jersey fashion & age

[derailed]

Wear the clothes which make you happy. Don't second guess, if the jersey makes you smile, and every time you are thinking about it, you smile, you will be "the happy lady in the cute puppy shirt".

I wear things on the bike I could not wear on the street, I'm going fast enough not to hear any giggles, and it makes me happy!

My sympathies on your loss, and many happy years with your new pup.

[Thorn]

Wear the clothes which make you happy. Don't second guess, if the jersey makes you smile, and every time you are thinking about it, you smile, you will be "the happy lady in the cute puppy shirt".

Excactly what she said!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I'm 54 and I wear whatever i like, what works for my activities, and what just makes me happy.
Anyone who thinks of themselves as old at 40, 50, 60, or more is selling themselves short and may be missing out on some of the fun of life.

When I hit 80 I'll probably finally see myself as 'old'....but I'll still wear whatever I damn well please. I know lots of women in their 50's and 60's and 70's who wear all kinds of wild, colorful, and yes sexy clothing and they wear it wonderfully. Their vital elegant style blows other women out of the water.

Personally, I think I look best in short skirts with tights or leggings, and I wear that a lot for every day stuff. I won't think twice about wearing it when I'm 60 or 70...if it makes me happy.

The nice thing about getting older is that you care less and less about what you think others are thinking.

[beccaB]

I don't like to wear designs that accentuate my bra size which strangely large. Isn't the grass always greener on the other side of the fence? But I will wear whatever designs I like as far as my bike clothes go, but dress conservatively elsewhere. I'm 47 and comfort is more important to me than design, but I do have some pretty bright colors. One is that Rwanda coffee jersey, which is eye-popping, but I have had a lot of favorable comments on it. I'm a little too statuesque to wear anything "cute" but if I like it I wear it!

[Tokie]

Ow LPH - I see you hit more than your elbow, one-handed typista! Hope you're resting better as you heal from your fall! Tokie PS wear whatever you want to! There's something for everyone - if we all looked the same, it would be boring! But I know what you mean. I have a teeny waist. But now (53) I suddenly don't care to bare my midriff at the gym. Those tops are going to goodwill. Just what makes me comfortable. Tokie

[Biciclista]

no, i think it's more like Jewelry. Old broads that can afford to wear bracelets encrusted with diamonds wear them.

Old broads who can afford the newest brightest jerseys wear them too. Like me, at 57.

Wear what you want with pride. They're only going to laugh at you if they can see your butt crack through your worn out shorts.

[PamNY]

They're only going to laugh at you if they can see your butt crack through your worn out shorts.

Do you mind if I steal this sentence? I want to embroider it on a pillow.

Pam

[lph]

Do you mind if I steal this sentence? I want to embroider it on a pillow.

Pam

in beautiful flowing script, i hope. hee-hee


i have a doormat that says, in neat block letters, "GO AWAY".

[Biciclista]

Do you mind if I steal this sentence? I want to embroider it on a pillow.

Pam

no, not at all i just want you to know that whenever I think about this, an image comes forth which is permanently BRANDED on my brain of someone who was too cheap to buy new shorts... and I rode behind him a long long ways. (talk about Trauma!)

[maillotpois]

They're only going to laugh at you if they can see your butt crack through your worn out shorts.

DH has a friend in his early 70s who can kick anyone's butt on a climb, and he wears shorts that have clearly seen their last thread. You can really see TOO much when you are behind him in a paceline. He says "The ladies like it!" and it's actually pretty funny when he says it; he's fairly cantankerous.

And lph - yowza! What a face! Hope you heal quick!

[bikerHen]

They're only going to laugh at you if they can see your butt crack through your worn out shorts.

I've seen that! On a hairy guy. It's not pretty.

I'm turn another year older, to a matronly 53, in a couple of weeks. While I do find myself slighty more conservative about street clothes. I don't care all that much about my biking clothes. I avoid cute in all things, but love bright, bold and funky. I figure I can get away with the bright and bold for saftey reasons. And anyone who really knows me understands the funky. As for the rest of world; when I turned 50 I decided I don't care about the rest of the world. bikerHen

[Zen]

I've seen that! On a hairy guy. It's not pretty.

Thanks for that mental image
I'll probably have nightmares tonight.

[Tuckervill]

I don't like to wear designs that accentuate my bra size which strangely large. Isn't the grass always greener on the other side of the fence? But I will wear whatever designs I like as far as my bike clothes go, but dress conservatively elsewhere. I'm 47 and comfort is more important to me than design, but I do have some pretty bright colors. One is that Rwanda coffee jersey, which is eye-popping, but I have had a lot of favorable comments on it. I'm a little too statuesque to wear anything "cute" but if I like it I wear it!

Um, if that's you in your avatar, I don't see anything "strangely large". Look pretty normal to me.

Me, I was a C cup when I was 15!

Karen

[Aggie_Ama]

Um, if that's you in your avatar, I don't see anything "strangely large". Look pretty normal to me.

Me, I was a C cup when I was 15!

Karen

I was a B/C by 9th grade and a full C all through high school. Now I am a D and honestly hate having my breast complimented most days. To me they just are there, make it hard to fit a dress that fits my waist, make things that shouldn't be revealing borderline indecent. I guess when they were dropped on you starting in late elementary school they don't always seem like a gift.

Funny thing is mushed in a sports bra they don't bother me, I have never worried about a jersey and my chest. That comment was the weirdest one of the thread to me, not the age appropriateness of a jersey!

[OakLeaf]

That comment was the weirdest one of the thread to me, ...!

I'm fairly small busted but there are definitely tops I can't wear. Rectangular prints is what comes immediately to mind. IMO, few things look more ridiculous than a trapezoid that's meant to be a rectangle, all stretched out on top and skinny at the waist.