Christmas party dresses

Well, back to the OP, I thought all the outfits shown were very uninspiring and I wouldn’t be seen dead in any of them.

Why ever would anybody want to be flippant on a thread about party frocks for Christmas.

Go and lie down in a dark room immediately and come back when you are ready to say sorry.

Don’t you just love how a thread on here can morph into something entirely different? The joys of GN indeed!

Ah well MOnica in the words of the late great Morecambe & Wise ‘not a lot of people know that!’. I’m not old enough to recall the wit and wisdom of Kenneth Young. I assume he was a comedian? I was using it in it’s dictionary definition - being unaware of any humorous take! Now GabriellaG might think I was being flippant. I wasn’t! ..... oh dear I think I’ll stop digging .... ?

Sorry, M0nica, I don't mean to be patronising. It's a reflex on my part and usually I can restrain myself from making corrections.

I think you mean Michael Young, father of the egregious Toby Young!

When Kenneth Young coined the word 'Meritocracy' it was meant to be derogatory word, not aspirational.

Dear Galen
I apologise if my comment ruffled a few feathers, it was a side-eye joke from earlier in the thread.
As a 74yrs old (in March) retired lawyer, maybe I feel a teensy tiny bit jealous as I'm certainly not matronly (reserved, dignified) and could never get away with wearing your lovely evening dress.
The fact that you made the effort to stand for the photo says much about your propriety and stoicism.
Very best wishes
Gabriella

Well GabriellaG I’ll won’t be bobbing any curtsies then! Joking apart, sounds as though you’ve had a strong work ethic all your life and it’s paid off, which is admirable. Meritocracy rules!

“Class” too I would say.

Galen and Bella, such a beautiful picture. Grace, elegance and style.
An example to be followed.

Gabriella at 74 and a retired Doctor I think I’m allowed to look matronly!
I equate that description with dignified and reserved!
I would also point out that as I’m very disabled, it took me considerable effort to stand and pose for that picture!

The Fifth Amendment gives criminal defendants the right to refuse to testify at trial. No person “shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself,” according to the U.S. Constitution.22 May 2017

Well not the kindest of comments GabriellaG but hardly criminal.

I'm taking the 5th

Gabriella I hope that comment was to me and not to Galen !

Ooh, not a very nice comment

V matronly.

You both look lovely, Galen.

I love a bit of velvet but cannot do ruffles..to much boob.. makes me look like the crest of a wave/ surfs up!

This is the dress I wore last xmas. I’m with my friend Bella I’m the one in the dark blue

This is a great thread - making me laugh! ( Collects provisions - - and waits for next episode.... )

Or even “matronly” ???

Cheers lemon! Thanks for that.

Velvet is lovely, but you need to be careful, a velvet jacket and ruffled shirt looked great on a young Marianne Faithful,
But on a mature dumpy woman ( eg. Me) look more Austin
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