Interesting Study, would like to find out MFP members' opinions!
Health in the News May 2011
Are You Too Old to Wear a Bikini? Maybe, Says New Study
How old is too old to wear a bikini? If you believe a new study, then 47 is the magic number.
Also appearing on the no-no list when it comes to women 45 and over: leggings, knee-high boots, high heels, and ponytails.
The study, commissioned by British company Diet Chef and reported in the Daily Mail, asked 2,000 women between the ages of 18 and 65 what they thought was the oldest age a woman could get away with wearing certain fashions and styles.
Here, a few more of the age limits uncovered by the survey:
Mini skirts 35
Knee High Boots 47
Leggings 45
Ugg boots 45
Swimsuit 61
Long hair 53
Ponytail 51
While that may leave many women of a certain age shuffling around in flats with short coiffs, 50 percent of those asked admitted that if a woman is slim, healthy, and attractive, she can “get away with anything.”
And, as it turns out, women may be just as opinionated about their own styles as they are about others. Forty four percent of the women in the survey admitted that they worry their expiration date for wearing certain clothing styles may have passed. Ten percent have even said they’d taken items back to a store because they realized they were “too young.”
What do you think about the survey? What, if anything, do you think is too young for women over 50 to wear?
– Sharon Tanenbaum, Everyday Health celebrity news editor
Here is the website if you want to respond to this article:
http://www.everydayhealth.com/blog/health-in-the-news/2011/05/13/are-you-too-old-to-wear-a-bikini-maybe-says-new-study/?comments_page=1&cmt_sort=0&nkr=1
MY REPLY:
#37. May 20 2011
I am 60, in good shape. I can wear skinny jeans with boots and turn heads of all ages. My hair is short, only because I ride my own Harley. So I will wear and ride what I d****** well please. I have earned that right.
