Clothing Choices for the Middle Aged

[Drago]

An Ebay and beer Sunday night saw me buy a Paul Smith cream Harrington (Which I didn't want really), a Paul Smith pinstriped jacket and.........yep, a Paul Smith "Westbourne" suit. Still looking for some tan brogue Loake boots for which I have some purple laces waiting.......

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All well and good, but if, like me, you have legs, hands and a head, that jacket would be no use whatsoever.

 

[Tin Pot]

Most of the clothes I wear come from Cotton Traders.
I'm not sure whether to be pleased, or to nip off and drown myself!

I had to google them - I believe guillotine is the topical way out for you.

M&S Blue Harbour used to be good for that sort of garb.

 

[TheDoctor]

But I love the shirts. And the slightly stretchy jeans...

 

[TheDoctor]

Tweed effect cardigan?
Hmmm. Trying to picture that.
A man of your elegance and sophistication could well carry that off.
Either that, or you'll look a right tit

 

[swee'pea99]

Tweed effect cardigan?
Hmmm. Trying to picture that.
A man of your elegance and sophistication could well carry that off.
Either that, or you'll look a right tit

Lay your bets, ladeez & genlemen, lay your bets...

 

[TheDoctor]

Who, me? Or Reg?

 

[Saluki]

I still wear what I have always worn. Jeans, tee-shirts, either a fleece or a weird fish jumper. I have a couple of hoodies as they are nice and warm. Hiking boots or trainers, sometimes cowboy boots (very old but I love them) but I do have a nice, comfy, pair of slip-on Clarkes shoes, which I have had for about 3 years now. They seem to go with everything and are great for when my hands are playing up.
I do have 'office/work' type clothes. They are a similar sort of style that I would have worn, twenty years ago when I was in my 30s. I don't dress like my parents did when they were in their 50s

I see no need for Bon Marche or Country Casuals for another 20 years or so, at least

 

[TheDoctor]

One can hope, though.

 

[MarkF]

Cotton Traders = Elasticated pants, bollocks to that, not going to Edinburgh woollen mill either.

 

[craigwend]

Your colour choices ...

 

[Accy cyclist]

I saw a bloke today wearing one of these.

Nothing unusual about that,as Accrington has more than its fair share of chavs,but he was about 60 odd years old!

 

[slowmotion]

My sister-in-law lived in Toronto. It's very cold there in December. A British friend came to stay but he was totally unprepared for the weather. Various friends lent him a motley collection of hats, gloves, coats and boots before he was sent out to get a shopping list of fine wines at a nearby shopping mall. Once he had parked the truck, he asked a guy where the liquor store might be. He looked nervous , handed him five bucks, and wished him a Happy Christmas.

 

[Drago]

but he was about 60 odd years old!

Ronnie Pickering?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I'm looking forward to the "Do I spend my pension on a hearing aid or glasses?" thread. That promises to be epic.

Now I'm a pensioner I don't have to pay for those..

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Don't place money on it.

There's at least one CCG (Milton Keynes) which is looking to ration hearing aids. People who would have got two will only get one and quite a few people will be excluded from getting even one hearing aid on the NHS.

If one CCG is doing it, then others will follow... your local CCG (Coventry & rUGBY) is in dire straits financially so I wouldn't be surprised if they try this.

Being on a state pension I qualify for pension credit and get things like council tax and dental treatment paid for, plus an allowance for glasses, I haven't needed a hearing aid yet.