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Do you "dress your age"? Exactly what does that actually mean anyway? What does that mean to you? Do people tell you you should be dressing more your age? (This topic probably has been discussed here before; if so, my apologies)

At 47, I dress mostly in jeans or leggings (or yoga pants), t-shirts or tank tops, hoodies, and sneakers. Sometimes I might wear short dresses, short shorts, or short skirts. Heck, I've been known to wear a tutu. I don't own blouses (anything with buttons) or slacks or power suits or blazers. Dog forbid, I should wear pantyhose or nylons (ugh). Sometimes, I might wear my hair in pig tails or braids.

Do we actually need to dress our age? I get that you have to respect dress codes and such and not be inappropriately dressed in certain situations (weddings, funerals, etc.). But what does age have to do with your clothing choices?

graceylou 8 Aug 23
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either shorts or a kilt tshirt hiking boots odd socks and when weather turns colder a jumper

Kilt!!!!

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I'm 71, nearly 72 actually. I wear leggings with tunics. I prefer vee neck, so my tattoos show. I wear sweats and Tee shirts when I am setting around at night. I wear breeches when I ride. I usually wear paddock boots with socks, short black boots with crazy socks over my legging and a short dress when I dress up, or, if it is hot, flip flops. I have a lot of ethnic clothing, scarves, and flowy jackets that I like. I never dress up in a neat dressy dress with heels. My hair is nearly all grey, down to my waist, in a pony tail, various types of braids or down. Think old, pagan hippie, and that's what I look like.

...I truly admire that***now & next yr.
I am learning about "smart technology"
for weather conditions, but I don't
witness a clothing revolution,thanxWise

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I still wear cargo shorts.

Nothing wrong with that!

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I'm 59. I like wearing cute clothes, shoes make up. Almost always. I rock a cute haircut. I think that's appropriate for me. I like nice things, and think I look great and in shape for my age. ♥ I'm tallish, so my everyday outfit consists of skinny jeans, a nice feminine top or blouse, and super cute usually animal print flats or other great flats. Bright pink lips, blush, and lots of mascara. I'll wear a flannel and/or and men's style plaid shirts to work and converse, or cute sneakers. When I work. I do work in construction with almost entirely all men, so it it is a little challenging to pull off cute all the time, but I think I have nailed it.

I would agree.

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So, this is an example of how I normally dress. And I usually wear a similar style hoodie on top of my t-shirt. Oh, yeah, that was me I think 3 years ago, with some of the cast of Grimm at Fan Expo. LOL. I don't think I look like I dress inappropriately for a 44 year old there.

Nope

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I dress for my comfort, taking into account the atmosphere I will be in.

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I try to balance being careful with comfort.
Here's why. Once at a convention there was a woman in front of us at a soda vendor. She had a SMOKIN body, donning knee boots & a short skirt I would have guessed her to be quite young, but when she turned around it was so not the case. Tough call.

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After turning 75 I've reverted to the simplified version of dress up. Blue jeans and t-shirts. Unless it's snowing.

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I was a suit for years, went back to being a hippie, the universe seems ok with it?

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Blue jeans, and a white Oxford shirt, and my Sketchers.
That's pretty much what I've been wearing for decades.

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I wear what makes me feel good and what fits right. And pig tails are great. I may do that tommorrow.

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I pretty much wear what i like but, if I think the outfit is borderline, I ask my 33 yr old, brutally honest son, "does this outfit make me look 50 trying to be 15?" He has solid fashion sense. Feck me if i know where he got it.

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When I pulled into my brothers funeral couple months ago- I found our recent house fire left my rarely used hippie blazer & black silk shirt way too too smokey! So I showed up in my bob Marley t shirt. I couple distant relatives came up & started very interesting conversations about their secret SDS & protest days!! Fascinating! I love them all the more now!
Be your self!!

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If people are telling you to dress your age . You're hanging with the wrong people . On the other hand , when once told something of a similar nature , I wasn't acting my age , my response was , "Of course I'm acting my age . I am my age , therefore I define what my age acts like . Whatever I do is acting (or dressing) exactly my age , because I am this age , therefore I define how this age acts ( or dresses ) .

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I wear clothes I couldn't say if they are my age.

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I dress the same as I have for most of my life. jeans or cargo pants, hoodie or tshirt. im 37, so.. probably not any more.

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At 55 I pretty much dress as I did when I was 5. Jeans and T-shirts.

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I was raised with the saying "dressing well is a sign of good manners". And when I go out in public I'm not fancy but decently attired. As an artist and seamstress, I wear styles and colors I feel benefit me, regardless of any "age appropriate" issue. What is that anyway? A well cut article of clothing can do wonders for your form, as will picking the correct weight of fabric. Too thin of fabric results in every bump and bulge showing. A bit heavier fabric will magically camouflage them! Age be damned! But it seems the older I get, the more I wear skirts and dresses. They're pretty and fun.

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I wear skinny jeans at 51 so I would say No I do not dress my age, hell, I'm not sure I'm dressing for my sex

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My best friend says her favorite quality she likes in me is no fucks given. I wear what I want, believe what I want and am not shy about saying what I want. I believe you should stop caring about what everyone else thinks of you and only worry about looking in the mirror and being proud of yourself. Do what makes you happy.

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Just to clarify. I don't give the slightest fuck about what other people think or say about how I dress. I don't ever give a rat's ass about what other people think about anything that I do or don't do. If they think I don't dress appropriately, they can shove their opinion up where it don't shine. If I'm not in my casual practical attire, I tend to wear rather bizarre clothing anyhow just because that's what I like. I am a non-conformist. One thing I don't do, however, is dress sloppy when I go out (I may wear comfy grubby clothes at home as I please).

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I work with kids so t shirts and shorts are almost my year round uniform. I have a handful of dress shirts, jackets, ties, etc. that I wear for the right occasions but at this point in my life dressing my age is mostly about dressing for the job.

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I've worn Levis 501s and a Tommy Bahama raw silk shirt for the last 20 years, this was my standard work attire when I was building hotels in the Caribbean. The raw silk wears like iron and the blue jeans plus Blundstones or similar with a green patch are mandatory. I've been retired for 9 years now but I still wear the same outfit most days, it's a lot easier than wearing tailor made suits like I did in my 20's and 30's.

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Boots, jeans, shirt. 2 suits l never wear, but l have them if the need arises.

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I have no idea what that phrase means. If we attend to "dress our age", we are allowing others to dictate our behavior.

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