tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post4273769280377869240..comments2024-03-22T02:31:51.413+00:00Comments on roadtrip23.com: aka streetstyle london : let's rompjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07469037790247873157noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-70598630468723067542010-07-10T02:04:43.866+01:002010-07-10T02:04:43.866+01:00amazing how this all worked out, Jill. i'll b...amazing how this all worked out, Jill. i'll bet somehow, you were meant to meet Louise, even though it was stressful for a day or so on the blog! but what an interesting discussion, really. i do believe most of us are on the same page. but really, what a way to meet, right? <br /><br />hope things are better soon all around (and your D.R. trip is just around the corner!) what a crazy Style Odysseyhttp://styleodyssey.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-83816995613983695332010-07-09T12:55:07.434+01:002010-07-09T12:55:07.434+01:00Oh Louise is very cool: in fact we've been ema...Oh Louise is very cool: in fact we've been emailing privately & I really like the way she thinks. Isn't it a funny old world?<br /><br />I'm really stressed in general now: everyone has their time and this is mine (ours). In fact you couldn't make up what we're going thru now. So this stuff on the blog has just been like a little sub plot. I might need to take a holiday jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469037790247873157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-8319543723657741652010-07-09T08:40:50.912+01:002010-07-09T08:40:50.912+01:00so funny . . . I am wearing the white dress (the o...so funny . . . I am wearing the white dress (the one in the first photo) right now. At least I think it is the same - by All Saints. <br /><br />BTW, am glad about the happy ending here. The whole argument was a bit stressful! I've never seen you so upset on your blog. Turns out that Louise is pretty cool after all.The Photodiaristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06456276057204037463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-19603713196811429662010-07-09T03:07:53.608+01:002010-07-09T03:07:53.608+01:00Ih I'm so glad I've got to read the follow...Ih I'm so glad I've got to read the follow-up! I feel so much better.the Citizen Rosebudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15321719043114075007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-21499983530286813572010-07-08T21:59:43.713+01:002010-07-08T21:59:43.713+01:00Dear Polka Dot:
I sent you a message offline, but ...Dear Polka Dot:<br />I sent you a message offline, but you may not have received it. Check your spam folder in email for a message with subject line<br />from "Louise" formerly Anonymous.<br /><br />cheers, <br />LouiseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-54279318486677690582010-07-06T20:03:23.794+01:002010-07-06T20:03:23.794+01:00Dear Louise, thank you so much for this wonderful ...Dear Louise, thank you so much for this wonderful letter. I dreamt last night that I woke up and all my followers unfollowed me. I felt terrible about that bitchy comment about this Anonymous person being whatever I said.. unattractive and unfit. I told my husband about it and he thought I was crazy. (He said 'that's slander, JIll' to which I replied, well, hardly: I don't even jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469037790247873157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-61054230100420961342010-07-06T04:48:49.524+01:002010-07-06T04:48:49.524+01:00Dear Polka Dot:
First, I would like to apologize ...Dear Polka Dot:<br /><br />First, I would like to apologize for my comment – which was unintentionally rude. Your blog is interesting, with lovely photos. I did not intend to hurt your feelings, or offend your readers.<br /><br />I did not respond earlier because I am in another time zone (physically & figuratively). I posted my comment last night, so I was terse. I should have held my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-75818867202592947982010-07-05T22:50:53.367+01:002010-07-05T22:50:53.367+01:00Thank you, both of you, Rosebud AND Veshoevius. I ...Thank you, both of you, Rosebud AND Veshoevius. I feel that one Anonymous comment kind of threw me, too, and then - I forget which post now, but one of them - someone named something like 'Disinfranchised in Detroit' then got angry with me for assuming that whoever Anonymous is, She was.. what did I say? Not attractive, I think, and not 'slim and healtily fit'. What I meant to sayjillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469037790247873157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-37689074181067140452010-07-05T22:36:01.637+01:002010-07-05T22:36:01.637+01:00I'm going to have to go back and read the foll...I'm going to have to go back and read the following comments. The thing that threw me off the most was that the picture was of a young girl with her mother. NOT YOU. You who doesn't seem to fight her age, but embrace herself in her entirety, which is probably why you're so good at taking such great portraits of people. But I digress....<br /><br />perhaps it hit a nerve with me, the Citizen Rosebudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15321719043114075007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-79734791419376715272010-07-05T22:26:21.856+01:002010-07-05T22:26:21.856+01:00Thank you for posting pics of older women looking ...Thank you for posting pics of older women looking fabulous and fashionable! I personally found the Jacki O article depressing. Let's not forget she was of another era too where expections of and opportunities available to women where quite different to today. Later generations have had more financial independence and freedom to express themselves so why not enjoy? I am way past thirty and Veshoeviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435514642440232185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-8236858295468139622010-07-05T21:33:53.998+01:002010-07-05T21:33:53.998+01:00hi, hi ,, Jill! i know this is a bit late as i'...hi, hi ,, Jill! i know this is a bit late as i've been, obviously, not being able to keep track with blogshpere as often as i would like ... but, i do want to express my support on dressing the way you feel like ... the definition of "age appropriate" is, in fact, a social definition, imposed by the social climate, what the norm, at the particular moment of time, considers "UnoCosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609430589024122800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-49435842279871934982010-07-05T21:23:31.211+01:002010-07-05T21:23:31.211+01:00Wow, what a great discussion. I just returned a pa...Wow, what a great discussion. I just returned a pair of Miu Miu mary jane pumps (the ones with the cats) because they felt too girly. <br /><br />I find myself intentionally using my grandmother and great-grandmother as fashion icons, heading full steam ahead into little-old-lady way style before my time. Scarves, pencil skirts or longer, Edwardian style skirts, pinned-up Victorian hair, and Sister Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06197661544451120791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-12515296287453419752010-07-05T19:57:49.618+01:002010-07-05T19:57:49.618+01:00I think dressing in your 30's is really hard. ...I think dressing in your 30's is really hard. There are parts of my body i hate but I do have good legs so I love wearing shortish cute dresses to make the most of my assets...though I do keep wondering when am I too old to do this. I don't want to be dressed like Mutton. Then I think of celebrities who are older than I and I think maybe it's just every day society that expects Andreahttp://www.somekindoffabulous.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-50932266085124453732010-07-05T19:45:46.887+01:002010-07-05T19:45:46.887+01:00Whah! I go missing for a few days and all this hap...Whah! I go missing for a few days and all this happens! I have recently had to add moderator to my comments as all the arses seem to have crept out lately. Personally I don't belive their is any such thing as dressing your age, only dressing for your style. <br />I was being very naughty in Harvey Nic's buying more shoes on Sat, when a lady who I guess was in her late 60's sat next toPearl Westwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00310931556911601009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-78827634187279161492010-07-05T19:34:59.555+01:002010-07-05T19:34:59.555+01:00I really cannot fathom why that person said that. ...I really cannot fathom why that person said that. You always look absolutely amazing and have the most fantastic figure! <br />What a boring world it would be if we had dress how others thought we should dress. <br />Must be a sad little person who made the comment and your response to it was brilliant. <br />The woman in the picture by the way looks lovely. The dress reminds me of that famous Love Food https://www.blogger.com/profile/13519384288259007662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-52442710622336111452010-07-05T18:33:24.348+01:002010-07-05T18:33:24.348+01:00Went straight back to read the article, again - in...Went straight back to read the article, again - in case I missed anything - and the comment and was baffled as to why such a post would cause such a reply. Your comment really summed up what I was thinking. I know it may be incredibly naive and closed minded but I just really find it hard to comprehend why on earth people are just purely mean. For NO reason. And I suppose you could say that Olivia Isabella.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09981180456017240326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-23840484902155004532010-07-05T17:32:25.093+01:002010-07-05T17:32:25.093+01:00What a rude comment! Shame on him/her. It doesn...What a rude comment! Shame on him/her. It doesn't really make sense or apply to the post.<br /><br />Regardless of what other people think, people should be able to dress however they want, whatever their age. Unless it's really offensive (as in near to nudity), I don't really care. If anything I admire people who continue to have this unique style through life where they obviously Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-88416592711109300782010-07-05T16:34:33.965+01:002010-07-05T16:34:33.965+01:00'Land Girl Chic!' I love it and you know w...'Land Girl Chic!' I love it and you know what? Whoever said that, kudos: I think that's going to be the title of your post!<br /><br />This is fascinating - thank you all for taking the time to write these really thoughtful, inspiring comments. I LOVE THIS: having this virtual salon. If only we were in the same room, literally. <br /><br />Oops: in my hurry to read these and reply, I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-264630731163001532010-07-05T16:25:48.863+01:002010-07-05T16:25:48.863+01:00I am appalled at the rudeness of that comment on y...I am appalled at the rudeness of that comment on your "Lace" post. So snotty, bitter and pathetic. What is WRONG with people? If you don't like the blog, don't read it.<br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />This post made me laugh as I read it immediately following a discussion with two people at work. I was admiring one girl's bow-adorned sailor top and the other one told me I styleeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05565567511753319854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-34373346768020002582010-07-05T16:15:08.196+01:002010-07-05T16:15:08.196+01:00love the sandals and the polish.
p.s.
I am so ti...love the sandals and the polish. <br />p.s.<br />I am so tired of rules. I am surrounded by judgmental people who only care to look PROPER (just this word alone makes me nauseous). I've never been a rule breaker type but I think at 38 I am turning into a rebel. :) :) :0<br />thanks for your post. remember the one you did a few month back asking what our fashion age was? that post was mtghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06172160952987403330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-56114782204743153442010-07-05T16:08:47.824+01:002010-07-05T16:08:47.824+01:00Jill-
Having not read the comment (yet- I'm a...Jill-<br /><br />Having not read the comment (yet- I'm about to in a moment because I'm that curious), based on your text and the above comments, I'll go ahead of myself. I can say w/ all honestly, especially having met you: My opinion is that you are cute. (Cute definition: Delightfully pretty or dainty.) Cute can be an ageless attribute. I've even seen old ladies who I'Style Odysseyhttp://styleodyssey.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-90074649044385531412010-07-05T16:05:28.915+01:002010-07-05T16:05:28.915+01:00Seriously, I think the majority rules here! I too...Seriously, I think the majority rules here! I too am always encouraging my mother to stick with some of the things she loves and to make efforts to not "tone down" her wardrobe. The individual is really what can pull off a cute look, sophisticated look, business, ultra casual, gypsy-ish, Bavarian, or whatever! We all know those people who even though you may not be able to pull off adrielleroyalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-15638874076960467302010-07-05T11:18:42.284+01:002010-07-05T11:18:42.284+01:00This was definitely the topic to get me involved! ...This was definitely the topic to get me involved! I've been reading your blog for about a year (loving it), and I credit you (along with nudges from my teenage daughters) with helping me follow my own style. I tend not to do "cute" since I am petite and I always thought it makes me look like I'm about 5, but lately I've just gone ahead and tried it anyway. Surprize! I Kathleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-80427797706065208472010-07-05T10:20:23.244+01:002010-07-05T10:20:23.244+01:00I'm echoing your comments Eight London, "...I'm echoing your comments Eight London, "here's to ageless style". I'm constantly having to battle with my mum (who is 63 with great style) that she can still where things "at her age" because she constantly fears that people (mostly other women) will criticise her for it. People like this woman really make me angry. The lady in white with the heals - i envy how Clazzeratihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691509779750879104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964944634451421184.post-44966848728120668272010-07-05T10:07:16.242+01:002010-07-05T10:07:16.242+01:00down with the naysayers, obviously that comment is...down with the naysayers, obviously that comment is a person who lives a very boring life. the best times i had with dressing up, and looking cute when I was younger and if I want to hold on to that let me be. <br /><br />style changes over time, and if i looked the way you do now I would be laughing.<br /><br />look at people like vivienne westwood, cameron diaz, breaking the mould looking hot,Adorngirlhttp://adorngirl.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com