Age Appropriate Attire

What exactly does this mean?  Well, if I am in my 50’s I probably should go ahead and donate those thigh high boots and miniskirts!  When we look at what is socially acceptable for our age range and the attire we desire are we even close?  Who is going to tell Pamela Anderson when to stop wearing her trademark mini dresses?  It certainly won’t be any man I know.  But what about the rest of us that are not celebaties, high fashion models or high profile singer, what is age appropriate and what can we really get away with? 

My take on this is simple; who do you want to be?  As fortunate or unfortunate as it may seem our wardrobe tells the world who we are.  It expresses our personality before we even open our mouth.  When you wake up in the morning you decide what you’re going to say to the world that day.  Example, do you wear the same thing to a job interview that you would wear to go out clubbing with your friends?  Of course not!  Because you want the job interviewer to take you seriously and you want to present who you think he/she wants to hire.  God forbid they meet the real you!  When you go to the wedding of a older couple you wear the more conservative outfit, but when your 22 year old gal pal is getting hitched you pull out the stops, still remembering that the bride should get all the attention but you get the eye of the all the single guys!  After all, she’s married!

When we look at “Age Appropriate” aren’t we are really asking ourselves “what does society say I can get away with?” In your twenties, you can go all out! The high fashion run way is my play ground, look out Alexander McQueen!  You can wear short shorts and mini’s, showing off those twenty year old legs.  The designers are targeting your twenty something bodies with your firm buttocks and perky bosoms.    But remember there is a fine line between sexy chic and sleazy stupid, I think it’s about an inch in the hem line and comes with underwear.