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Hi! Happy 2024! I hope you are all having a wonderful start to your year.
I feel I am a broken record talking about my delayed posting but today it is to explain my actual post! I had an article saved I wanted to put on a weekend update, and then came to add another one today I just read on the NYT, and realized the two were quite related, about dressing your age, and/or how Gen Z finds all of us (my fellow old millennials at least) quite lame. So I’m sharing them both now.
The first article: is about how Gen Z thinks we are lame and their advice for how to look better.
And then sharing an earlier piece by Vanessa Friedman for the NYT, about how you might say goodbye to certain styles from your youth.
It’s interesting because I hadn’t read the Friedman article for a few weeks and thought these two were along the same theme…and then I thought they were contradictory (aka the first is about how we are lame and the second is how we shouldn’t care). But I think in the end the two do have the same message, which is that we should wear what makes us happy. Which is great, because lately when I do shop I kind of just want to buy what I like….I feel like I’m too old and craggly now to care if the choice is fashionable or not.
That said, the 90’s resurgence has confused me a few times…I’ve definitely spotted some items (cropped mohair! Baggy cargos!) that make me nostalgic for childhood….I feel happy looking at them but when I put them on I think I look pretty crazy. And so they go back on the rack. I guess at my age now, what I really want from my clothes is for them to make me feel happy, comfortable, and secure. I’d love to hear what all of you want from your clothes as well. And if you have any thoughts on “dressing your age.”
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Groupthink7
February 4, 2024 at 2:13 pmWelcome back Katherine! I just turned 50 last October and I definitely dress for comfort. I wear what makes me feel good. I collect leather coats and jackets. My winter uniform (I live in Chicago) is a nice jumper and a pair of black Gap jeans that are cropped about 3 inches above the ankle. I pair it with some wooly socks and a pair of boots (preferably combat). I top it off with a nice shearling or leather. I dress for real life now. Dressing in a way that is casual yet professional; classic yet funky.
Sara
February 8, 2024 at 3:17 pmI am in a similar phase of life, albeit it is mostly due to being postpartum for the first time. It is such a weird place to be because, in some ways, I care much less about what I wear/fashion, but there are moments when it is such a huge deal (special occasions, going to the beach again, etc.). Combine that with my attempt to buy less/buy quality pieces (an endeavor in itself) and I’ve just ended up wearing the same pair of jeans and rotation of tops that are nursing-friendly. I know I won’t be in this place forever, but it has been so challenging to find clothes that work both for my current situation and in the future.
All of that is to say that what I want (or think I want) from my clothes:
-To fit me now and in the future
-To be made well and of quality material
-To last well into the future
-To fit “my style”
Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou! (Happy New Year)
Melissa | Welcome Objects
April 3, 2024 at 8:41 amThe great thing about getting older is having fewer fucks to give. I truly do not care what Gen Z or anyone else thinks about what I wear. I laughed at the first article where one of the captions was about wearing a crop top instead of tucking in your shirt. No, thank you! ’90s resurgence is confusing to me too. But because I thought most of those things didn’t look good back then. Why are we trying to do this again?