.

+1. Show off what you have. If you have great legs, rock above the knee dresses too.

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Anonymous wrote: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!

Post-menopause here and what you say is not true for everyone. I didn’t put on weight until pandemic-ice cream lockdown; then I took it off by eating right, low impact exercise and low-key intermittent fasting. You gotta learn how to work with your body - high impact aerobics will have opposite the desired effect.

Waist train for a thickened middle and add ab work. PP’s ominous predictions are not destiny.

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Anonymous wrote: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!

That’s when witches achieve invisibility.

I have managed to avoid the extra pounds so far, but I stopped coloring my hair, and I have definitely achieved invisibility.

Invisibility is both a super power AND a deathly hollow.

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Anonymous wrote: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!

That’s when witches achieve invisibility.

I have managed to avoid the extra pounds so far, but I stopped coloring my hair, and I have definitely achieved invisibility.

Invisibility is both a super power AND a deathly hollow.

A “deathly hollow” is what happens to your cheeks when you’re safely menopausally invisible but you get Ozempic Face.

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Anonymous wrote: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!

That’s when witches achieve invisibility.

I have managed to avoid the extra pounds so far, but I stopped coloring my hair, and I have definitely achieved invisibility.

Invisibility is both a super power AND a deathly hollow.

A “deathly hollow” is what happens to your cheeks when you’re safely menopausally invisible but you get Ozempic Face.

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Anonymous wrote:3 quarter length sleeve shirts, abstract patterns, any kind of bedazzling, capris, hip length tops, large statement jewelry, denim in odd washes, ill fitting bras

You just described most peoples boomer moms.

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It's "hallow," people.

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Anonymous wrote:It's "hallow," people.

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Anonymous wrote:It's "hallow," people.

But you don't know what sarcasm is. Sorry for you.

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(But thumbs up on the Seth gif. Nice.)