Ever heard the expression'fashion horse'?

Nah, I’d never make it as a fashionista. As a young person I didn’t have good style sense

Now that I’ve matured, I know my style is classic/understated. Won’t make any splashes but I’m comfortable with it
 

Ah, there was a time when I was all that. In my younger days I had a job that demanded that I was dolled up every day, but those days are long gone. I'm not the fashion plate I once was nor do I want to be. Now, I dress comfortably but not like an old lady. When need be, I can gussie up to a better than serviceable degree. As long as I can still reasonably pull off looking like a human being, that's good enough for me.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
If you tune into "Cheers"- the TV show- that's the style of clothes I'm still wearing.
I'm a clothes dinosaur. ;)
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Diane wants her dress back...:p

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I worked with a gal back in the late 80s and early 90s like that, I doubt her scarves cost less than $300 even then. Every couple of years we'd meet through one conference or another, she was one of those "high powered" super sharp workers for top-tier computing consulting firms and had to give a lot of talks to groups. She came for a local thing one and peers were impressed that she knew me by name and had lunch with me while there.

A bit later on she got married and had a kid. I remember the last encounter when she told me she had to turn over the reins to somebody younger.

She was "replaced" by a guy, and he was a snappy dresser himself. Odd thing is that we became pals much the same way as well. Funny when you see somebody once or twice in a year and then skip a year or even two and still hold onto the friendship.
 
My mom had impeccable taste and wouldn’t leave the house unless she was in a dress with nylons on and makeup. A month before she died I took her to the doctor and he thought it was cute my mom dressed up just for that. I told him this is the way she goes to the grocery store. She had terminal cancer but still fussy about her appearance.

I used to love clothes but not anymore. Most of the time I don’t wear makeup. I downsized my clothes greatly when I moved and only kept high quality clothing that I love.
 
Jules said:
Maybe the old saying “dress for success” really is true.
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True, but they were in a high visibility and very competitive role. I think they liked that I didn't give a crap, didn't judge, and was interested in them rather than being a potential rival.

I'll bet they had similar friends in other jurisdictions they worked with. It helps to have a local who can connect you with the small pond bigwigs. I'd worked in enough different agencies that I had lots of contacts.
 
Well, I'm no fashion horse but have recently started wearing suspenders instead of a belt and was surprised to find in my on-line research that is trending.

Also have worn a necktie more beginning last Thanksgiving than I've done in years. Did a tie-tuck into my shirt for New Year's Eve dinner casual sans jacket. Who would have thought there was so much varied opinion on do or not-do on that?

Not a resolution and definitely not fashion horse but am determined to pay closer attention to dressing out-of-house in 2024.
 
My mom called people "clothes" horses not fashion horses and this meant they were appearance conscious. Yes, I'm glamorous but also comfortable. People usually like the way I present myself which is simple but tasteful and once in a while, elegant.

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I googled the origin of "clothes horse" and didn't find an exact explanation of where the term originated. But it does say that the term used to mean a wooden frame used for drying or airing out clothing. Maybe it stood on four legs and sort of resembled a horse. Other useful items were also called horses, such as sawhorse and iron horse (locomotive). A person who works very hard can be called a workhorse. But how the term got translated into somebody who is often elegantly dressed remains obscure.
 

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