Today I asked the title question on Facebook and it kicked up quite a storm, whilst some people agree with the statement, the majority don’t – maybe Malta and it’s desire and mentality to box and create rules for everything is finally changing and allowing for more ‘freedom’.
The fashion world as it is today makes rules one season only to break them the next – case in point – don’t match ANYTHING one year..oh actually let’s match everything the next year. So with this in mind, can there still be rules and can there still be a concept of something being ‘age appropriate’?
In my opinion, the answer to the title cannot be defined simply by an age number. The basic fundamental fact is that there are women over 40 who look better in mini skirts than others aged 20. Having said that, past a certain age, I do believe that for most women, thin or not, their knees might start to look a little bit saggy and in that case maybe a pair of tights should be considered.
With this in mind, the expression mutton dressed as lamb is one I hear very often and much as I like to say lets disregard rules in fashion and express individuality, there are times when I find myself using this expression in regard to someone’s outfit.The truth is that it’s all about the final look and how you piece the items together rather than the individual clothing items.
The final look is the important thing and as a more mature woman, your image should reflect both your age and personality, for example, you should not wear the same exact outfit that your teenage daughter wears, whilst you may be wearing the same blazer, your daughter could decide to pair it with boyfriend jeans and converse but you should pair it with tailored jeans and heels.
As we grow older what is important is that we pay attention to what suits our figure, if we arm ourselves with this knowledge we will generally always look good, no matter what we wear.
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