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machoman
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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 Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:58 pm Post subject: dressing your age |
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| i'm getting old, 28. i dress the same as i did when i was in college. i have two piercings that i'm thinking of retiring. i don't want to be "that guy." any of u people know what i'm talking about? |
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I haven't a clue what you're talking about. Who cares about your age - except Koreans? Once you get really old, you'll just dress for the weather anyway. |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I am gripped in a sudden wave of insecurity. Is it time to start dressing like I'm at work, when I'm not at work? What do people my age even wear? |
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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I know a woman I work with in her sixties, still dressing like she were 25 
That's when enough is enough |
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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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In before the Dave's Fashion Police make their flashy and impractical but fashionable entrance down the catwalk of this thread.
LOL @ "no one over 25 should ever wear shorts for any reason outside of the gym." |
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mmstyle
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: wherever
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for making me smile. Old. 28. Whatever. Ageism sucks. |
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Louis VI
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| If you wanna be fortysomething in jeans and a t-shirt, go ahead. |
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machoman
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Bloopity Bloop wrote: |
In before the Dave's Fashion Police make their flashy and impractical but fashionable entrance down the catwalk of this thread.
LOL @ "no one over 25 should ever wear shorts for any reason outside of the gym." |
is that a larry david reference? |
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pangaea
Joined: 20 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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machoman wrote:
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| i'm getting old, 28. |
Wow. You're ancient. Time to just set yourself out on an ice floe. |
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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| machoman wrote: |
| Bloopity Bloop wrote: |
In before the Dave's Fashion Police make their flashy and impractical but fashionable entrance down the catwalk of this thread.
LOL @ "no one over 25 should ever wear shorts for any reason outside of the gym." |
is that a larry david reference? |
No, but I do love Larry David.
But there was a thread recently about Korean fashion where the "fashionable" members of Dave's were spewing all this crazy b.s. about what people should and should never wear. |
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NYC_Gal
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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I love that girls can get away with so much more.
In warm weather, I wear sleeveless blouse-style dresses with shorts.
When it gets cold, I wear black yoga pants and cute, long sweaters to work. I do teach at elementary, and make sure to wear some long black pearls or something to dress it up, but it's so much easier than it is for my male counterparts. |
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machoman
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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| NYC_Gal wrote: |
I love that girls can get away with so much more.
In warm weather, I wear sleeveless blouse-style dresses with shorts.
When it gets cold, I wear black yoga pants and cute, long sweaters to work. I do teach at elementary, and make sure to wear some long black pearls or something to dress it up, but it's so much easier than it is for my male counterparts. |
at work, it's not a problem. i wear a shirt and tie (and flip flops.) i'm talking more specifically about my piercings. i have two gauges. i feel like there's got to be a time or certain age where i should let them go.
i just don't want to go down the same road as howie mandel, where he shaved his head, got a loop earring, and a thumb ring.
trying too hard to cling on to your youth when you get older seems desperate and it's worse when you don't have the self awareness to realize it. |
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NYC_Gal
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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Cling to youth with nicely-tailored jeans and use a good sunblock and moisturizer. I say ditch the plugs, but it's really your call. I got rid of all piercings except my original earrings (the only Mom-approved ones. She had them done when I was 5 months so that I wouldn't play with them, like older children do) in my early-to-mid 20s.
If you like them, though, keep them. The thing with larger gauges is that you'll always have the holes, but they will probably shrink over time. |
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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| machoman wrote: |
i just don't want to go down the same road as howie mandel, where he shaved his head, got a loop earring, and a thumb ring.
trying too hard to cling on to your youth when you get older seems desperate and it's worse when you don't have the self awareness to realize it. |
good call.
at least you are self aware now.
i'm 23, but until recently, like you, i was totally unaware i was still dressing like a high school kid. i am constantly mistaken for a student wherever i go in seoul. and not necessarily college, either. kind of embarrassing, so i too am trying to dress better.
what i don't really understand is what you're trying to get help with. you're main sticking point is the earrings? so why not just lose them? if you're already wearing a shirt and tie, then that's that, no?
don't wear band t-shirts
don't wear super lose/baggy clothes
groom
wear nice pairs of pants
i think you're good to go |
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machoman
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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the shirt and tie is for work.
outside of work, for the most part, i dress fine. the only other issue are my shoes. i like wearing funky shoes. i like a little bit of flavor. but, i think it's time to switch shoe styles too. |
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