Here on Long Island I am never at a loss to find mom’s who continue to try to be trendy no matter what their age. Even if it means trying to dress like her daughter. Yes, sometimes these “older” women hit the nail on the head, and can actually pull it off, but more often than not they look ridiculous. They just look like they are trying too hard. Now I am a mom, and being that I am only 30 years old (ok, almost 31), I think that I can still pull off the trendy look pretty well. But when do the tables turn? When will I become that mom who is “trying to hard” to stay current and in fashion? Is it an age? Is it at a certain weight? Or am I just destined to eventually rock the “mom jeans” and let it all go?
The other day I was at the doctor’s office, and saw this woman who was with her son (probably around 6). She was definitely older than me, and was wearing a short belted dress, her hair long and a hippie styled headband worn around her forehead. Personally, I thought she looked ridiculous. But there I was..a mom…rocking a maxi dress wearing a straw hat. I thought to myself…when will people start looking at me this way? I hope the answer is NEVER!
Then there is the woman who is obviously a mom. You know the look. It’s a woman wearing high waisted khaki’s or jeans with their shirt tucked in, and the zipper being about 9″ long. When does this look become OK? Does this happen to everyone? There has to be a happy medium between wearing jeans where my ass crack hangs out, and jeans that go up to my boobs.
People may not agree, but I think I would rather go the way of the mom jean than be the ridiculous woman wearing clothes that are WAY too young. I don’t stop and notice the women in “mom clothes”, but I do recognize a woman who isn’t 20 years old anymore trying to hard to look like her daughter.
So what do you think? Is there an age where looking through Glamor Magazine to pick out your trendy outfit is no longer appropriate? When do I have to stop shopping at Forever 21? When does a mom start looking like a mom? Thoughts?
when she gives up! ;oP
I think it’s great to look fashionable, but you have to be age appropriate! (hippie-style headband on anyone over the age of 25? No.) There are tons of purses/accessories/dresses out there that look fabulous on moms… wearing childish things will just make them look older, I think.
I do think that there is a happy medium between trendy and age-appropriate clothes. The magazines have those older clothes that look perfectly acceptable for women in their 30s and 40s – it’s just a matter of purchasing THOSE clothes instead of the ridiculous outfits that some women wear. I don’t think you’ll have a problem – dress for your age, regardless of mom-status or not and you’ll be just fine.
I guess some people are more fashion conscious than others. If you are a person who keeps up with fashion trends than I think you’re more apt to know what is appropriate for yourself. I’d like to think those mom jeans will never ever appear on your body Jen!
Personally? I wear what I find comfortable and what is considered ‘age appropriate’ for me depends on where I am going. I still wear my teeny bopper rocker shirts, probably always will and likely matched up with my hippie headbands ?
If you find the answer, please please tell me!
The funniest moment happened to me after i hit my ‘goal weight’ after 9 months of slogging it out. I found this dress i used to wear ALL THE TIME in the big bag of clothes i kept pre pregnancy…
Anywho, i put on this dress that came to about half way (ok maybe a little shorted) up my thys… The dress was a halter neck that (because of lack of boobage) i never wore a bra with… So i put on this dress waltz out to my husband and jump up and down saying ‘it fits it fits’
He responded not with a ‘wow looks great’ like i anticipated but a ‘just bend over and pick up your daughter’
i did, and consequently realised that i will NEVER be wearing that dress again unless i want the world to see my rear and my boobs hanging out all over the show ?
Somethings just arnt meant to be worn by mothers – thank GOD my husband told me before i became one of ‘those women’
I know I’m a guy, so my opinion will be a little different here, but I think the whole “mom dressing like their daughter” coincides with a lot of moms wanting to be their daughter’s best friends rather than their actual mothers.
There is a big difference between a woman in a maxi dress (awesome) and a woman wearing a cross-forehead headband (ummm…?) It’s not a mom thing, it’s a style thing. Stylish women grow up to be older, still stylish women. So you have nothing to worry about! Now I, on the other hand, may have a reason to be concerned (as I’ve NEVER been stylish!)
I wonder this alot too. But I like the comment above…dressing age appropriate mom or not. I hope to still be in style without rocking the mom jeans. My mom is fashionable without looking like my sister and without rocking mom jeans, so I think it’s possible to find a middle ground.