43, clear chest, thin toned arms and very small bust. I wear spaghetti strap sundresses and tank tops all summer. When my arms go flabby and my chest looks like a bird’s egg, I’ll stop.

Anonymous wrote:I knew we were hiding flapping biceps, but now I need to be self conscious about my speckled chest?

This is not new? Women all over the world have been avoiding and hiding sun damage for centuries.

I knew we were hiding flapping biceps, but now I need to be self conscious about my speckled chest?

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Anonymous wrote:I am just over 60 and all of a sudden, my arms are crepey, my breasts have grown and my chest looks sun damaged. I’m still very physically fit and a healthy weight, but the body is changing regardless. Oh the joy….. in any event a little sleeve and more coverage look better on me now.

I’m 55 and feel like this happened to me within the past year. So I wouldnt wear spaghetti straps.

I know many posters have said their arms are toned, but I don’t see many women over age 50 who have great muscle and skin tone in their arms (I attend yoga and pilates multiple times per week, and see a lot of middle aged women in tank tops!).

55+ and same.

It seemed to happen overnight. My legs have always had cellulite, now they have cellulite AND crepey skin.

And I have the fullest breasts I've had in years. It's weird!

Same. I pulled on shorts in yesterday's heat and ... whoa. Took some doing to just get myself out the door just to walk my dog.

My boobs are massive. I am the same weight I've been for years, but somehow my boobs have grown.

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Anonymous wrote:I am just over 60 and all of a sudden, my arms are crepey, my breasts have grown and my chest looks sun damaged. I’m still very physically fit and a healthy weight, but the body is changing regardless. Oh the joy….. in any event a little sleeve and more coverage look better on me now.

I’m 55 and feel like this happened to me within the past year. So I wouldnt wear spaghetti straps.

I know many posters have said their arms are toned, but I don’t see many women over age 50 who have great muscle and skin tone in their arms (I attend yoga and pilates multiple times per week, and see a lot of middle aged women in tank tops!).

55+ and same.

It seemed to happen overnight. My legs have always had cellulite, now they have cellulite AND crepey skin.

And I have the fullest breasts I've had in years. It's weird!

Anonymous wrote:I am just over 60 and all of a sudden, my arms are crepey, my breasts have grown and my chest looks sun damaged. I’m still very physically fit and a healthy weight, but the body is changing regardless. Oh the joy….. in any event a little sleeve and more coverage look better on me now.

I’m 55 and feel like this happened to me within the past year. So I wouldnt wear spaghetti straps.

I know many posters have said their arms are toned, but I don’t see many women over age 50 who have great muscle and skin tone in their arms (I attend yoga and pilates multiple times per week, and see a lot of middle aged women in tank tops!).

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Anonymous wrote:I am usually very conservative as far as clothing choices and dressing your age but I am really surprised to see all this hate for spaghetti straps as so young!

If think 50 year olds should wear or ever wore spaghetti straps to a graduation, then you are not a conservative dresser.

Part of it may be that I don’t think of graduations as being very fancy events. It may also be that as someone with no cleavage, I don’t think of these as very sexy dresses. Like I wouldn’t wear a miniskirt but showing my shoulders seems like NBD.

Anonymous wrote:I am just over 60 and all of a sudden, my arms are crepey, my breasts have grown and my chest looks sun damaged. I’m still very physically fit and a healthy weight, but the body is changing regardless. Oh the joy….. in any event a little sleeve and more coverage look better on me now.

Happened to me as well. Not sure why my breasts picked now to grow but here we are. I'll wear a sleeveless dress, even with my small bat wings on my arms, but draw the line at clothes which need a strapless bra now.

Anonymous wrote:I am usually very conservative as far as clothing choices and dressing your age but I am really surprised to see all this hate for spaghetti straps as so young!

If think 50 year olds should wear or ever wore spaghetti straps to a graduation, then you are not a conservative dresser.

I am usually very conservative as far as clothing choices and dressing your age but I am really surprised to see all this hate for spaghetti straps as so young!

I will be flamed for saying this, but I think it’s extremely trashy and inelegant for older women to wear revealing clothing, particularly “young” style clothing which spaghetti straps almost always are.

It’s all relative of course. I can imagine a 45 - 55 year old in a stunning strapless gown looking great. But some type of thin day time spaghetti strap sundress? Leave it to the 25 year olds.

I mean…classy women dress their age and for the occasion and tend to shy away from showing too much skin.

While an older woman might opt for a spaghetti strap sundress for the beach or resort, it really doesn’t seem to be appropriate for a graduation.

I know a woman who is close to 60 and is in great shape, I mean, like massively cut and thin. She wears revealing clothes all the time and drives a Porsche 9-11. I don't care what anyone says she looks ridiculous, like trying too hard, refuses to understand she isn't in her 20s or even 30s.

That said, I think if you're normal weight and don't have the crepe-ish arms, wrinkled chest and giant breasts, spaghetti strap dress seems fine.

I am just over 60 and all of a sudden, my arms are crepey, my breasts have grown and my chest looks sun damaged. I’m still very physically fit and a healthy weight, but the body is changing regardless. Oh the joy….. in any event a little sleeve and more coverage look better on me now.

I don’t even wear sleeveless shorts.
I don’t like exposing my flabby upper arms.