Fabulous New Fashion chat - Dressed up or Down - Everyone Welcome!!

daisybella

aww. yes...I'll talk to your Mum
my Mum borrows my clothes, and looks amazing in them. She was really in to fashion when she was my age and still is, but knows where to draw the line between looking good and trying too hard.
She's not as brave in her choices as our wonderful Goan
but then, she doesn't have the personality to match that style
(she's very typically girly girl, an ex pro ballerina and couldn't live without hair straighteners)

I'm not selling her well, am I?

Argh still mad about sky man. Wouldn't have been so bad if a) he hadn't looked to be my age
and b) hadn't talked to me like you would a 6 year old.

xxvickixx

DB, next time you get door salesmen, say yes, I'll just go and get them, shut the door and see how long they wait!

Magpye

Oh, all you lucky people with holidays. I don't have any planned at the moment, getting new carpets, new sofa, and fixing the boiler is a priority. My house is not even half finished at the moment.

I've stuck on a blue jumper as I'm getting cold, might change later though, depends on how well I manage to soak myself doing the hand-washing.

Alex, I'm always persuading my mum to try new styles on, but she is paranoid about her 'chicken neck' - although she's quite stylish at 68 (not as trendy as yours Goan, but my mum proudly boasts that she has never owned a pair of jeans and I don't think I'll change her mind now!)

daisybella

xxvickixx wrote: »

DB, next time you get door salesmen, say yes, I'll just go and get them, shut the door and see how long they wait!

:T love it

goanmad

Alexnikov wrote: »

Can you try and persuade my mum of this? She was filled with horror at the thought of going outside the house with her leggings on and had a rapidly-backtracking conversation with me when she tried to explain that leggings were only for 20 year olds (self - "Are you saying I look like a FREAK in them?! )

Parents, they crack you up don't they? Your mum's probably closer in age to me than you are, Alex and there's very little I consider "too young" to wear.

Alexnikov

Ugh I hate salesmen. The last one that came round asked to speak to the man of the house - I'm sorry, is it still 1950?!

daisybella

seriously. when that happens on the phone I tell them the man is speaking.

righty,
tesco in a few mins, anyone want anything

Alexnikov

Magpye wrote: »

Alex, I'm always persuading my mum to try new styles on, but she is paranoid about her 'chicken neck' - although she's quite stylish at 68 (not as trendy as yours Goan, but my mum proudly boasts that she has never owned a pair of jeans and I don't think I'll change her mind now!)

Ah yes, the chicken neck, and the fat left leg (although this is actually real - if she puts on a few pounds it goes straight on her left thigh for some reason)

goanmad wrote: »

Parents, they crack you up don't they? Your mum's probably closer in age to me than you are, Alex and there's very little I consider "too young" to wear.

She is paranoid about being mutton dressed as lamb - it's mental, she's got a far, far better figure than me!

goanmad

Magpye wrote: »

Alex, I'm always persuading my mum to try new styles on, but she is paranoid about her 'chicken neck' - although she's quite stylish at 68 (not as trendy as yours Goan, but my mum proudly boasts that she has never owned a pair of jeans and I don't think I'll change her mind now!)

Bless her. My mum still wears leather jeans and fake fur jackets - my friends reckon she looks like an original rock chick and love her cool attitude. If it makes her happy I don't say a word.

She ain't the most tactful person. I remember her saying to me when I was a sensitive teenager obsessing about my skin, figure, looks, etc "Look you're never going to be Miss World so forget your imperfections and comparing yourself to other people, make an effort to be super stylish, tell yourself you're gorgeous and no-one will notice that you're not."

xxvickixx

Yeah Db, pick me up some porridge, otherwise I'll have to go out this evening when DH gets home.