Mutton Dressed??

[b15erk]

Honest answers please!  I found this New Look 6510, during my recent tidy up, and wondered if I dared make the pants version.....?

I have a feeling I should stick to the dresses.... 

Jessie

[Marniesews]

I found at least 3 versions of that number but only one had trousers and it was predominantly a trouser pattern so I'm still not sure if it's the one you have.

[b15erk]

It's donkeys years old, and I remember making it first time around!

Jessie

[Bodgeitandscarper]

No such thing as "mutton dressed as lamb" these days 

We all wear what we like 

(Although I am confused by the younger ones wearing what my mum wore in the 60s and 70s, cos to me that's old fashioned! )

[Missie]

that is lovely Jessie.  I'd go for it!

[Tamnymore]

Looks nice, Jessie. Go for it.

[lakaribane]

It's donkeys years old, and I remember making it first time around!

I wouldn't cuff them and maybe go full-length to update the style but keep the tank top/vest bodice.

[lakaribane]

I don't believe in the concept of "mutton dressed as lamb".

I'm afraid I do believe in it! My aunt had a...excentric friend who was opening a night club (a whole nother story!) and I am traumatized by this 50yo woman wearing a mini zebra print dress with a back mesh cutout. She had an Apple shape, flat butt and droopy breasts. Former/current Party Girl. +Good legs, though. But the rest was too short and too tight.

[lakaribane]

There's a difference between dressing to flatter one's parts though and dressing because one is of a certain age and only that.

My understanding of that phrase, and what I feel is illustrated by the anecdote I told, is that if you are dressing for the body you remember having and not the one you actually have now, then it's anachronistic.

Today, I would not wear bangs, oversized neon t-shirts and stripped short because that's what I wore as a teenager in the 90s.

I would wear more contemporary, grown-up versions of these things, after all, a t-shirt and shorts can't really go out of fashion, can it?

[Marniesews]

That's not one of the many patterns of that number that I found! I think it's definitely worth trying.

I will not show my arms - not good after losing so much weight, so I might consider altering it for short sleeves although that really changes the style...but if it weren't for that I could be tempted too. Give it a go,  you might be surprised just how good you feel in something a bit different such as this (as long as you're not a slave to a weak bladder).

I have some sympathies with your concerns in general although I know the others are absolutely right in principle. I often wonder about it when buying the current fashion 'thing'. Actually, that's not really true as I nearly always decide against them because what comes into fashion quickly goes out even sooner so I never buy it on that basis anyway.

[Efemera]

I hardly ever think of age as a barrier to what I wear...I like to think I wear what suits me..I try to avoid the Wallmart look!..style has no age but there again some folks have no style whatever their age.

[b15erk]

Right that's decided.  Going to give it a go.  If it looks absolutely awful, I'll pass it over to DD - or wear it in the garden.

If it's like the other stuff I'm doing, it'll be a while before it's finished. 

Jessie

[Gernella]

I'm afraid I do believe in it! My aunt had a...excentric friend who was opening a night club (a whole nother story!) and I am traumatized by this 50yo woman wearing a mini zebra print dress with a back mesh cutout. She had an Apple shape, flat butt and droopy breasts. Former/current Party Girl. +Good legs, though. But the rest was too short and too tight.

Me too, the ones that fall out out of the Iris Apfel league, now she has got style.

[UttaRetch]

The trousers wouldn't work for me.  With my belly, the last thing I need is a gathered waist to add emphasis.

[Renegade Sewist]

So long as the mutton is nicely seasoned I still will give it a go, though I wouldn't do this, as I believe it's a jumpsuit. My bladder suggests jumpsuits with belts are no longer a good idea. 

I do believe in the general concept, mutton dressed as lamb, but no longer really care. To be honest I often heard Dad say to Mom something along the lines of "You're not letting her out of the house in THAT, are you?!?!?" Yes, she did, and I still will wear odd stuff. Too self conscious to dress too "normal". Have always thought people were staring at me, so, gave them a reason to look. Did wonders for my confidence level.

If you like it, make it and wear it. I occasionally make something really out there that I assume might be best suited to alone time in the house or back garden. Today I'm wearing slightly dropped crotch floral bloomer/harem type pants that are a bit too show through in sunlight. I'm comfy and they make me smile.