What are you wearing today (2020-2023)?

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LissaC said:
like women in their 60's who try to look like they're 20.
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:eek: - I'm 69 in a few weeks and you have seen the clothes I wear which I don't consider 'older woman' clothes. My hair is dyed bright red. I'm not happy getting older at all. In fact I hate it. The only good thing is not having to go to work. That is wonderful!
 
Morning Glory said:
:eek: - I'm 69 in a few weeks and you have seen the clothes I wear which I don't consider 'older woman' clothes. My hair is dyed bright red. I'm not happy getting older at all. In fact I hate it. The only good thing is not having to go to work. That is wonderful!
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There's a difference between feeling and acting genuinely young, or just trying to look like it! Some people are so full of energy they look naturally young :)
 
Morning Glory said:
Actually its not that similar - that ad is a bit creepy to me. I'm not sure why! The Dove ads here also features ageing. They have a big 'Real Beauty' ad campaign. Clever.
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It makes me cry everytime! Anyway this one probably didn't catch up that well or else it would have gone global. :) They have other "real beauty" ads too here in Portugal but this is by far my favorite.
 
Morning Glory said:
I'm not happy getting older at all. In fact I hate it.
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That's how I feel! All my life, I grew up with all these ads about "age is just a number," and "60 is the new 40," and "you're only as old as you feel," and it made me believe getting older was kind of a dream, that it was all sorted, and when I hit 50, I'd be surfing and sculpting, mountain climbing and having outside afternoon hanky-panky, with my slightly-wrinkled-but-somewhat-rugged good looks...

...and then my eyesight took a nosedive around 45...and I developed severe plantar fasciitis at about 50, so I walk like Fred Sanford some days, and my shoulder joint is deteriorating, and both my elbows and one wrist are deteriorating, I can't remember a damn thing from one minute to the next, my eyes got puffy, I've got hair on my back and shoulders, and I have to get up to pee three times a night!

As to the outside hanky-panky...we get out there, then we forget why we're standing in the yard half-naked! :laugh:
 
LissaC said:
It makes me cry everytime! Anyway this one probably didn't catch up that well or else it would have gone global. :) They have other "real beauty" ads too here in Portugal but this is by far my favorite.
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Strange how different our reactions to that ad are. As I say, I can't work out why I find it creepy. I will need to do a bit of self analysis...
 
TastyReuben said:
That's how I feel! All my life, I grew up with all these ads about "age is just a number," and "60 is the new 40," and "you're only as old as you feel," and it made me believe getting older was kind of a dream, that it was all sorted, and when I hit 50, I'd be surfing and sculpting, mountain climbing and having outside afternoon hanky-panky, with my slightly-wrinkled-but-somewhat-rugged good looks...

...and then my eyesight took a nosedive around 45...and I developed severe plantar fasciitis at about 50, so I walk like Fred Sanford some days, and my shoulder joint is deteriorating, and both my elbows and one wrist are deteriorating, I can't remember a damn thing from one minute to the next, my eyes got puffy, I've got hair on my back and shoulders, and I have to get up to pee three times a night!

As to the outside hanky-panky...we get out there, then we forget why we're standing in the yard half-naked! :laugh:
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Brilliant - you really should think about writing as a career.
 
caseydog said:
Speaking of rugs, I always said that if I go bald, I will not get a toupee, or resort to a dome wrap. I still have a pretty full head of hair, so I haven't had to put my claims to a test, but I still believe I would just let my noggin shine.

CD
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I would (and am) just following what Nature dictates. I have a bald spot at the crown of my head, visible only from the back - out of sight, out of mind, AFAIC.

I wouldn't get a toup, or plugs, nor would I shave my head, like my brother does. If he let his hair grow, it'd be the classic male pattern horseshoe around his head, so he just shaves it. I'd just let it do what it wants and be done with it.
 
Dove did a Real Beauty campaign here as well, I vaguely remember it, because it felt like just another marketing scheme to me: "You're beautiful, whomever you are, just as you are! Now buy our stuff to make yourself more beautiful!" - yes, I'm a cynic.

Real beauty...really, I think it just comes down to self-confidence, and I don't mean, "Look at me, I'm a hottie," it's just being comfortable with yourself, who you are, what you look. It's a-ok to work with what you have, and just trying to look your best, but realizing, "I'm never going to look like I did when I was 25, but that's ok."

It's when a person says, "Crap!!! I was so hot when I was 25! I have to get that back! What's my granddaughter wearing?! I have to wear that! Call the cosmetic surgeon! I need fat lips and a butt lift!"

I'm all for a person doing what they want, but that kind of almost desperation does come through. It's the confidence that's missing.
 
TastyReuben said:
Dove did a Real Beauty campaign here as well, I vaguely remember it, because it felt like just another marketing scheme to me: "You're beautiful, whomever you are, just as you are! Now buy our stuff to make yourself more beautiful!" - yes, I'm a cynic.

Real beauty...really, I think it just comes down to self-confidence, and I don't mean, "Look at me, I'm a hottie," it's just being comfortable with yourself, who you are, what you look. It's a-ok to work with what you have, and just trying to look your best, but realizing, "I'm never going to look like I did when I was 25, but that's ok."

It's when a person says, "Crap!!! I was so hot when I was 25! I have to get that back! What's my granddaughter wearing?! I have to wear that! Call the cosmetic surgeon! I need fat lips and a butt lift!"

I'm all for a person doing what they want, but that kind of almost desperation does come through. It's the confidence that's missing.
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You are right, it's for them to sell their beauty stuff, but as far as marketing goes, I think Dove does a pretty good job :)

You touch a really good point. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder is a common place but it's so true...I have friends (male and female) who looked pretty regular (some even non-attractive) when I met them, and now that I know them and like them for who they are, they seem beautiful to me, like who they are on the inside "spills" to the outside...and I look at them and all I think about is that they are special to me. And I've never met anyone who was genuinely cheerful and kind hearted that didn't look beautiful to me...

And people who seem beautiful but that are really not nice people, their "beauty" fades away to me. Years ago we had to organize the hen party of one of our friends and she has this one friend who looks like a supermodel but it turned out she's a real b****. At the time of the party she had been arguing with her boyfriend and spent the entire time sulking and not participating in anything we did. We had a zumba class but she didn't participate because she doesn't dance, and then she didn't want to go to the pool with us, so we, a bunch of regular girls, were having a great time by the pool and laughing hysterically while she sat somewhere all alone All the while she was posting pics on her instagram, showing the cool place where she was...:facepalm:

Later I walked into the room and she was standing there rubbing stretch mark cream on herself...and I felt so sorry for her. I had this vibe that she really wasn't happy...like a really sad energy coming off of her.
 
LissaC said:
You touch a really good point. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder is a common place but it's so true
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I always wince when I hear someone say "He/She looks great...for their age!" - I know they mean it as a compliment, but it sounds like a bit of a dig or a sideways compliment, like, "Yeah, you're good for a 70yo, but damn, if you looked like that at 29, I'd be running in the other direction."

Attractiveness, whatever all the components are that go into it (physical looks, personality, etc) either is or it isn't. Someone either is attractive to me or they aren't, and age doesn't really enter into it.

I saw Rita Moreno on TV a couple of years ago, after having not even heard of her since I was a kid, and I thought, "Wow, she's really good-looking!" - and when the interviewer said she was 82yo or whatever, I didn't think "Ewwww...old lady!" - I thought, "Double-Wow! You get after it, Rita!" Didn't matter whether she was 22 or 82, she looked fantastic.

Just so you know what I mean: here's Rita from last year, when she was 87:

Wow!

Wow!


Yeah, I know there's some photo-retouching going on, but I'm 54, and there isn't enough Photoshop in the world to make me look that good. :laugh:
 
^^^^^ Photoshopping and a few hours under the knife. Celebrities are expected to look good at any age. So, they have cosmetic surgeries to stay looking young.

CD
 
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