Posted on 05/12/2006 7:26:17 AM PDT by qam1
If she's built like I am (fairly straight up-and-down, not a lot of waist but not a lot of hips either) she can wander over to the men's department at Target and buy the men's Wrangler jeans. The relaxed fit fits almost anybody and they are DIRT cheap.
I have never been able to wear women's jeans, though. If the waist fits, I could smuggle an entire family of illegals in the seat, and if the seat fits I can't breathe.
If she actually has womanly curves, the Limited has a high-rise jean that my daughter buys.
I never understood the rationale for paying $220 for a pair of denim work pants.
"Your wife needs to get on the Internet and start shopping at Cold Water Creek and Talbots (if she likes classic clothing).
Don't forget Chico's. :) Thanks for the suggestion of Talbots. I'd forgotten that one as a possibility.
I refuse to dress my 6yr old in a tee shirt that says raunchy stuff on it. I would rather dress her in boys tee shirts then what I see out in the malls. Some of the stuff out there is not age-appropriate at all.
Im 35ish and wear the same jeans and rock t-shirt style I have worn for 20 some years. Funny thing is I get carded for buying alcohol on a regular basis and my fiance' who is 8 years younger than myself never gets carded. which she can't figure out (I tell her its the white hair--she has albinism, makes her look older than she is, then I get smacked so I stopped saying it).
BS. Two words - Ann Taylor.
Boys/Mens jeans are absolutely the way to go if your wife doesn't want to web shop. Not only are they cheaper and more comfortable than what is available in the women's department, but my experience has been that they last longer as well. Win-win.
I do tend to hate how slobbish way people dress nowadays. I'm probably somewhat acclimatized (unfortunately) to the trashy/slutty, tattooed-freak 'look' that the youth find so spiffy, but it sure is dismaying seeing older folks looking like unkempt slobs. Out shopping, I'm seeing seniors in tacky t-shirts, sweats, etc., often with their guts hanging out. Twenty years ago or so, I always found a bit of solace in the dignity and decorum that the older generations presented in public, but in the past few years all that has been coming to an end. Slobby dressing just does not command respect.
For classic good clothing, Ralph Lauren is my first choice, which I buy on sale :)
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I'm not saying that many of the comments in the article aren't right on, but geez, this writer must be a total dog--or if a guy, a real geek--to have to knock other women so badly! (and that goes for some of the respondents in the thread too!)
I dig MILF's, sorry. Have dated a lot of them, and most of them have made a very good living for themselves and their family, are very intelligent, funny, and some are even conservative.
But damn, if they got it, why not FLAUNT IT!
That's the great thing about this here country of ours. You dress as you see fit, or feel comfortable, and others do the same.
If you don't mind me asking, do you try to shave a few years off of your look, or do you attempt to look 60-ish?
I just saw two of these in the local pizzeria last night, one mother and one who was either an older aunt or something.
The mother was wearing skin tight leggings with a not-long-enough shirt and an even shorter sweat jacket. Turns out she dropped some change and I had the distinct pleasure of seeing every cellulite dimple scream into the material. Looked like crumbled bleu cheese in a papertowel.
The older aunt or something was wearing those jeans that only go to the knees and very tight white top. The problem here was not down low but up top. The shirt exposed what little chest she had but something was wrong and, like a car wreck, I looked. Let's just say they weren't round or firm.
Oh yeah, the daughter.....she was 250lbs easy and working on a calzone like a maggot on rotting flesh.
Here here. Or is it hear hear?
Actually, in the '90s people were dressing like they were 15. The '90s still won't leave. I hate the "style" (lack of) that started there and keeps hanging around.
Jones New York seem to fit me the best. I have to try on 10 pairs of other brands to get a good fit.
I'm using this "slut" phase to my advantage.
I've found styles in the last two years that remind me of the 1940's (having long legs helps) and I get complimented almost daily.
Men and women alike appreciate class and find it very sexy.
"guys have a long history of resembling the homeless"
No, they have a long history of GETTING A PASS for looking like homeless.
Men, like women, regularly looked good until (drumroll.....as usual....) the '60s. Once the hippies took over EVERYTHING went downhill. It's all about "comfort". Which I think is BS because the only thing that looks nice but doesn't feel good (usually) to me is shoes.
That and the ones who are wearing pants with words plastered across their butts. It's so degrading....your son must be pretty smart.
Has she tried Chico's? They are in most malls. I only went in one briefly, looking for something "after 5," and they didn't have anything along those lines, only more casual stuff. Their target customer is the woman who wants to look up-to-date but doesn't want to show off her navel.
Second that. Talbots makes very nice business attire with classic lines. Liz Claiborne (for casual wear) and St. John's Knits are also good bets.
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