Clothing Choices for the Middle Aged

[Hyslop]

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Lovely, but a little impractical in a crosswind methinks

With all those pleats,recurring crosswinds I should imagine.

 

[cyberknight]

I really am passed caring what other people think about my clothes , better things in life to think about.

 

[raleighnut]

[QUOTE 4805922, member: 259"]Me too. I lie awake all night worrying about public perceptions of my nostril hair.[/QUOTE]
I've been thinking of plaiting mine.

 

[arch684]

What is middle age anyway,i'm 66 am i to old for this thread

 

[John the Monkey]

With all those pleats,recurring crosswinds I should imagine.

I expect they form echelons, and only the pleats on the very edge of the road are in trouble.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Still open in Carlisle,were that far behind

Wasn't that a new store opening just last Sat? Next to the new Top Shop

 

[User32269]

What is middle age anyway,i'm 66 am i to old for this thread

I reluctantly count myself middle aged at fast approaching 52, but when you throw my stupendous immaturity into the equation, I'm practically adolescent.

 

[John the Monkey]

[QUOTE 4805958, member: 259"]I've never had echelons, but I'm a martyr to my cohorts.[/QUOTE]
Damn giphy for their lack of Frankie Howerd reacts.

 

[MarkF]

Going back...............my late father never really went to school and arrived from rural Ireland in 1959 with nothing at all apart from good looks. He worked on building sites when I was little and yet I can only remember him in a shirt and tie and with shoes like mirrors. I never once in my life saw my father scruffy. It sticks with you, I can't go out unless I am dressed not bad/well, particularly on the Vespa, and I wouldn't be seen dead in a fleece or cargo pants.

It get harder as you get older, I started to lose hair and go grey, that didn't bother me looks wise, but it bothered me because it affected what colours I could wear. I am not as bald as I look, I just zap it off so that I don't have that grey hair/clothing colour problem.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=d2VpWTVKZG9jUk9YQU9aSjBTZnFDZUwxV3NPMzdR


I've got two sons, one is tatooed all over and wears regular 20 year old kids (explosion in a paint factory clothes), my youngest (18) is just like me and his grandad, he has the screaming ab dabs if MrsF hasn't ironed something "just so", won't wear logos and is as picky as hell about what he wears, goes through 4 or 5 changes before venturing out, he's a total pain in the arse, like me.

 

[Julia9054]

Going back...............my late father never really went to school and arrived from rural Ireland in 1959 with nothing at all apart from good looks. He worked on building sites when I was little and yet I can only remember him in a shirt and tie and with shoes like mirrors. I never once in my life saw my father scruffy. It sticks with you, I can't go out unless I am dressed not bad/well, particularly on the Vespa, and I wouldn't be seen dead in a fleece or cargo pants.

It get harder as you get older, I started to lose hair and go grey, that didn't bother me looks wise, but it bothered me because it affected what colours I could wear. I am not as bald as I look, I just zap it off so that I don't have that grey hair/clothing colour problem.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=d2VpWTVKZG9jUk9YQU9aSjBTZnFDZUwxV3NPMzdR


I've got two sons, one is tatooed all over and wears regular 20 year old kids (explosion in a paint factory clothes), my youngest (18) is just like me and his grandad, he has the screaming ab dabs if MrsF hasn't ironed something "just so", won't wear logos and is as picky as hell about what he wears, goes through 4 or 5 changes before venturing out, he's a total pain in the arse, like me.

At 18 he should be ironing his own clothes!

 

[User32269]

My Dad worked on building sites, I remember lots of the old guys who would wear a suit on the site. That's something you don't see now!
The flipside is the number of oldish guys I see now, usually around the betting shop, with suit jacket, really dodgy tracky bottoms, and brouge type shoes. Not a great look for the mature gentleman!

 

[Dave 123]

Going back...............my late father never really went to school and arrived from rural Ireland in 1959 with nothing at all apart from good looks. He worked on building sites when I was little and yet I can only remember him in a shirt and tie and with shoes like mirrors. I never once in my life saw my father scruffy. It sticks with you, I can't go out unless I am dressed not bad/well, particularly on the Vespa, and I wouldn't be seen dead in a fleece or cargo pants.

It get harder as you get older, I started to lose hair and go grey, that didn't bother me looks wise, but it bothered me because it affected what colours I could wear. I am not as bald as I look, I just zap it off so that I don't have that grey hair/clothing colour problem.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=d2VpWTVKZG9jUk9YQU9aSjBTZnFDZUwxV3NPMzdR


I've got two sons, one is tatooed all over and wears regular 20 year old kids (explosion in a paint factory clothes), my youngest (18) is just like me and his grandad, he has the screaming ab dabs if MrsF hasn't ironed something "just so", won't wear logos and is as picky as hell about what he wears, goes through 4 or 5 changes before venturing out, he's a total pain in the arse, like me.

In work I wear t shirt and shorts, quite often with soil on them/me, a bit of grease on my hands and grass clippings falling out of my pockets, so when we go out somewhere it's nice to look and feel nice for a change. That may still be t shirt and shorts, but it's my Sunday best t shirt and shorts!

 

[Piemaster]

Seems I spend most of the time in work gear - multi pocketed work trousers and tee/polo shirt, safety boots. Fleece as required. After its tee shirt and cargo shorts and after all day in boots, barefoot as much as possible.
A glance in wardrobe reveals a couple of suits, a pile of t-shirts and shorts, couple of jeans and chinos Lots of cycling clothes, an probably more for windsurf/padddleboarding gear - seasonal requirements bulk it out a lot.

 

[Mrs M]

Some mornings I see a middle aged gent popping in for a coffee before work.
He has a beard and smokes a pipe. He wears a shirt, tie and jacket and skirt and tights.
There's also a man who wears a pink mini kilt but happily not seen him.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Some mornings I see a middle aged gent popping in for a coffee before work.
He has a beard and smokes a pipe. He wears a shirt, tie and jacket and skirt and tights.
There's also a man who wears a pink mini kilt but happily not seen him.

In Aberdeenshire ?!!