12 is the new 50
When did women today decide it was allowed for 50 year olds to dress like their twelve? To me, it’s rather disturbing.
Five inch heels, caked on make-up, tight tops that make their boobs look like their going to pop is not the style these women should be sporting. Just when I thought I escaped these looks for a while, it happened.
I was at Neiman Marcus trying on jeans when a women with an obvious long blonde wig came up to me. Do you think this looks good? At first I didn’t acknowlege her as I didn’t know she was talking to me. She asked again, this time I replied, “For your daughter that would be great. She’ll love it.” Her eyes began to roll as she said,”This is for me, I’m going out tonight.”
My jaw dropped. She was holding a pink, turqouise, and white Catherine Malandrino dress that would probably not even go past her mid thigh. What she was thinking, I had no idea. It was an extremely low cut mini dress that in a few moments was on her body before I even answered.
She began admiring herself in it and loved the fact that her new double d’s were popping out and that her rolls weren’t showing too much since I soon learned that she had sugery a few days before. To top it off, her daughter came from around the corner and was dressed more conservative than her mother! She was around age twelve and had a pair of citizens jeans and a nice and simple James Perse Tee.
Then it hit me. As for now, women at the age of fifty will never learn what is looking good on them if they don’t ask the right people. They are dressing like their kids and are totally unaware that it is hideous! I’ll leave you with one thought. Do you want your mom dressing like you, let alone maybe younger?
Photo: Catherine Malandrino. Neimanmarcus.com.
