{"id":64009,"date":"2013-02-20T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/?p=64009"},"modified":"2025-10-18T09:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T15:58:04","slug":"age-appropriate-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/fashion-trends\/age-appropriate-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, you can be “too old” to wear something"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Can a woman ever be too old to wear something?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sigh<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usually, I\u2019m a \u201cwho says you can\u2019t?” gal, urging ladies to stand up against pointless fashion rules. White after Labor Day? Who says we can\u2019t? A patent leather purse with<\/em> patent leather shoes<\/a>? Who says we can\u2019t?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

But my 38-year-old self has one exception when it comes to certain fashions: Age.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a point when a woman is \u201ctoo old\u201d to wear certain styles. Consider a 48-year-old woman wearing a cat-ear headband to the office. It just renders credibility as a paralegal as, well, not so credible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s why I say yes to the idea of age-appropriate clothing. By this I don\u2019t mean creating a tweed-n-turtleneck-only wardrobe<\/a> immediately following our 35th birthday. By all means, we should flaunt our figures (and hair and nails) while staying on-trend, age be damned.  Within reason, that is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s not appropriate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s easiest to address the age-appropriate fashion question by describing what’s not appropriate. What I\u2019m talking about are ladies in their mid-30s or older who:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. regularly sport graphic tees with images of a giant M&M, Smurfette or retro Chuck Woolery face<\/li>
  2. wear sweatpants with suggestive wording sprawled across their rears (not good at any age)<\/li>
  3. think images of kitty cats (cartoon or actual) on sweaters, totes and scarves are rockin\u2019<\/li>
  4. insist on trying on clothes as they groove to beat of One Direction<\/em> in the juniors department<\/li>
  5. routinely wear an off-the-shoulder, mega-high slit dress (think: Jennifer Lopez at the Grammy Awards)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    What to do then, when the the urge to go too tight or too cutesy knocks at our closet door? Maybe just think about toning it down a notch (or three). Here\u2019s how we can show off our playful side while still looking sassy and classy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Age-appropriate fashion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The not-too-little lbd<\/h3>\n\n\n
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