Do you dress like your mum did at your age?

I love my late mom dearly but omg no I do not dress like her. I am Boho, quirky dresser in my style.

I spend money on my skin, makeup and my hair. Being a leo my hair is my pride and joy. I colour my hair (well my hairdresser does) Atm I am ombre with copper and deep red.

My hair is long. My mom's was short, coloured a copper brown and a better style in later years than the curlers look

I don't look my age which is a mix of a good self-care routine on my skin, facial yoga and genetics as my parents never looked there age. My outlook on life helps too.

My mom was stylish for her age though that was because I helped mom with her style that worked for her.

I wouldn’t be seen dead in my late mom favourite shops. They were London. Edinburgh wool shop, M& S clothing and Bon Marche

I'm very much a Joe Browns shopper with a few designer names thrown in.

Nope nothing like my mom in that sense

Yes and no! The yes in that both my late Mum and I wore similar colours and preferred timeless ( with a nod to the time) rather than high fashion styles. But our styles were different, and affected by the different times, styles and fabrics available as we grew up, and our different body shapes and life styles.

It’s lovely hearing about all these mothers and grandmothers ! Mum was a 1920 baby so very similar in age to many - she lived to 94 . At her funeral my niece described her nana’s ‘pretty ways ‘ and how she always dressed to make the best of herself. Hair long or tied up in a French plait or.‘Victory roll’ later a smart short white crop. Alway stud earrings , a little lipstick. Figure conscious - stayed a curvy size 12 all her life . She bemoaned the fact that it was no longer ok to wear a hat and a smart fitted tweed suit just to go shopping .... she loved bikinis on holiday , pretty summer dresses ‘slacks’, formal dresses, trouser suits and accessories to match - she made a lot of her own as a trained seamstress and teacher .
BUT she was also a keen gardener of 2 acres and helped on our family farm . She was an avid walker and in her day a mountain climber complete with ice axe- she toured the Himalaya with my dad when she was 60. So she was as tough as old boots underneath the pretty exterior and could stack a whole field of hay ! She didn’t like ‘scruffy jeans ‘ at all and took a dim view of people who did not bother to dress for the occasion whatever that might be - the right clothes for the right activity whether it was her glamorous evening dress or her gardening trousers ! I wish I were more like her and could just adapt to every occasion but it takes such effort ! So I live in those awful ‘scruffy’ jeans and am definitely a child of the hippy 60’s . Neither of us would ever wear stilettos though and I do look in envy at Helen Mirrens style !

I certainly don't dress like my mother as she only ever wore dresses never separates or trousers. I wear jeans most of the time but I do possess the "posh" frock which has been worn for five weddings, various wedding anniversary parties plus anything else where jeans are not appropriate.

So nice reading all the posts, brings back happy memories. Sadly I have not an iota of my late Mamma's good taste or sense of style. I remember as as child being mesmerised watching her glam up for an evening out with my Father. She always looked immaculate even at home. She did wear an apron and turban while doing housework but would never dream of leaving the house unless smartly attired, make up perfect and hair coiuffered within an inch or it's life. I'm definitely not in her class, but can scrub up well for a special occasion. Jeans, jumpers, leggings in fact anything comfortable. My hair is longish but usually piled on top of my head. I do confess to wearing an apron when cooking or else I end up with the menu on my clothes. ?

My mammy was born in 1917. I remember her waiting for me at the school gate. I was so proud of her. She wore a black and white patterned summer dress which she had made her self and white leather sandals a bit like Moses sandals with her toe nails painted bright red to match her fingernails and lipstick . All the other mothers were wearing those wraparound apron type things. She never wore trousers. I like to dress well but mostly in trousers. I own 2 dresses and 2 skirts and feel feminine when I wear them. Mammy didn't like my fringe and would question why I wore my hair like that! People didn't get their hair layered in those days wearing it all one length in various styles.

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I should add over the years my mums hair had been all colours Mind is still it’s original ??

My mum was very smart, casual but smart, smarter than me she was pretty up to date, did lots of charity shop shopping and car boots, loved a bargain Was in small high heels well into her 80 s I ve been out of heels for years She wore slacks white or light coloured in the summer and skirts ( I haven’t had a skirt since I was 40 ) dresses …she was petit unlike me She always wore some makeup, earrings, jewellery ( costume) and had her hair nice She was a very up to date pretty lady she had size 3 feet ( I m 6.5 or 7 ) she had lovely manicured hands and always painted her nails I m like Dad I bite mine oh dear doesn’t sound good

I thought we were very different but reading this thread makes me realise that I am more like my mother than I thought. She never wore trousers, always a blouse and skirt with a cardigan, or a dress for best. Full pinny in the morning, changing into a half one in the afternoon. Flat comfy shoes all her life. Never wore make up. Was very old fashioned all her life, but then she had no money.
I live in trousers, though not jeans. I rarely wear blouses now, though I used to with a smart jacket for work. Tops are easier, and don't need ironing and I like cardigans as an extra layer, easy to take on and off. Nowadays I wear flat comfy shoes. Since lockdown I haven’t worn make up.
When I wear blue or navy I look in the mirror and I see my mum, as latterly she always wore blue. Today I am wearing purple.

My mother would sometimes look at items of clothing I bought and say 'Of course, you always did like the extremities of fashion'

What it meant was that I was wearing something she didn't like, but she would never say so directly

MissAdventure

My mum often asked "Having a mid life crisis, are you, love?" when I wore something a bit different.

This is my Mum
She once stayed with us and I got dressed in some leopard print leggings and a sweater. She kept looking at me funny and then she said 'Are you going to get dressed any time today Jane?'

OMG NO, NEVER !

My mother has always liked to look smart but it has always been in a classic, timeless, inoffensive way. It is only in recent years that she has taken to wearing trousers. She is nearly eighty. Her hair is still mostly its original colour, as is mine, I am happy to say. My grandparents, born in 1905, 1909 (Dad’s parents) and 1912 and 1916 (Mum’s parents), all seemed to be elderly at fifty and old by sixty. I have a lovely photo of my parents’ wedding in 1963 which has my grandparents on it as well. At 57, l am now older than three of them were at that time. They are all dressed very smartly - the two ladies in the style of the Queen Mother - but they all look a good twenty years older than l do. I like clothes and looking the best I can. I wear a lot of smart trousers and nice tops or dresses (usually in the summer for those). I like Joe Browns and Seasalt in particular and colourful tights/leggings. I probably dress stereotypically in the style of the music teacher l am - not quite as flamboyantly as an art teacher but certainly nowhere near as conservatively as my mother.

Absolutely not! My mum used to ask me when I wore leggings in my early 30s " don't wear them gain , your dad thinks you've forgotten to put your skirt on!" Yawn!..... I always was a really quirky dresser and ma made my clothes in teens in 70s as a result I was always a one off!! She was in twin set and pearls when I was at kindergarten! She was from Hawick and a super bonus was that I was brought up wearing pure cashmere as vests as a little girl, get me! I still wear leggings/jeggings /denim/ coated jeans(pleather) and always get compliments I also maintain my "Auburn" crowning glory, when I think about my grannies at my age? Looks about 100! In fact ladies of 100 nowadays usually look just FAB!!

My mum often asked "Having a mid life crisis, are you, love?" when I wore something a bit different.

Would really like to post pictures of me and my DM at a similar age to show how different we dress.

DM dressed like an old lady at 50, whereas at 76 I live in skinny jeans, jumpers and t shirts, knee length boots, and a denim jacket, like my daughter who is 39. I still colour my hair, buy high-end make-up and perfume. Mother had a dab of Creme Puff powder and pink lipstick, no other make-up. I have an array of eye shadows etc and love the whole make-up ritual.

She was always very critical - don't know what she's think of me now!

My mum was always very stylish, looking at photos of her when she married my dad in the 50’s she looked beautiful. She was tall and slim with a tiny waist & could carry off the lovely 50’s fashions, the dresses with nipped in waists and full skirts & the tight pencil skirts. She was very good at sewing & in the 60’s used to make clothes for herself, me & my sister, sometimes they were a bit ‘out there’ and we used to cringe a bit when she appeared with a new pattern and a load of new fabric. Looking back at old photos we now realise how trendy they were. She is in her late 80’s now but still likes to puts her ‘face on’ as she calls it. She now wears elasticated waist trousers with nice tops but still has a ridiculous amount of shoes even though she doesn’t get much chance to wear them. Her mum was the same, until her health failed & she just got too old and poorly to be bothered. I always try to make an effort with clothes & makeup, I feel very jaded without at least a touch of mascara blusher & lipstick. I am also drawn to shoes and particular like ankle boots, I find them so comfy but still stylish.

I’m not as smart or good looking as my Mum and I only ever wear trousers whereas she never wore trousers again after leaving the WAAFs in 1943.

My mother turned 40 at the end of the 60’s. She embraced all the fashions of the time (hippyish was her style) and as soon as I was old enough I joined her. She got very cross if I borrowed her tops as I was a bigger build than her (she was very slim and then became very thin in old age). She didn’t wear short skirts though as she had terrible varicose veins (which I don’t have at all). I remember my very thin grandmother wearing a girdle which I can still scarcely believe. I was twice her weight when my mother died and I’m a size 14.

My mum was born in 1907. Her own mother died 1 week after she was born. She lived until 6 months after her 100th birthday. She never wore trousers in her life. She never wore make up, she used a basic Nivea cream occasionally. I wear trousers every day but a skirt if I am getting dressed. I have no great interest in clothes and can't wear make up. Like mum I am clean and tidy as well as comfortable. Mum taught me to keep myself busy and not waste time doing nothing. I was born in 1941 .

Mamma7 I love that! I'll remember it the next time I am tempted by an elasticated waist.

I used to joke that once people were 60 their beige separates arrived automatically in the post! Think it was after taking my parents and aunty out for lunch and they were top to toe beige. Thankfully mine haven’t arrived yet ?

No thank the Lord….and I love my Mum!
I believe if you’re not mutton dressed as lamb you’re mutton dressed as mutton and I know which one I’d prefer ?

Jazzhands

Mum was a beauty. Dad said that on their first date she looked like Sophia Loren, only wearing wellies (makes perfect sense in West Coast of Scotland). I remember her wearing dog-tooth tweed skirts and twin-sets, and had a perm that she just combed through and it bounced wonderfully. I recall she'd lift me up to the mirror and sing: 'Que sera, sera' by Doris Day - and since my name is Kay, I loved it. She wore make-up every day, which I called Polyfilla, and she laughed. It was a shock to say how they dressed her in the care home - with striped terry socks and black slacks, and cut her her far too short. She never once complained, but I still feel cut up about it.

'her her' should read 'her hair'