[Semi fluff] Age, is it just a number or does it dictate how you are supposed to act and dress?

No offense @Hypocrisy_Central the article has a point and at your age you should finally retire your Daisy Dukes….just saying

^ [.. the article has a point and at your age you should finally retire your Daisy Dukes….just saying
I would agree that there are many women who should hang up their Daisy Dukes, but in many cases age has nothing to do with it. I have seen 42 year old women who could wear them and make a dead man come to life in the loins and some women in their early 20s who can mummify a live man if she walked in front of him wearing them. Either someone sets the standard, no matter how fit you are, after X years, you cannot wear Speedos, but you have to wear an Oxford sweater and collared shirt with wingtips, and you have to give up the pumps, after 45 and get some sensible flats, and I guess the false eyelashes have to go too? Who and where are the hard cutoff lines going to be?

@mods….can we start a Fluther Hall of Fame?? This has to be framed and displayed near the entrance next to the pancakes and frizzer threads…

“I have seen 42 year old women who could wear them and make a dead man come to life in the loins and some women in their early 20s who can mummify a live man if she walked in front of him wearing them. ”

@Hypocrisy_Central is this a real question or are you just making an excuse for eyeing women in sexy clothes?

My reaction stop this question are all over the map, there are some things people over thirty can’t pull off because they aren’t teens; there are some men and women in their 60’s who can match twenty year olds on style.

No man should wear a speedo unless he is swimming competitively.

And all I know is Madonna is too old for this (don;t watch if you have a delicate stomach).

^ No man should wear a speedo unless he is swimming competitively.
What good reason precludes him from doing it if he is built like Jack LaLanne through his 20s to 40s? Some say one you get past 45 never bungee jump, once age gets assigned to certain activities, no one under 45 will be allowed to play bocce ball, even if they wanted to.

If you have the frame or the health to do it, no one should stand in your way if we are to be true to being all you can be.

The rules of Age are entirely subjective, as are the rules of so-called “fashion”. People should wear clothes that make them feel good. If strangers don’t agree why does it matter?

There are no hard cutoffs, as there is no central Fashion Law authority.

No one owes it to you to “waken your loins”. Not even a little.

Ha ha. We were talking about Daisy Dukes and Seek says there are no hard cut-offs. Made me smile. ( don’t tell HC that the fashion police aren’t real police who can’t actually throw people in fashion prison.)

I have noticed I tend to wear similar clothes to Frazier’s father but that is just coincidence.

Ya know, not sure what the chrono ages of the the folks answering this question so far might be, so let me pony up to the bar and state up front…age is pretty much a number—usually mine is unlisted; for this discussion, though…71.

What is “age appropriate dress? I think the question might better be “what is situation appropriate dress?” And/or “what is situation appropriate dress that each person can reasonable afford?” If a man or woman has the carriage to pull off a revealing couture (regardless of age) that is appropriate for the occasion, then the word used is “class”. Consider Dame Judith Dench or Helen Mirren at an awards ceremony. Class.

Consider Arnold S. or Stallone…when they are in shape. They are near my age. Maybe not Speedo-worthy, But—DAMN—or, consider Sean Connery. Pure class.

What, for instance, do I wear to work? Right now…jeans, tee-shirt with my company’s logo (I am quite proud of who I work for…) and a pair of trail hikers. But, then, I work virtually. I could work naked. This is what I wear most of the time (the clothes mentioned, not the nakedness…). If DB and I are going out—jacket, turtle neck and slacks—the Bullitt look. Always looks good. Dated, maybe, but good.

I can’t pull of skinny pants, too many years road-cycling.

So, age ain’t the issue. It’s perception. I still get tagged for my senior discounts on occasion. Maybe it’s the earrings and ponytail…who knows…

Namaste…

Why, twas just this past evensong I wore a nappy & sucked on a dummy, the shop assistant advised me to stop abusing the mannequin & leave the store immediately, I was aghast.

@Seek No one owes it to you to “waken your loins”.
Again, you must be hearing things that was not said, maybe there is some gansta rap music too close to you drowning things out; no one mentioned anyone should wear Daisy Dukes to satisfy anyone else…..

@abcbill Consider Arnold S. or Stallone…when they are in shape.
If I looked like Arnold in my 30s or even managed to hang on to it in my 40s, I would have had no compunction strutting a beach in Speedos, I would not think ”He I can do this…..but I am told I am too old, so I won’t”. I might be 65 and go skydiving, why should I limit myself to playing checkers on the front porch.

I still get tagged for my senior discounts on occasion. Maybe it’s the earrings and ponytail…who knows…
Maybe they think that a ponytail and ear rings are for those under 30 unless you are a rock entertainer, biker, or someone trying to play the hippy throwback, if you are old enough to be a grandfather I guess you should dress closer to Mr. Rodgers.

@Hypocrisy_Central Well-played HC, well-played. Juvenile and snarky beyond belief; not badly played.

“It’s just a number” is what young people say to quell their fear of getting old and old people say to quell theirs about getting even older.

As for which style of dress is “proper” for given ages, I NEVER could figure that out when I was younger and have given it up worrying about it since I retired.