missypie

Final post, I promise. My youngest is an 8th grade cheerleader. One of the other 8th grade cheer moms is 29 years old.

GA2012MOM

^^^^

Bad flashback to D in 3rd grade ice cream day for her class at school when one of her friends asked me if I was her Grandmother! I was only 38, but I soon found out her mom was 24!!!!!

Sorry, back to topic.

EPTR

Even if you are a Kindergarten teacher,don't dress like a Kindergarten teacher.

Bromfield

I'd put Coldwater Creek in the Talbots and Chicos category--definitely post-menopausal.

ellebud

The first adage: If you wore it once....applies. In soCal how you dress for work depends on your job. But in an industry where youth is importent (show business for example or fashion) to dress too young makes you look old. And you do look ridiculous. Jeans, white shirt, jacket/sweater...all are classic and elegant. Thigh high boots....not so much. Ankle boots with tights...iffy, depends on your legs. A good rule of thumb: If you see the outfit you're wearing in Glamour...don't wear it. In Vogue...ok. (Not the price tag the idea).

katliamom

Dress young - if you can pull it off.

If you have the build, the attitude and the hairstyle dressing young will make you seem... well, young! But if you don't you'll merely look... questionable at best - ridiculous at worst.

Booklady

Thought you all might enjoy this: An interview with Delia and Nora Ephron about Love, Loss, and What I Wore.

missypie

How about "youthful" rather than "young"? I actually weigh less than my beautiful 16 year old daughter, but I could not pull off 99% of her wardrobe. (There is a classic dress that she bought in Sedona that I have borrowed.)

missypie

Funny, booklady. Of course, I had to look up Eileen Fisher...those clothes look pretty nice to me!

GA2012MOM

In the words of my D, "Never, never wear mom jeans or a "Christmas teacher sweater."

She doesn't have to worry on either front.

musicamusica

When I can afford it, I love buying Eileen Fisher. I just recently bought a few pieces at Nordstromm Rack. Wonderful materials. When my film costumer H is working, he likes to dress his (ahem) more "mature" actresses in Eileen Fisher.

MomofWildChild

I am somewhat known for wearing, um, some non-traditional work clothes, but people who would tell me the truth claim I can pull it off. I know when I need to look like a "normal" lawyer, though. Oh, there was the day two weeks ago when I was comfortably at my desk in my trousers, tailored shirt and Dansko clogs (the newer, "shoe" looking clogs) and up on my outlook calendar popped "Women Executive's Lunch". I screamed "Oh Sh1T", having forgotten about this event where the women dress to the nines. My paralegal put me in the jacket I keep in the office, arranged my collar (thankfully, I had a long strand of pearls on) and off I went.

missypie

I actually owned a Christmas sweater (and even some Christmas sweatshirts) until I read a very funny article about how the fastest way to turn off a guy is to wear a Christmas sweater...Megan Fox could put on a Christmas sweater and guys would avoid her.

missypie

For those of you who haven't seen pictures of Momofwildchild on Facebook, she definitely still has a slender figure and can pull off clothes that many of us cannot.

hmom5

So true! My DD is my best clothes critic.

Like Oldfort, I did not leave the house not looking put together. It's a NY thing I think. But as mom60 says, in Socal it's a whole different world. The women look amazing in general.

Ah yes, the hairstyle is key too. How do you ladies wear your hair?

Thanks for Blue Bee mom60, looks like a great site, yet of course they are showing the clothes on thirty somethings!