https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-want-to-look-old Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:46:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-want-to-look-old#post-810296 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:37:09 +0000 tarzy 810296@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Ironkurtin said!</p> <p>When I hit 50 I suddenly could not stand any sort of ruffle. (I guess it just took me longer?)<br /> Five years later I'm still frill-free and not looking back! (I don't think I've quite achieved "sophisticated" yet, though - still searching for that magic formula.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-want-to-look-old#post-810287 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:13:55 +0000 lyn* 810287@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL @ ironkurtain - one of those things even us asians can't get away from! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-want-to-look-old#post-810243 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:04:18 +0000 Kim 810243@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL Ironkurtin! Soooo true!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-want-to-look-old#post-810144 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:20:10 +0000 ironkurtin 810144@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The good news is, just wait. It will happen. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-want-to-look-old#post-810086 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:39:25 +0000 nicoleb 810086@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Any day that i feel like Sailormoon is a good day in my book. But i have a Sailormoon shirt i wear to the gym. :D</p> <p>You gotta go with what you feel most comfortable in! I know i feel the opposite about this topic than a good many of our lovely forum members. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-want-to-look-old#post-810052 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:16:22 +0000 kimlee 810052@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachylou, I had this same kind of feeling on Friday when I wore a shorter (but still appropriate) dress to the office. All day I felt more playful than professional. I think Kari is onto something with the wanting to not appea "sweet or cute" style-wise. I look forward to seeing how these feelings evolve your style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-want-to-look-old#post-810035 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 08:51:36 +0000 ManidipaM 810035@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You know, I find it's even easier to appear older by hiding my neck as opposed to my knees. For some reason it quickly gives people the impression of sagging skin in hiding. Mind, this has to mean *bundling* to the chin/jawline, not just showing off a pretty long neck in a turtleneck. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-want-to-look-old#post-810012 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 06:44:45 +0000 lyn* 810012@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have pitched all my "too short" dresses too - or used some sewing skills to make them into tops :)</p> <p>2" above knee is about my limit right now; anything else looks really silly on me. </p> <p>I can still rock a pinafore... i think :p </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-want-to-look-old#post-809995 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 05:30:06 +0000 rachylou 809995@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rae, I don't know why that made me laugh. Probably because it's so true!</p> <p>Kari, that may be it. I may be feeling anti-sweet more than anything else.</p> <p>Diana, I developed hives this week to my Little Prairie House dress with ruffled hem. I feel more Warrior Princess than Disney Princess at the moment. I</p> <p>I hope I don't regret this. I'm giving a way a wool sheath dress that I've had for years and really loved to death. But I'm thinking it's time. I need a longer one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-want-to-look-old#post-809987 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 05:17:39 +0000 Diana 809987@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL, I know what you mean. This past year I decided to stop wearing my really short, flouncy skirts.</p> <p>ETA: I do actually have a 20+ year old skirt in my closet that I have owned since I was around 10, I think. (It has been altered, obviously, and does actually fit.) It's frilly but not very short. I am never getting rid of it. I actually want to come up with a way to wear it this spring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-want-to-look-old#post-809985 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 05:16:37 +0000 Kari 809985@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachylou, I think I've gradually started to feel that way too about short dresses. It's not that I want to look old/older; it's just that the short skirts often feel too sweet for where my style is currently headed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-want-to-look-old#post-809983 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 05:15:39 +0000 rae 809983@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think Sailor Moon and Shirley were both very young... older than them shouldn't count as "old." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-want-to-look-old#post-809980 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 05:13:27 +0000 rachylou 809980@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've gotten a bee in my bonnet that I need to look more mature. I'm chucking the dresses I have that are four inches above the knee. They were making me feel very Sailor Moon/Shirley Temple on The Good Ship Lollipop. </p> <p>I might attack everything that looks like a pinafore next. </p>