"frumps who feel they are trendy by wearing denim"


so true !
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I look at those in my age group and generation and think "you were dancing around your handbags in the 60s and screaming at the Kinks - so why are you looking and dressing like your own grandmother now just because you're in your 70s ?" Change your layered short grey hair, get modern specs, . If you wear jeans buy a navy blazer to wear with them. If you are hippy, a long cover-up top makes you larger - it needs to "sit" on the hips and you'll see the difference. Sleeves should be wrist length not longer. And the number I see wearing black block heeled shoe/boots below jeans is countless - and defines a certain age group - I wouldn't give them house room in the winter. I've never owned a black or brown quilted coat, but I do wear a QVC padded jacket in mint with matching fur trimmed hood I bought years ago.
It's all smoke and mirrors in the end, but it's easy to fall into invisibility .