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Hmm... I didn't get any sense of people feeling "invisible" from the 'casual clothing' thread.
To be honest, I don't really understand what "feeling invisible" (in terms of being an older person) means. Guess that's an indication that I have not felt that way??
As for clothing choices, well, all I can say is that one person's "mousy" may well be another person's "understated" or "conservative." Tastes differ, and that's fine.
No offense intended, but even in my younger days I would never be caught dead in "soft glittery sandals." Or glittery anything, for that matter. That is not and never will be my style. Ditto for jewelry. I have a friend who regularly wears two necklaces, a bracelet on each wrist, and a ring on each hand. If I were ever to wear more than a single pendant on a fine chain, one ring on one hand (if that), and a bracelet on one arm only (on a "dressier" occasion), I would feel as if I looked like Mister T!! (and the color of the gold, if more than a single piece of jewelry, would absolutely all have to match - that goes without saying!)
No to the jewelry here also.
No watch or rings. Used to wear earrings sometimes - but no longer.
Perhaps someone will explain this. A great many women shave legs and armpits, pluck eyebrows, then paint in new ones, redden their lips and cheeks, do all kinds of stuff to their hairs. At least when they are younger they often have bare legs even in the winter, lift the breasts and show shoulders and cleavage. Then there is the clothing, fashion and "style". With all that going on how can it make sense that they are upset when they think they are not being treated equally or when they receive more attention that they wanted?
I am really upset with my daughter. She has the 8 year old grand daughter with pierced ears, girly girly dresses, and sends her to twirl and cheer leading classes. Is there no way to break the cycle?
Good for you- I haven’t either. But I do like some glitz on occasion— not granddaughter/juvenile sparkles.
I lived near enough to NYC to see and identify the Long Island look. Bronze, silver and gold tone shoes were a dead give away, especially when they were everyday wear. No, thanks.
Well at 6'4" and 230 pounds wearing a black cowboy hat I'm anything but invisible, and I'm 68 and a half. I've never been a woman, so I don't know if how one dresses shows invisibility or not. I think it's more how one presents her or him self that matters.
I lived near enough to NYC to see and identify the Long Island look. Bronze, silver and gold tone shoes were a dead give away, especially when they were everyday wear. No, thanks.
LOL because I have lived on LI all my life and can attest to that!
Although there are certain communities in which those accoutrements are more prevalent than in others. For example, you are far more likely to see them in Plainview, Jericho and Great Neck than in Old Brookville, Head of the Harbor, or Stony Brook.
LOL because I have lived on LI all my life and can attest to that!
Although there are certain communities in which those accoutrements are more prevalent than in others. For example, you are far more likely to see them in Plainview, Jericho and Great Neck than in Old Brookville, Head of the Harbor, or Stony Brook.
It probably explains our dislike for all that sparkles. Glitz seemed to go along with a personality type best avoided by me, although as always there were exceptions.
Invisible? I wish. My kids said I’m too exuberant, what ever that means, putting on my Prince Charles accent. But one of the business partner claimed it was impossible to make that many dishes at Christmas by one person, he’s the cook in the family. But I did that many years, not just this year, haha.
I lived near enough to NYC to see and identify the Long Island look. Bronze, silver and gold tone shoes were a dead give away, especially when they were everyday wear. No, thanks.
Never lived near NYC — but visited —that look not me either. I do have black sequin shoes but no metallic tones. Certainly not every day wear. Not sure why you are so animated about my post.
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(and the color of the gold, if more than a single piece of jewelry, would absolutely all have to match - that goes without saying!)
