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Clothing and Aging What will the future bring? by Nikki Willhite Today, as the result of a doctor's appointment, I started thinking about clothing and aging.  As I walked into the waiting room of my doctor, I immediately noticed how crowded it was.  Then  I noticed it was filled with senior citizens. There wasn't a young person in that room (including me). As I sat waiting for my doctor, I took a good look around the room. I noticed that all of the older women in the room were either wearing jeans or stretch pants, as well as athletic type shoes. I also noticed one lady, wearing jeans,  and how obvious it was that  she had a pair of diapers on underneath them. (Note to self: If I end up in diapers, give up the jeans). Diapers aside, this made me think about how our wardrobe changes when we get older. You hear a lot of jokes about "grannies".  Every time some young person makes a deprecating remark about "grannie decor" on HGTV I just want to hit them on the head with a hula hoop. Some day these little kids are going to realize that the word grandmother is one of the most beautiful words in the English language - assuming they have grandchildren. However, I digress. I heard once that when women age, they either try too hard with the makeup, or they just give up trying. Is the same thing true for clothing and shoes?  AM I GOING TO CARE WHAT I WEAR IN A FEW MORE YEARS, AND IS THERE ANYTHING TO LEARN HERE AS A FRUGAL PERSON? I did think it looked a little odd to see these older women in such "youthful" clothing.  However, what  is the alternative?  Should women of advanced years be wearing body covering dresses and strings of pearls?  Or should they just pull the slipcover off their sofa and wear that? No matter how old our chronological age,  or how our body changes on the outside, we still feel young inside.  We look in the mirror, and our minds are kind to us and revert to images from younger years. I guess it follows that if we feel young inside, we are going to want to reflect that with our clothing.  So as a result of my percolation on the subject, I have come to the following conclusions: 1 -  I can wear whatever I want, no matter how old I am. 2 -  I should choose my clothes carefully, because I may be wearing them for a number       of years yet. 3 -  I am still going to care about how I look, no matter how I look. And finally...I want to be the cutest 90 year-old in the nursing home. My grandmother was in a nursing home for 10 years. The attraction between men and women never stops. (Trust me on this one.) Ever seen a cat fight with canes and walkers? Too many women, too few men. <sigh> About the Author: Nikki Willhite, mother of 3 and an interior design graduate, has been writing and publishing articles on the topic of frugal living for over a decade. Visit her at www.frugalhappyfamilies.com - where you will find hundreds of frugal living tips and articles. Frugal Happy Families- more than just money!

 

 

 

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