https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 04 May 2026 15:39:41 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-312768 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:26:44 +0000 anne 312768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you can. Depends on the details, as many above have been saying. I am not too far off 40 and tried it last winter. It wasn't my great look on me (very short legged), but if my legs were one of my best features I'd be going for it! I like that outfit of Audi's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-312741 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:47:32 +0000 puffenstuff 312741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay why the hell not! I think it's a great look as long as you're not wearing ripped denim cut offs with black tights and cowboy boots it can look super stylish. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-312707 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:38:12 +0000 san 312707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think alot of it has to do with how sophisticated you wear it. I wouldn't want to see short shorts on anyone over 20ish really, no matter how great their legs are, but I think it can be done in a manner that does not suggest you are one of the college gals. Longer shorts with tights would look good done tastefully. If you are comfortable with skirts and tights, shorts and tights are similar in look.<br /> A picture of what you had in mind would be great so we could mull that over. Great question actually.<br /> Thimbelina, I loved your words on this subject and agree completely. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-312614 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:29:36 +0000 Anh 312614@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm 35 and I've worn it but not in the office. Usually it's when I go somewhere that no one knows me or how old I am :)<br /> I wore it once at a hockey game.<br /> See here:<br /> <a href="http://fromhaircolortostilettos.blogspot.com/2011/01/show-me-your-true-colors.html" rel="nofollow">http://fromhaircolortostiletto.....olors.html</a></p> <p>Anh<br /> Xxx </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-312129 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:04:10 +0000 cloud9 312129@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was just on a college campus and I saw this look everywhere. The ones look sexy/tarty/weird are the lacy tights. My favorite was the plain solid dark tights with neutral shoes, If the shoes &amp; tights are the same color, it made the legs look a mile long. I believe that look you can pull off if you have the legs for it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-312098 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:12:55 +0000 Lyrebirdgully 312098@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I did it last winter and I'm nearly 60.<br /> MY shorts are quite wide, knee-length and cuffed, and I wore them over tights and knee-high boots with a blazer, beret and long scarf etc. I was attending my teenage son's school concert, and the next day he told me that some of his female friends had remarked that they liked my outfit. Teenagers are the toughest critics of all, so I reckon if I can pull it off, so can you. Wear shorts that are modest, fit you properly and are a flattering style to start off with, and you are probably showing no more actual leg than the woman next to you who is wearing a skirt - even less if you wear long boots! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-312084 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:04:07 +0000 Aunty 312084@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Have a try. Great on some, not so great on other's. You could be one of the great's! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-312054 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:02:47 +0000 CocoLion 312054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do think 40 is the new 30 so I say go for it if you've got the right legs for this look.</p> <p>I broke all of those style rules and continued to wear short skirts into my 40s. But now that I am in my 50s, well, all of that has come to a screeching halt even though I yearn for the cool comfort of shorter shorts and skirts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-312040 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:55:02 +0000 cheryl 312040@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the great responses everyone. Guess i am just gonna have to give it a try, at least around the house, lol! I really like the look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-312037 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:49:36 +0000 catgirl 312037@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, from what I've seen of your legs, you DO most certainly have the legs for it. I feel far better in dressy wool shorts than a short skirt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-312014 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:54:02 +0000 Janet 312014@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you have the legs for it, go for it! </p> <p>Says the 45-yr-old woman who does not have the legs for it and would like to live vicariously! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-312000 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:00:04 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 312000@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am totally on board with the shorts+tights+over 40 look. I mean, if you wear shorts, why wouldn't you wear shorts over tights? And if you don't wear shorts I'd think it'd be less intimidating with tights because you're showing less (no?) leg. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311998 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:55:14 +0000 Maya 311998@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Team Anna, Una, and Audi. I do not see what the fuss is. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311920 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:03:06 +0000 Jonesy 311920@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Doesn't Bella sport this look fabulously? I'm not sure about her age...you might want to search her posts and check out her blog. I'm not keen on short shorts (for anyone, really) but longer ones, why not? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311908 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:36:19 +0000 annagybe 311908@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm 38 and have done it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311906 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:27:09 +0000 catgirl 311906@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You all are a tough crowd! Or I am tasteless. I have worn shorts over tights to WORK. I think Audi has pulled it off well, and she's 40 or so...</p> <p><a href="http://geekthreads.blogspot.com/2009/11/jack-aubrey.html" rel="nofollow">http://geekthreads.blogspot.co.....ubrey.html</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311904 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:24:14 +0000 afterism 311904@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not even under 40 IMO. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311902 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:19:51 +0000 Anonymous 311902@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, I think that would be tough to pull off after 40, although there are probably women out there who could do it. </p> <p>I was in Paris last October, and I saw tons of girls with shorts over tights, but they mostly looked under 25. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311895 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:13:16 +0000 Beth 311895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's a tough look to pull off after 40, but not impossible. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311742 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:20:19 +0000 Cilleena 311742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this may depend on where you live too. My area is so ultra casual/gearish that they look at me like I'm nuts for wearing skinnies tucked into tall boots. I can only imagine the talk if I wore shorts over tights. It's super cute though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311712 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:45:10 +0000 MsMary 311712@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm saying "nay," at least for me. But I bet Marley could totally rock it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311682 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:52:02 +0000 kellygirl 311682@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's possible to pull off but I'm pretty sure it's beyond this over 40 (meaning me.) I do have rather conservative tastes though. I'm a definite maybe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311679 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:49:08 +0000 thimblelina 311679@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>P.S. Please don't think I'm a terrible mother who dresses my 8 year old up like a tart! The flesh is all modestly covered and this look on her is purely fun. It's delightful in fact. I should post a pic. It comes off more like an anime action heroine on her. (Its the 15 year old varsity runner with acres of beautifully muscled long leg hanging out between short shorts and boot tops that I should be worried about... LOL... but they've all got to learn how to manage the magical powers of young womanhood sooner or later, right?) L. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311669 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:39:42 +0000 thimblelina 311669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I loved this look this winter, but when I broke it down in my head I realized I wasn't going to to get it to that truly unselfconscious place where real fashion happens, especially with the shorty-er shorts. So, I bought the look for my 15 and 8 year old daughters for xmas and enjoyed it vicariously. I may just be hypervigilant, however, because I'm currently shepherding my two daughters through the shoals of tween and teendom and I don't want to look like I'm competing with them for certain types of attention. Post some pics. You know the old saw: never say never! L. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311639 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:57:49 +0000 Anonymous 311639@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In general, I'd say Nay. If the shorts are longer and you are petite, maybe. I've got a very petite friend over 60 who can get away with shorts a few inches above her knees, but the look is not at all sexual on her. In fact, she almost looks like a child.<br /> As Rae said, a picture would help. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311638 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:56:07 +0000 Mac 311638@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it CAN work, but those of us over 40 have to put this look together with even more care than the younger ladies. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311633 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:51:35 +0000 rae 311633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it depends on the overall look as well as your style! Do you have a pic of what you had in mind? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shorts-over-tights-over-40-yay-or-nay#post-311631 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:49:50 +0000 cheryl 311631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the shorts over tights look, but is that something that someone over 40 shouldnt do? </p>