Comments on: #151: Never Wear Shorts and Socks Together

By: dave

dave — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 19:33:48 +0000

I find it extremely odd that a concern in your life is whether someone wears socks with shorts. I wear socks with shorts. Big @%%% deal. Seriously. Theres more to life to worry about.

By: Nettle

Nettle — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:02:36 +0000

No, I don’t think wearing high-waisted capris and sneakers is about disguising your femininity: it’s about finding clothes that fit when your formerly-lush body has acquired the dimensions of a pear, and shoes that you can walk in when your bones and muscles have started succumbing to a half century of walking upright on limbs that never completely adjusted to coming out of the trees.

Personally, I’m for clothes that are comfortable and that don’t cripple me, even though I am completely capable of cleaning up and looking as trendy as anyone. But when I do, it’s usually in clothes that I had to look long and hard for and probably paid too much for.

Here’s what I’d like to see: designers who design clothes for older bodies and don’t assume that just because you’re over fifty, you’ve developed a sudden love for polyester knit sets and a sudden hatred for your body, and shoe designers who design shoes that are both supportive and attractive. I mean, I love the look of flip-flops and teeny sandals but it’s been a lot of years since I could do any serious walking in them.

Dressing attractively when you’re older would be a lot easier if the clothing industry didn’t treat us with contempt. You’d think they’d recognize the profit potential in creating clothes for a population with a rising age curve.

(And, my favorite place for clothes that are both trendy and cut generously and flatteringly for any body and any shape, and where I go when I want grown-up clothes: J. Jill. But budget-friendly they’re not.)

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:53:47 +0000

Oh so true! Why is it that older ladies seem to want to shear off their femininity and wear greigy baggy things that turn them into bricks on legs? It has nothing to do with weight – it’s about disguising your female-ness.

I think the crime of horrible sandals with socks are a bit of a British Crime, but when I went to visit in-laws in the South of your beautiful country I noticed a lot of ladies wearing high waisted trousers (that make your arse look enormous) and stopped short above the ankles (shortening the legs)

Why would anyone want to wear trousers that give you short legs and a massive arse?

*Shudders*

By: Pamela Redmond Satran

Pamela Redmond Satran — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:16:17 +0000

Thanks, Debbie. Can’t believe we’re a toddler already!

By: Deborah Siegel

Deborah Siegel — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:31:36 +0000

Happy 2nd birthday, How Not to Act Old!

By: Reputation@Stake

Reputation@Stake — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:49:42 +0000

I’ve always wondered if one day my socks would just wander up my legs without my permission. All old men wear their socks up, but my socks have always been very well behaved, so I’ve wondered when this change is going to happen to me. In my later years, will retirement homes kick me out if I refuse to pull them up? I’m just trying to figure out if it’s a rule, or if I’m just going to lose my mind. I’d like to be prepared. Anyway, thanks for the fashion tips.