Bare arms -yay or nay?

Seriously
Why are you asking this in 2017!
Unless you have a horrific skin condition get your arms out ...presumably they look ok after your weigh training .exfoliate slap on a good moisturiser and go forth with your biceps !

The one thing my mother banned from the house was my afghan coat, had to keep it in an outhouse, if wet it ponged.

Off topic but this was so,like many mums, I was going on a big demo, my father said take care , don't get involved in any trouble, my Mum ? Don't get arrested you will be on tv

I think I may have a Great Aunt Jinny equivalent shaking her finger at me too!

I remember going to a nightclub back in the day decked out in my father's shirt, green footless tights and a very high pair of stilettos.

My mother hid from the neighbours for weeks!

Anya, I haven't worn even short sleeves since my early forties and for years I cover my flesh ,as instructed by g aunt Jinny, I wear floaty, skirts and dresses to ankles , sleeves three quarter or long but again floaty, if i like a dress with sleeves just above the elbow I use silk shawls , always have loved floaty wear in summer and straw hats with scarves or flowers around the brim, and I am very skinny and quite tall. Love kaftans

I never had to suffer office temperatures but in College, the classrooms I usually taught in were overshadowed by a neighbouring multi-storey car park, so were not conducive to bearing flesh.

In my experience office temperatures were always way too cold for me to have bare arms! Otherwise I would have done,

I don't like seeing the cellulite on my upper arms so prefer to keep them covered. Wish I could go sleeveless like when I was in my 40s. Ah well. Tempus fugit!

I'm of the opinion that your Great Aunt Jenny was a wise woman Anniebach and LadyGracie speaks sense too.

Exactly so, if you feel good in something then go ahead and wear it. As long as it doesn't get you arrested. .

I am reminded of my great aunt Jinny, - the older you get the less flesh you display !

Do what makes you feel good about yourself gettingonabit

I think it's a case of wearing what you're comfortable with, I don't like my loose upper arms and fat knees so I keep them to myself.

I can't really see what I look like, but I'm very aware that other people can and I don't want to inflict my cellulite'd legs and flabby bat wings on the world. So I'm with Joan Collins on this one. Long floaty sleeves with wide legs trousers or three quarter sleeved tee shirts with skinny denims holding all in. I do occasionally flaunt myself in cut off trousers when it's sandal weather - but not often.

Well said ginny!!

Good for you, gettingonabit. I'm in the same boat, except not toned at all. I don't like the look of my bingo wings so don't see why I should inflict that vision on others. In recent years M&S has done a good line in teeshirts with almost elbow-length sleeves of which I bought and wore several. Most of them are a bit past it now, so I need to go shopping again. I have bought a pair of jeans in a size 14 which I haven't had for years. Unfortunately, my behind is smaller than my waist at the moment and I have great difficulty keeping jeans and trousers from falling down. Not an impressive sight.Today being sunny I have resorted to a denim skirt which, though I say it, looks pretty good. It might be my 'summer uniform' this year!

I dress for. The weather and warm days it's sleeveless
As for offices before I retired we had youngsters wearing shorts one girls used to put fluffy pink slippers on under the desk so definitely depends on the office

Thanks all. I'm no Michelle Ob but I like to think my upper body has more tone than it did.

Anything goes in my office - including sleeveless- but I've only seen one person baring arms. She looks great-she's tiny and younger than me.

My current look is short jackets and skinny jeans/trousers. I used to go braless for comfort but I'm back in bras again so better shaped. No way would I go braless and sleeveless.

I hope I'm not getting carried away with my new-found body confidence though!

I wonder why we Women worry so much about what others think about our clothes if you are clean and comfy and feel good. Blow what others think.

I don't care, no amount of sleeve is going to make me look slimmer
I wear sleeveless if it's warm enough. Never spaghetti straps though.

I wear sleeveless dresses with a short sleeve little cardie, I'm very conscious of my upper arms being a little 'loose', I also make sure the dress covers my knees even when I was skinny I had fat knees.

Shysal, I work in the industry. Sleeve lengths are a big issue. The best option if you want to go sleeveless, and really it doesn't matter if you're on the beach or just chilling out, is to wear tops in darker colours with a broader shoulder cut. Darker colours slim down the body frame, paler colours expand it. This goes for tops with or without sleeves. You'll always look a lot bigger in a pale coloured top.
If you're going to a wedding or some event and photos are going to be taken, it's best to wear a 3/4 sleeve at least.

I generally buy three quarter sleeves in dresses and tops ,really dont want my bingo wings on show to the world

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That applies to me nina1959. When it is really hot I don't care, but I do sometimes buy lightweight long sleeved tops and shorten the sleeves to just above the elbow, in which I feel happier.

I think if you feel comfortable with what you wear, then wear what you like. For me, unfortunately, my ankles are now really boney and I do not like to have them uncovered, but if the weather is fine then I forget about them and wear something short in the leg and try to forget. Big feet don't help. What sort of vision have I conjured up?

The more flesh we show the bigger we look. That's why women wearing spagetti straps, vests, sleeveless tops, etc, always look bigger in photos.
Otherwise, you should just be happy with how you are.