Are you a beige dowdy?

My favourite cashmere wrap for cooler evenings.
Un-beige enough for you Rufus?

Rufus don't tell me that you don't walk around in beige shirt and shorts with an akubra plonked on your head with beige corks swinging off it.

I thought all Aussie males dressed like that.

You would have looked fine in beige in your thirties

No-one would have taken you for a pensioner on a coach tour.

Do remember a work colleague commenting I was dressed top to toe in beige. Was in my 30s!! It’s just a, sort of, colour. Think it’s better than top to toe black.

That YouTube clip is the most incredible load of b*llocks! !
The population of the U.K. were not talking non stop about Meghan’s tights. Were they talking at all?
What total tosh. And voiced by who or what? Either a computer or someone who has had a tincture or two too many and is having trouble enunciating.
So Meghan wore nude tights. So what?
Unlike Kate, she doesn’t have a personal stylist, so presumably her choice.
And so what if the temperature was 22 degrees?
That’s quite nippy compared to the summer we’ve had.
Yawn
What a non story.

I think you are flogging a dead horse rufus
Too many stylish ladies, whether or not they live in the South Coast, to start bandying words like dowdy around.

Best areas to live in my opinion are Southbourne or Tuckton they have become very popular with young families and two of my DD and their families live there. Ferndown is nice too.

Ooh love a kind waistband.

Was that a robot doing the voice-over on the video?

I did raise an eyebrow with regard to flesh tights 'wind soreness' being forced upon Meghan.

Not something you'd associate with the wife of a Windsor.

I feel sorry for someone wearing liners/insoles in sandals. They must havr very painful feet. And older people sometimes only feel comfy in elasticated waists. And can't think about fashion and colours. Could be any of us some day.

Rufus I watched it but to be honest I think it went on a bit about the Royal family changing Megan, making her wear beige tights. I'm not a royalist at all but I can't agree with everything that is said just because of that. I saw nothing wrong with her tights. And quite a lot of these videos eg "What Megan can no longer do" etc seem stupid to me. sorry ?

Bournemouth is a vibrant uni city these days
jenpax; Good onya! We always liked visiting B'mouth. Note my later post singing its praises!
Last time I was there was 1995, so I guess a lot of tides have turned since then.
Nephew and Michelle live in Ferndown, which I guess claims up-market status of B'mouth: perhaps she was parked outside a Bingo hall at tipping out time! Find out on Saturday when she phones for our weekly chat.

Has no one yet viewed that YouTube clip I posted a couple of days ago, about Megan, beige and the other Royals? I thought you'd be lapping it up, especially anti-beigers and non-royalists!
Oh well! No accounting for taste or lack of it, as they say!

No beige. I'm more of a grey, black and cream dowdy, except that I don't feel dowdy and I do occasionally add bright colours, especially on my feet!

Well said Lazigirl, and as many have mentioned, some shades of 'beige' can look fantastic if the garment is well cut and stylish and the colour suits the wearer.

As for the elderly lady in beige, so what? We all have different ideas of what looks good on us. Around the house I can wear whatever I like, depending on what I am doing. A trip to the supermarket doesn't have me taking too much time deciding what to wear either. I buy my clothes to suit my shape and colouring (beige/taupe/sand/nude/camel included) and I do make an effort generally to look good. One of my best friends sports an outrageous Bohemian look, always, and she looks fabulous. To each their own I say. I know lots of people who always dress for comfort rather than style.

It's nobody!!! I'm not very confident and post menopause even less so. I have ended up with a completely different body and struggling a bit. I love it when someone shares an idea or a recommendation. I cannot believe I am the only lumpy, bumpy one

Unfortunately these threads can thrive on implied criticism of other women's (mainly), styles, colours, fashion sense, and so on. Why can't we be more supportive, beige is not life threatening Rufus it's just a b****y colour, and there's more to life.

I love colour - red being my favourite, but it is difficult to find something bright when you are over a certain age (and certain weight!). I went into a shop yesterday which caters for the more mature and larger lady - everything was in dark colours, except for some tops which were a particularly nasty shade of mustard

Is it me oldbatty?

No I think it might be me Maw

Taupe and camel are definitely more classy than beige Maw I agree.

saddens me that it ends up in one woman man ship about who is a size 10 and wears the latest stuff 24/7

Is it me oldbatty?

Auntieflo, I have mean thoughts frequently! It's nice to swap a few ideas but it saddens me that it ends up in one woman man ship about who is a size 10 and wears the latest stuff 24/7.

Could it be a confidence issue?
That old thing about being afraid to look like mutton dressed up as lamb? Not drawing attention to oneself in an inverse way to teenagers and their “uniform”?
Fortunately nowadays comfortable need not equate to frumpy.

Mawbroon I think it is a case of 'its not what you wear but the way that you wear it'

Plus in any age group there is the uniform that a disproportionate number in that age group wear. You have only got to look at teenagers to see how, as soon as school is out, they cast off their school uniforms to get into skinny jeans, crop tops, pumps and hide behind their hair. For boys trainers and your jacket say everything.

See a coachload of older people disembarking at a motorway service staiton, and you will be overwhelmed by a sea of beige, or related colours. Of course some will challenge the trend and look a bit different. But, I do think a lot of people look dowdy, if not badly dressed (which has nothing to do with money).

There have been a number of articles in the papers recently about the super aged, those who develop signs of ageing much more slowly than others in their age bracket and one of the traits identified in this group, is that they continue to take pride in their appearance, to dress well and be identified as looking smart.

Frankly no, rufus.
People can look dowdy in whatever colour and chic in taupe/camel/beige if it suits them and depending on style.
I do think many people play far too safe with colour especially as they grow older and might look better in a crisp French navy or cobalt blue and white with a pop of pink or red as I happen to think pastel lavender, apricot, pale blue and that pale “nude” pink can look equally ageing especially if allied to pleated skirts or fleece jackets, but women with the right colouring can look stunning in the colours- although not the style.
It’s the dismissive and patronising use of “dowdy” which jars.