Should woman over 50 wear short dresses/skirts?
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lauries8888 wrote: »KevenHull1 --Since your profile says that you are a 36 year old male, I have to wonder why you identify as a 63 year old skirt-wearer in the above comment.
Why should that matter? If it makes him feel good, who cares?0 -
Wear that skirt!
All you need is confidence!
One of my coworkers is getting close to 50 and works it in short skirts and dresses. To be fair, she is 6'0" and basically every skirt or dress becomes short on her frame. But seriously, she looks amazeballs.
Do what makes you happy
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kristen6350 wrote: »How short are we talking here? Body con mini, or a little above the knee? How long have you had said skirt? If it's circa 1980, probably not...LOL
Let's just say this - my Mom is 61 and of average height and weight. If I saw her in a tight mini skirt I'd wonder if she lost her marbles and I needed to find a home quickly...only because this women has NEVER worn anything shorter than her knees her whole life.
Now, on another hand, she has a friend who is 50, and wears things that I wouldn't dare wearing my early 20's. I don't think it's appropriate and people should wear things for their age because if a woman in her 50's still wears things from her 20's she typically looks older than she is. Or trying to be younger than she is.
Happy medium please.
What is it to you? Who is it to you to judge your mother's friend for wearing what she wears? it seems many people are in a hurry to decide what is appropriate for others of any age or size to wear, for whatever reason. You don't know why she does, and it really isn't your business.
"happy medium". Who gets to decide what that is?
A group of lawmakers in North Dakota are trying to make it a felony for women who are caught wearing yoga pants in public three times.
This is a blatant attempt to blame women for the inability of men to stop seeing them as sexual objects and solely place the blame for rape and sexual assault/harrassment on them. Beliefs like yours only enforce this stereotype.
Stop judging and support everyone's freedom to be who they are. They're only legs a skirt will be revealing, as any pair of shorts would be.
Kind of like the freedom of having your own opinion, right? Especially on the internet.
I'm on the team of wearing what you feel comfortable in, OP.0 -
deviboy, I don't care if he is a 103 year old hermaphrodite -- that his his/her business and I certainly don't care what she/he wears (nor do I want to look under that above-mentioned skirt). But I think that if your profile says that your are one age and sex but you post saying that you are another age and sex, then it is hard to take the comments as a truthful opinion, which is what the OP seems to be asking for.0
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If it makes you feel good, then who cares what anyone else thinks.0
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I am 54 and I have a skirt that I can now wear but I'm afraid to as I don't want people to think that I'm dressing to young. How do you all feel about this? Any ladies over 50 have some pics to share? Maybe I'll get brave enough to share mine. Or are there some rules for ladies over 50 that I need to know about?
I think it depends on how you feel wearing it, your personality and if it is appropriate for the occasion not your age.
If you are working in an office and no one there wears short skirts and you show up in a short skirt it might not be the best choice even if you were 25 years old. If you are going to a party or the movie theater wearing your shorter skirt or dress likely no one would notice or care.
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I don't like "shoulds" short of actual exposure issues, and I don't like judgmental age based rules. As long as yr not actually flashing people, like clothing that is see thru a la prior Lululemon, or has a giant hole in the butt lol, yr fine! There seems to be a segment of the population who believe that once women reach middle age they are less deserving of life enjoyment or cute clothing. How dare we live so long that we get a wrinkle or a gray hair, go hide in a burlap sack lol! nope nope nope. I have worked hard on my body and I have miniskirts and I am bloody well going to wear them. And you can too!
People telling me I "shouldn't" wear something just makes me want to run right out to Target and get one and run around town in it. I earn the money to pay for my clothes and I wear what I want. And I support your right to wear what you want. Just check for holes in the butt or see thru areas. 
Sigh, I have sewn up so many holes in hubby's clothes, and he doesn't even know they're there, but that's not ur problem, that's ours. lol. 0 -
_incogNEATo_ wrote: »kristen6350 wrote: »How short are we talking here? Body con mini, or a little above the knee? How long have you had said skirt? If it's circa 1980, probably not...LOL
Let's just say this - my Mom is 61 and of average height and weight. If I saw her in a tight mini skirt I'd wonder if she lost her marbles and I needed to find a home quickly...only because this women has NEVER worn anything shorter than her knees her whole life.
Now, on another hand, she has a friend who is 50, and wears things that I wouldn't dare wearing my early 20's. I don't think it's appropriate and people should wear things for their age because if a woman in her 50's still wears things from her 20's she typically looks older than she is. Or trying to be younger than she is.
Happy medium please.
What is it to you? Who is it to you to judge your mother's friend for wearing what she wears? it seems many people are in a hurry to decide what is appropriate for others of any age or size to wear, for whatever reason. You don't know why she does, and it really isn't your business.
"happy medium". Who gets to decide what that is?
A group of lawmakers in North Dakota are trying to make it a felony for women who are caught wearing yoga pants in public three times.
This is a blatant attempt to blame women for the inability of men to stop seeing them as sexual objects and solely place the blame for rape and sexual assault/harrassment on them. Beliefs like yours only enforce this stereotype.
Stop judging and support everyone's freedom to be who they are. They're only legs a skirt will be revealing, as any pair of shorts would be.
Kind of like the freedom of having your own opinion, right? Especially on the internet.
I'm on the team of wearing what you feel comfortable in, OP.
Way to pick out one phrase of the whole post, bringing it out of context.0 -
Tina Turner could do it!0
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[quote="mccindy72;32242511
This is SO the problem. Learning to love and be yourself is part of setting the example. Doing so for others is as well. Not everyone who looks at you is judging you. Some of them are just looking at you. Some are admiring you and will probably follow your example. This is how trends are set.
The brave who do things that are not the 'norm' are the ones who change things for everyone else. [/quote]
I love myself. I love that I am a confident, professional woman who can handle challenges and who loves and is loved. But not everyone wants to "change the world" by setting trends. My goal is to change to world by using kindness to make the world a better place than when I came into it and I will fight to make that happen. That is my definition of being "brave". I don't need to wear a short skirt to do that.
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If you feel great in the skirt, wear it! 54 isn't old.0
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I'm sorry, the OP asked an opinion on an open forum and I gave it. I have the right to my own opinion.
She's 54, and an adult and she'll do what she wants after all.0 -
Danielle_Husband wrote: »Wear that skirt! All you need is confidence!
One of my coworkers is getting close to 50 and works it in short skirts and dresses. To be fair, she is 6'0" and basically every skirt or dress becomes short on her frame. But seriously, she looks amazeballs.
Do what makes you happy
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Not 50 yet but I plan on it. Hey I am working hard to try to get into shape so I think it's fine.0
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lauries8888 wrote: »I love myself. I love that I am a confident, professional woman who can handle challenges and who loves and is loved. But not everyone wants to "change the world" by setting trends. My goal is to change to world by using kindness to make the world a better place than when I came into it and I will fight to make that happen. That is my definition of being "brave". I don't need to wear a short skirt to do that.
Pro-tip: This thread isn't about you.
OP: If someone wants to wear a short skirt, go for it. Of course, there may be times where it's is deemed generally inappropriate, but on a "whatever" sort of day? Sure.0 -
_incogNEATo_ wrote: »kristen6350 wrote: »How short are we talking here? Body con mini, or a little above the knee? How long have you had said skirt? If it's circa 1980, probably not...LOL
Let's just say this - my Mom is 61 and of average height and weight. If I saw her in a tight mini skirt I'd wonder if she lost her marbles and I needed to find a home quickly...only because this women has NEVER worn anything shorter than her knees her whole life.
Now, on another hand, she has a friend who is 50, and wears things that I wouldn't dare wearing my early 20's. I don't think it's appropriate and people should wear things for their age because if a woman in her 50's still wears things from her 20's she typically looks older than she is. Or trying to be younger than she is.
Happy medium please.
What is it to you? Who is it to you to judge your mother's friend for wearing what she wears? it seems many people are in a hurry to decide what is appropriate for others of any age or size to wear, for whatever reason. You don't know why she does, and it really isn't your business.
"happy medium". Who gets to decide what that is?
A group of lawmakers in North Dakota are trying to make it a felony for women who are caught wearing yoga pants in public three times.
This is a blatant attempt to blame women for the inability of men to stop seeing them as sexual objects and solely place the blame for rape and sexual assault/harrassment on them. Beliefs like yours only enforce this stereotype.
Stop judging and support everyone's freedom to be who they are. They're only legs a skirt will be revealing, as any pair of shorts would be.
Kind of like the freedom of having your own opinion, right? Especially on the internet.
I'm on the team of wearing what you feel comfortable in, OP.
Way to pick out one phrase of the whole post, bringing it out of context.
Speaking of taking a post out of context: That poster simply stated her opinion about what a woman in her 50s should and shouldn't wear and you accused her of reinforcing a stereotype that women are to blame for rape??? Try again.0 -
lauries8888 wrote: »I love myself. I love that I am a confident, professional woman who can handle challenges and who loves and is loved. But not everyone wants to "change the world" by setting trends. My goal is to change to world by using kindness to make the world a better place than when I came into it and I will fight to make that happen. That is my definition of being "brave". I don't need to wear a short skirt to do that.
Pro-tip: This thread isn't about you.
OP: If someone wants to wear a short skirt, go for it. Of course, there may be times where it's is deemed generally inappropriate, but on a "whatever" sort of day? Sure.
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Long Answer
The older I get the less I care about what other people think. Of course, it's helpful to know how choices might be interpreted by others and, in some cases ( e.g. career-related) it may be important to manage that. But generally I don't believe in conforming to other people's expectations of me without some other compelling factor. Living in northern California might have something to do with that because doing your own thing is a way of life here.
Short Answer
Skirts, yes.0 -
I do not have a picture to post. But my wife is a professional and is 50 years. She wears skirts that are above the knee all the time. And she looks great.0
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"This thread isn't about you" -- ouch TRoberts.
OP asked how women her age feel. I'm her age; I told her how I feel. And then I replied to mccindy who thought that my opinion was part of the problem with society.
My comment is appropriate but is certainly not meant to reflect the opinions of everyone else. I apologize if you feel that I was trying to hijack the thread.0
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