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Growing older doesn't mean you have to elimana...

2011-10-10T22:08:32.982+01:00

Growing older doesn't mean you have to elimanate wild style completely, you just have to learn to accentuate the postive! At our shop we cater to dozens of "over the hill" clients with unique personal taste! We don't do trends. Older women should lok both outside and inside. Everyone knows what suits them best.
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Hi. First I'd like to thank you because I jus...

2011-07-15T03:09:14.425+01:00

Hi. First I'd like to thank you because I just read a book (Mommie Dearest) where the author talked about wearing pinafores and I didn't know what they were. So now I've seen one. :) It looks good on you, and your hair in makeup is always great.

I have had the same experience thinking I'm too old for some of my clothes - I'm 26 but if it's too trendy I think it looks like I'm wearing a teenager's clothes. So I just wear what I'm comfortable with.

Hello Fleur, Rules of style can all become a littl...

2010-08-03T20:19:17.042+01:00

Hello Fleur,
Rules of style can all become a little confusing, especially when one adds vintage styles to the mix. You look lovely in your pinafore dress, ruffles and all. I think as long as the dress hits slightly above the knee or lower, it is appropriate to wear at any age.If you really think about it, pinafore dresses are not the type of piece that is remade often or updated for new styles. It is recognizable to mid 20th century fashion, and for that reason, it is still appropriate to wear at 30 and 40, because it's youthful in apperance, but still very conservative in today's style terms. This conservatism is what makes ok for any woman to wear. At least you're not walking around in booty shorts and a midriff top, that is a look that should not be replicated by anyone, regardless of age.

I am agreement with everybody - wear what you like...

2009-10-17T01:35:13.143+01:00

I am agreement with everybody - wear what you like and ta heck with everybody else. I am 41 and I wore a dress just like that (only brown and white) to my brother's wedding in August, it never dawned on me that I maybe too old for such a thing...

I've always thought body appropriate to be mor...

2009-09-30T19:12:26.706+01:00

I've always thought body appropriate to be more important, umless you're clearly elderly and/or dressing in trendy teen styles taken straight from the junior's department or the streets.

The other thing is confidence and how comfortable you feel in whatever outfit you choose. I am a youthful looking 40-something gal, and I dress "young" (not synoymous with slutty or overtly sexual). I feel comfortable in my own skin dressing as I always have essentially for the last 20 or so years.

I do not shop Chicos or Coldwater Creek even though it's targeted to my age group because I wouldn't feel comfortable in those clothes. They aren't my style. So your personality, your body type, and your confidence level and comfort are the only things that should ever drive your fashion choices.

If you stick with those things you will always be appropriate, imho.

And yes, I agree, it's your body and you can d...

2009-07-20T19:33:25.893+01:00

And yes, I agree, it's your body and you can damn well dress it in whatever you want to! :D And if you ever think YOU look funny- well sometimes I go out wearing anything from clothing from the Middle Ages to the 1950s simply because that's the kind of mood I'm in that day. And if you think 28 is too old to do anything, think again! Because really, you don't even have to think about worrying about getting old until you're 82, not 28! :D

2009-07-20T19:32:16.357+01:00

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Mkay... I am a reenactress (of a lot of eras inclu...

2009-07-20T19:21:51.343+01:00

Mkay... I am a reenactress (of a lot of eras including WWII) and I also wear '30s/'40s clothing for my everyday wear. While I do indeed try to be as accurate as I can, I do mix eras every now and again. Having said that about accuracy- that's a damned cute dress and don't you ever think you're too old to wear it! :D More besides, if you ARE worried about accuracy, I've seen plenty of pics of dresses with ruffles, especially house dresses, on women that are quite a bit older than yourself! :]

Thank you all for your input - I'm glad to hav...

2009-07-07T17:06:12.495+01:00

Thank you all for your input - I'm glad to have inspired such a good debate, and especially one in which everyone agrees with me ;)

I will continue to wear my pinafores with pride for a good few years, I think I am probably the best judge as to when it's going to start looking Baby Jane-ish because I suspect I will realise when it does. But still, an interesting subject nonetheless.

I love your beautiful dress !

2009-07-07T09:18:04.012+01:00

I love your beautiful dress !

I think the pinafore looks lovely on you! You can...

2009-07-07T05:14:53.881+01:00

I think the pinafore looks lovely on you! You can probably get away with a lot of frilly styles that are quite 'young' because you have the height and bone structure of a model. Because you are slim and long limbed, these things just look fun and playful rather than frumpy and silly. Anyway, you seem to have excellent taste in clothes, so I would trust my own judgement if I were you. I'm sure you wouldn't wear anything that looked really wrong :)

This reminds me of a similar dilemma I faced at wo...

2009-07-07T05:03:00.512+01:00

This reminds me of a similar dilemma I faced at work today. I work in a boutique, and a lovely, stately woman wanted my honest opinion. She held up an empire waist dress with a tie at the bustline and a brightly colored paisley print and asked, "Is this too young for me?" I was taken aback; I'm 24 (though I look about 18) and own the very dress. I never imagined it on someone much older than me. I'm afraid I gave a rather weak response: "Try it on. If you like it, and you're comfortable in it..." I suppose that's all that matter. Confidence is key to making any look work. I think you're certainly young and beautiful enough to rock pinafores for years to come! And even when you're no longer young, your fabulous fashion will keep you young at heart. <3

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2009-07-06T21:10:05.416+01:00

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My mother is just short of 50, and while she doesn...

2009-07-06T17:44:17.423+01:00

My mother is just short of 50, and while she doesn't dress vintage, she certainly dresses much, much more fashionably than I do, and she always looks wonderful. I don't think age is an issue at all.

You look beautiful in the ruffly dress, as always!...

2009-07-04T21:35:21.105+01:00

You look beautiful in the ruffly dress, as always!
I think too many people worry about social norms and what we 'should' look like...If you like it and want to wear it, you should!

You look fabulous in your pinafore! And 28 is hard...

2009-07-04T15:27:37.650+01:00

You look fabulous in your pinafore! And 28 is hardly old my dear :-)

you look absolutley fab in that frilled frock. You...

2009-07-04T12:04:45.850+01:00

you look absolutley fab in that frilled frock. You shouldn´t worry about the rest. However if you find yourself looking in the mirror looking like Jane, maybe you should reconsider, she looks a little bit scary...

I hope the weekend brings everything you hope it will!
/Linn

First of all I must say that I love your blog!!! ...

2009-07-04T06:19:41.058+01:00

First of all I must say that I love your blog!!!

And the seccond thing is that I think your thinking is right! (Mabey I should appolagise for my bad spelling and gramar, I´m a reader from Sweden ;) ) I beleve that as long as we do not liwe in the (for example) the 40´s it is ok to blend different eras as long as you think you look good! And the only one that can decide if something is apropriate is your own judgement!

Roobeedoo - don't get me going on hair! I'...

2009-07-03T17:44:53.079+01:00

Roobeedoo - don't get me going on hair!
I've dark brown curls now heading silver grey but with a rather fetching stripe at the front .. I refuse to dye because I'm quite vain, but it's the coarseness that's such a pain.
Luckily the curly vintage styles I favour seem to work well with the aging hair... and certainly as I've got older my vintage style has gone back a decade. I no longer bounce about in circle skirts, tie tops and bobby socks like I did in the 80's. I find a 40's silhouette is far more becoming on me..and far sexier.
;-)

Honestly I don't think Baby Jane looks at all ...

2009-07-03T13:44:24.935+01:00

Honestly I don't think Baby Jane looks at all bad. I see a person expressing how they feel on the inside and fully owning their getup. She looks eccentric, sure, but that's only something you want to avoid if.. you're specifically wanting to avoid looking eccentric.

All anyone has to do is believe in what they're wearing, I think.

Often "mutton dressed as lamb" arises, I think, because people aren't thinking "damn I look awesome in this" but rather "damn a youngster would look awesome in this, I hope people forget I'm not a youngster, oh god I'm so old, THINK I'M HOT AND YOUNG, THINK I'M HOT AND YOUNG!".

I have been having a similar crisis... about my ha...

2009-07-03T12:23:42.303+01:00

I have been having a similar crisis... about my hair. I regularly wear it in two waist-length plaits and realised that it is going grey and I am starting to look like a mad cat-keeping backwoodswoman. Dye it? Cut it? Both? I am 45 going on 12...
: )

Oh I am glad you have bought this up, it's suc...

2009-07-03T12:14:25.822+01:00

Oh I am glad you have bought this up, it's such an interesting point. It has crossed my mind with one or two things I have (I'm 28) and feel ambivalent about them...

BUT I love this dress on you, and don't think it looks childlike at all – and I agree, I think it's because of the length, too.

Have a great weekend!

I think everyone has answered the question already...

2009-07-03T10:59:54.644+01:00

I think everyone has answered the question already! Wear what you want if you feel comfortable in it. And I think you look great! It suits you because you have the height to pull it off. I think a shorter girl with more baby-faced features would not be able to wear the same dress without looking like a child.

As for re-enacting an era - Each to their own of course but we are living in the 'noughties' and we have so much choice - so what does it matter if your dress only *looks* vintage or you've paired it with a bag that is 4 years ahead of it's 'correct' time?

Couldnt agree more with you all- but I think empre...

2009-07-03T10:04:22.269+01:00

Couldnt agree more with you all- but I think empress jade hit it on the head for me (except not ever having heard the word moxie before- very cute!) At 41 I have a pact with my pals that they will tell me if I ever wear anything that is not right or if it's time to pack it away. That being said at 41 I reckon I have just become comfortable in my own skin enough to wear some things that I never thought I would look good in (figure hugging glamorous stuff). As I have headed into my 30s and now 40s I have the confidence to dress like a woman rather than a girl! Wear what you feel good in- if you feel right you can pull anything off (as long as you have a trusted pal who will whisper in your ear if you have really crossed the line!)michele xx

You can wear anything you want.

2009-07-03T06:23:03.816+01:00

You can wear anything you want.