[Closed] Fashion sense......or lack of,

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never liked fashion ,just wear what I like and I think suits me

Older? I don't think I've ever cared about fashion.

TBH, I'm kinda struggling as to what to wear as I get older. Can I still carry off Invader Zim tee-shirts at 40?

mr potatohead in clothes he likes, earlier;

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yes i like to, looking good, smart, well turned out is vastly underrated.

Never bothered me when I was young.
Don't understand fashion, and don't care.
To me Gore-tex is a designer label.
The people who judge me by how I look aren't the kind of people I want to know.
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I do like hats though, and have many. Are wooly hats fashionable nowadays?

Someone attempting to be 'fashionable' as they get older is actually so tragically misguided, they're deserving of our pity. Actually... Thats bollox. lets point at them and laugh instead 😆

I picked up my kids up from school and one of the other dads, same age as me (wrong side of 40). was in full on down-wit-da-kids Nathan Barley get up. This is in Manchester's Media Enclave, so is to be expected

He was wearing a pair of jeans like these here with your-crotch-around-your-knees. And was dressed like one of JLS

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At 40!!! FFS!!! He looked absolutely bloody ridiculous!!!

I struggle on holiday.
Shorts,t shirt ,bucket hat and those trainers with holes in.
I look exactly like what I am. An Englishman on holiday. Bad bad bad.
Thing is, if you put a French wing suit nutter in my clothes he would look cool.

you can't beat wearing a nice suit to something where everyone else thinks they made an effort by wearing a polo shirt and there best jeans....

Style and fashion are two different things...

a pair of jeans like these here with your-crotch-around-your-knees.

They look like the wearer has put a sweatshirt on the wrong end.

Surely there is a difference between being fashionable and following the same fashions as a teenager?

muppetWrangler - indeed...

I've been rockin' the 'Bag of manure loosely tied in the middle' look since my teenage years.

See no need to change now.

Various women have made an effort over the years, but in all honesty I can make the most beautifully cut, expensive piece of clothing look like it's been through the digestive tract of a sick donkey.

I'm the wrong side of 40 and sitting here wearing a hoodie. I mostly wear skate shoes. How sad am I?

I wear a smart, short sleeved, shirt and smart-casual trousers to work.

...then go home and put on the same pair of jeans and t-shirt I've been wearing for the last week 😈

My wife despairs of me 8)

I don't follow fashion, never have.

I set it, baby.

So what, you can't wear a hoodie if your over 40?

I'm the wrong side of 40 and sitting here wearing a hoodie. I mostly wear skate shoes. How sad am I?

Depends, a few people can carry it off

I wear a smart, [b]short sleeved, shirt[/b] and smart-casual trousers to work.

bus driver?

Oh no, I've got 2 years to buy a new wardrobe from the Officers Club 🙂

At 31 I'm making a conscious effort to dress better, but by better I mean less baggy jeans and hoody, more cords and shirts/ tops etc. TBH, I'm shopping more and more in Marks and spencers!

Since I took my nose rings out in 2003 I've not really "got" fashion, I tend to just wear slightly too big jeans, tightish polo shirt and some skate shoes!

I'm the wrong side of 40 and sitting here wearing a hoodie. I mostly wear skate shoes. How sad am I?

Thats fine. I suspect most of us do. A hoodie and skate shoes I'd say is age appropriate. Thats hardly hight fasion, is it? But what I'm on about is that whole skinny jeans/baggy arse thing etc that is clearly aimed at 20 year olds, and just looks ludicrous on someone twice that age

I'm shopping more and more in Marks and spencers!

you've gone too far, it's easy done but you need to back up a couple of steps before it's too late and you find yourself in BHS

binbins, some of us can carry off skinny jeans.

And some of us need to be carried off if found wearing them.

Thanks for the endorsement, binners. I feel a whole lot better about myself now. It's just the hopping up and down stuff on a unicycle which is age-inappropriate then (I didn't actually own any skate shoes until I was over 40 and started riding a uni!)

I've always worn skate shoes baggy jeans hoodies etc I'm 36 I will carry on wearing it as it's what I'm comfortable in, I don't own a suit or a shirt and would not dream if wearing them

Getting older = less fashion + more style shirley ?

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im 22 and i dont care about fashion. I wear what i like to not what trendy at the min. most of the time i am wearing jeans or tracksuit bottoms or waterproofs with a water proof jacket and tee shirt maybe a hoody. 90% of the time i am on my bike if i had a car i might choose to wear other more "trendy" clothing.

Can I still carry off Invader Zim tee-shirts at 40?

Given that you look about 17, then yes you can.

Anyway, it's currently fashionable not to care, so knock yourself out.

Don't so fashion. If for no other reason than I hate shopping for clothes, so tend to purchase things that will both last and will stubbornly get classified as classic or normal. Hence 501s or Craghoppers with approach shoes or brogues for work with either a T-shirt or polo shirt.

Anything else means a suit and tie. I'm not that good at smart casual.

as long as you're not stuck in a dead end job working for McMeatys Cougar, i'd say you'll be ok.

Fashion is something so ugly it has to be changed every 15 minutes but style is something versatile &
in the way you move & in the way you smile &
I'll stress the point
time to blow the joint
expose the pose to keep on your toes.

Being severely colour blind, fashion was never something I could get into - WTF is Taupe, Mushroom, Teal etc? I do blue, black, green & grey end of. (green may be red but who cares)

The only moment of fashion joy recently was horrifying my eldest when I dug out a pic of me in my skinny jeans from '76, seams taken in, worn with Converse boots, torn T shit and leather jacket - the only 2 differences between us were that his T shirt was not torn and my belt was above my thighs.

Fashion is a highly successful way of extracting hard earned cash from gullible people.

Given that you look about 17, then yes you can.

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tis a very good question. ive always looked at old codgers at the seaside with their white socks and sandals, my dads also guilty of awful fashion sense. cheap, stiff collared shirts with tracky bottoms and sandals etc..
it makes me ask myself were they always like that? will i end up like that? do they honestly not realise or care how they look?

me? i always try to look what i perceive as smart, in a style that i think suits my age. none of yer chavvy jeans with G-STAR in massive letters across me ar*e or owt, but just smart polo shirts and jeans from 'middle of the range' mens shops. duck and cover, that sort of thing. and i honestly think ill try and look good for the rest of my life. as i get even older, mebbes duck and cover will be off limits, who knows. maybe there just arent any smart clothes for codges! 😀

As I get older, I get angrier and angrier about young people's fashion.
Especially blokes.
Trainers with a suit!
A t shirt is not smart! Neither are stupid jeans!

If I can see your undies, you're not fully dressed!

Oi! You! Do you shoes up and take that hat off when you're indoors!

smart polo shirts and jeans

Sorry. Thanks for playing.

Oi! You! Do you shoes up and take that hat off when you're indoors!

What is the issue people have with a hat indoors?? I like me hats and they keep me lugs warm. I'll wear it indoors if I like, even if it int fashion. And me shoes are always done up, so baaaa! 🙄

Whathaveisaidnow - Member
you can't beat wearing a nice suit to something where everyone else thinks they made an effort by wearing a polo shirt and there best jeans....

Depends on the occasion doesn't? It can look good, can make you look like a pretentious prick. Some times it matters, other time it doesn't and you're the only one who cares.

Sat here wearing a pair of Danish M95 flektarn combats, cos they're comfy, especially at work, cheap, got lots of pockets and don't show dirt too much, and a Joy Formidable tee I bought at their gig last week. Bought a Dinosaur Jr one last night, too. My jeans are mostly Uniqlo, Howies, and a couple of pairs of Oakley ones picked up in a sale. My DC Shoes hoodie is in the other room. I wear desert combat boots, assorted fleeces, tees, a USAF Nomex flying jacket, a Belstaff Trialmaster, leather bike jacket...
Just about everything I wear is because I like the colour, the comfort and the fit. Fashion bypasses me completely.
Currently sporting at rainy times a Goretex USAF digital tiger-stripe jacket, which is light, comfy, and keeps the wind and rain out, and isn't blue or some other mass-market colour.
And it was cheap, for brand new Goretex, too.

I is hipster chic, int I.

These days I tend to judge the worthiness of a new shirt or jacket on the basis of how many pockets it has. I also only own two pairs of smart shoes, one in brown, the other in black. The rest of the time I wear a battered pair of trekking shoes.

I think it is fair to say fashion has passed me by. Well, it probably ran for the hills when it saw me coming 😀

fashion? more anti-fashion when I was under 25, but that was over 20 years ago. I'm sure most of you have seen the photo so I won't share that again.

nowadays, for work, a long-sleeved shirt in whatever colour comes out of the wardrobe next (sleeves rolled up usually), "charcoal" or black suit trousers and black brogues. at home I just wear what's comfortable. right now, plain black hoody, black t-shirt with a printed design, black jeans, black socks and black skate shoes. none of it branded. nearest I get to branded is black canvas Wrangler jeans.

and no I'm not Johnny Cash 😉

Is it OK to admit to scaring dog owners when I talk to their dog, when out riding obviously.

Dogs come up to me but the owners seem to be straining at the leash. 😯

I made a lovely friend today - a St. Bernard puppy. His owner was desperate to get away!

I can only think it's due to my odd clothing. 😆

As others have said, as you get older its about style not fashion - it's all about correct fit, those jeans binned described are awful at any age

I'm picturing a jester in spd's. Maybe they have the same attitude as the fellow on the other thread when the oldies let it hang out in the changing rooms. 'Fechin mountain bikers.. why do they stop and speak to me?.. If I left the dog at home they wouldn't stop!'

It totally depends on what is meant by fashion in the OP's question.

The image Binners cites, above, is truly hideous; but that can not possibly be considered fashion. Trendy, yes. Not fashion.

In any case, I agree with whoever said on this thread that being 'well-turned out' is underrated. Just think of those characters on Mad Men, or Connery's Bond, or pretty anyone else from the 1960s, and consider how they were ready for action but really damn smart-looking, and then convince us that it's somehow incompatible with being an active, modern man.

Style is timeless, fashion is fickle. You can look smart and fashionable without dressing like a boyband.

Edit - just read the OP again. Yes I care more about fashion than I did when I was younger. I still draw the line at baggy jeans and there is no such thing as a smart t-shirt but I'm in my late 20s and can't be dressing like I'm 15.

Nope don't do fashion, in winter I wear combats (currently cord combats from asda, I have 3 pairs the same) t shirt and a hoody. In summer I replace the combats for combat shorts (I like pockets)

Lolin at everyone saying I'm not fashionable and then listing the fashionable clothes they wear. Countzero you're the worst, what you've said? That's a fashion statement my lovely.

If you think about the fashion industry theres a roomfull of coke-addled bellends designing what they think everybody should like the following year , based on what ?
If you look at the stick thin waif girls of sixties fashion is it any accident that they all look like teenage boys and most of the designers of the time were gay dudes ?

my mrs and daughter tell me that i am smart/casual rather than fashionable.
tidy jeans, good shoes/boots and a nice shirt/jumper kinda bloke.

I'm wearing some US department store jeans (which I quite like), a plain beige technical T shirt, duofold I think, and a waterproof. Is that a fashion statement?

Possibly. Even wearing unfashionable clothes is a statement, isn't it? The only way not to make a statement is to wear what most other people are wearing I suppose.