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| How should a very fit 40 year old dress?
Posted: 11/22/2008 6:43:53 AM | Sorry, but just because I'm over 40 I refuse to dress matronly.
I dress in what I feel looks good on me and I can get away with. As far as showing my belly button? Its not something I would do when I'm out and about, but I'm famous for showing it off when I dance.. | |
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| How should a very fit 40 year old dress?
Posted: 11/22/2008 7:54:54 AM | | I dont think being thin is the only factor in how you dress, some middle aged women, no matter how fit they are and how youthful they dress, you can still tell they are middle aged becasue of their skin. In 90% of the over 40 cowd i have seen, they have real ehather worn, overly baked, dessicated corpse looking skin. Now being that i live on a sub-tropical island, that may just be a geographic thing, as the sun is brutal here year round. But i dont think it looks any better tghan the 20 year old sportin a muffintop. | |
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| How should a very fit 40 year old dress?
Posted: 11/22/2008 1:48:57 PM | most younger girls will probably be jeleous to have an older women who looks better than them in the same room thats probably why they look down at them and slag them off , but like it or lump it thats what i say, if you have it show it off   | |
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| How should a very fit 40 year old dress?
Posted: 11/22/2008 4:57:41 PM | | I think its so hot a guy wearing his hat backwards a hot guy that is, but in there 40 's - 50's not. They are just trying to fit in with the hot younger ones. Dont work to well. | |
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| How should a very fit 40 year old dress?
Posted: 11/23/2008 1:07:32 AM | She should dress any way she feels comfortable ,showing her stomach or cleavage ,why not ,no matter how old you are ,if you got it show or show it if you like , some older people may not look great in some clothes , And others still have the figure and body shape ,well then dress to kill
I have seen young ladies that look bad in some clothes and then seen older ladies that look great .
With any one if you have a body and yuo are comfortable showing it then do it ,wear what you like and makes you comfortable. | |
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| How should a very fit 40 year old dress?
Posted: 11/23/2008 2:28:12 AM | In clothes preferably and what she wants to wear, what she is comfortable in, and if her top dont meet her bottom then show it off that flat tummy, that's what I say,
Just stay within your comfort zone.
MSG 227 - now that is howlingly funny, and I agree not many forty year olds got wash board stomachs, so yes go girl do what he said,  | |
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| How should a very fit 40 year old dress?
Posted: 1/17/2009 8:14:58 PM | While style is very individual, I believe women who love to raid their teenage daughters closet to be self-delusional.
Sort of like those 40 year old guys who "need" to buy that Porsche convertible. | |
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| How should a very fit 40 year old dress?
Posted: 1/18/2009 9:55:32 AM |
why is it there are dress codes for women and none for men?
None for men? Can you imagine a 42 year old man with his hair dyed pink, his nose, lip, and eyebrow pierced, rocking ripped jeans and a skull and crossbones t-shirt? He would be a laughing stock.
I'm all for not letting others decide how you should look, but at the same time, I can't help but laugh at 40-something women desperately trying to mold themselves after the likes of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. | |
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| How should a very fit 40 year old dress?
Posted: 1/22/2009 7:10:01 PM | First, I agree totally with the above poster--Thanks--well said.
But to say why it's jarring to see older women dress like Paris and Brittany???
Those gals set the trends and young women follow to fit in. Meaning, they dress the way their peers do because they haven't established their own sense of style. Trendy is the easy way to fit in at that age. It's natural. A sense of one's own style usually comes with experience and learning what you're all about.
When we see an older woman, say 40+, we assume she is accomplished and has developed her own sense of "self." Therefore, when we see a women dressed as a Paris or Brittany, we assume that she isn't secure with herself yet. She's still just in Trend mode, rather than in "I'm a real, full-fledged person" mode. | |
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| How should a very fit 40 year old dress?
Posted: 1/24/2009 11:25:14 AM | Dressing is as much about the person wearing it as the people who will be seeing it.
Yes, older women sometimes do try and dress like a junior something, but more often than not they dress in the way that best reflects who they are, what mood they're in and what "feels good".
My daughter dresses like she is; an almost 18 year old who is very slight, size 0 and someone who only likes certain colors, most especially black. It looks dang good on her, is age appropriate and she is comfortable.
I, on the other hand, am different coloring than her (strawberry to her dark, extremely busty to her extremely slight, and someone who is addicted to heels and to rich, awesome colors (though I also like black). She loves what I wear even though she wouldnt' be caught dead in it herself, I love what she wears even though I wouldn't be caught dead in it myself. I don't dress an "age". I dress a feel. I'm a lover of beauty and art, so clothes reflect my love of color, texture and flow. Not because I'm 40 something. Because I'm comfortable in my own skin, know what I like, and know what feels good to me.
Would some people be offended by what I wear? If I show maybe a tad too much cleavage maybe (I try not to, but it's tough not to with my build though I guess others are equally quite happy when I show too much, so maybe it balances out lol) Someone will always be offended by something; some people look for offense, some people look for areas to judge another; and some people are just flat out well, I guess bitter. But I think most people seem energized by my color choices; people seem to appreciate the color and vibrancy when it's dark and cold; at least that's what they tell me to my face; it literally seems to cheer them up lol. And I appreciate what other people wear regardless of their age; it's an expression of who they are and how they see the world and everything in it. It's all truly good. | |
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| How should a very fit 40 year old dress?
Posted: 1/24/2009 11:52:43 AM | Dress as you feel comfortable, but always understand that others see you and your attire will leave an image that can be either good or bad, and sometimes very hard to overcome.
I have no problem with women wearing clothes that are "in" right now, but I do have a problem with them trying to fit a size 12 into a size 6 outfit, that is meant to be worn by a size 4 or less.......
Low rise jeans are not meant for women that have large hips and excess body fat......just a given. Low cut shirts and blouses are not meant for those that need to have it down to their belly button to be "low cut"...... 
Just as men should not be wearing their jeans down to their a** crack with boxers that are sliding down because of their beer gut....... Why would a man who has little or no muscle tone wear a muscle shirt?
If you have it, enjoy it, but please understand that many of us are viewing what you think you have, and no matter what, short does not necessarily mean sexy, tight does not guarantee sensuality, and even with a very good self concept and high self esteem, "lycra", is NOT your friend.......  
Just my opinion.......   | |
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| How should a very fit 40 year old dress?
Posted: 1/25/2009 6:42:06 PM | Im almost 36,5ft9 and weigh 126-132 depending on whether its before or after Thanksgiving I tend to dress hip with a sophisticated edge.I would say wear whatever makes you feel good.My only piece of fashion advice is to steer clear of turtle necks with tight collars.In my opinion they make people look like giant roll on deoderants  | |
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| How should a very fit 40 year old dress?
Posted: 1/25/2009 7:30:54 PM | How ever they want
I do believe in classy, which I told my daughter, means to show one attribute at a time. In other words if you are showing it all, you look cheap! But its a personal thing, do not judge, hence, you like being judged. | |
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| How should a very fit 40 year old dress?
Posted: 1/26/2009 7:18:53 PM | I'm all for dressing how one personally feels comfortable, but there are also limits to what most folks can get their heads around as "acceptable". Last spring my extended family were all sharing a hotel at the same time as a kids hockey tournament was going on in the town.
One morning a bunch of us were in the breakfast lounge when this gaggle of tween girls came in, all wearing the skin-tight low slung jeans with the flared legs, studded belts, the super tight shirts with exposed belly's, the multi-coloured hair - basically the Paris/Brittney look, none of us much paid attention. I got up to get a waffle or something and was standing behind all these girls when several of them said "Hey grandma blah blah blah" as they turned around.
I almost fell over - one of the "girls" was this little (i.e., petite and very short, maybe 5' tall) lady, super dark tan, long dark hair, painted nails with little things glued on all over the place, neon/grundgy lipsticks & makeup, pierced bellybutton's, and dressed EXACTLY like these tweens. She looked flat out ridiculous to me. My relatives noticed and we all were just so surprised. She didn't notice our inadvertent rudeness, luckily for us, and they all walked out with their donuts and bagels. She had a very wrinkled face (over tanning perhaps? natural? no idea), the women in our party were convinced her hair was dyed (no idea), and
This woman, probably in her late 50's by our best estimate, we saw her many times over the next 4 or 5 days. She was always dressed in this manner, and hung around with the girls and oftentimes acted like they did - it was bizarre, to say the least.
I just could not get my head around why a woman - who certainly was physically capable of wearing such attire being so petite and short - would choose to wear that type of clothing. Like the above poster mentioned, a guy that age with pink hair, tatted jeans, etc would be laughed out of the building or considered quite odd.
At the same time as I found it quite strange and a bit disturbing, I whole-heartedly felt that if that's how she wanted to dress it was her right. Still, very strange to encounter a woman who was literally almost my mother's age (guessing) dressing like my little nieces. | |
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