Over at ApacheDug's blog, he has pictures of his niece, who tried on various pencil outfits, for homecoming.

Well, Dug was a bit taken back, evidently.  Those outfits were skimpy.  Later, in the post, he showed pictures of three girls, from his highschool past (1979) wearing formal gowns.  Prom or homecoming?  Not sure.  My question is, are gowns becoming out of fashion for school functions?  

Anyway, Dug, it's not a mere old age thing, (as if being 60 and above is some sort of crime) it's a decency thing.

Sure, your 17 year old niece looks hot in all those pictures.  In five years, she'll still look hot, still turn heads.  Even in ten years, when she is 27, she'll be able to flaunt it, cause she got it.  Of course, i am assuming she works out and steers clear of junk food - alot of people do just that - but the years continue.  

So, ten years of looking real good, getting lots of opportunities to date (that is, if men and women still go on dates...not sure, married 27 years, widowed 3).  Anyway, 10 years, maybe 15) is long enough for fashion habits to become deeply entrenched.

Lydia's posts come to mind ... she had a lovely website about modest clothing, oh but the trolls chewed. her. up - bigtime.   Even slander, woah!   Anyway, the gentle lady had explained that as a woman ages, if she's been wearing skimpy stuff from slender youth, that becomes a habit - one that is really hard to get past.

So, hot 17 year old girls in prom gowns, and modest attire in general, will transition far, far better, as the years go by.  Those same late 70s prom gowns, by the way, were available in size 16.  In other words, the girl's grandmothers may have chosen very similar dresses to wear for a 50th wedding anniversary - and looked quite lovely.

Yes, a few times, seen it happen with my own eyes.  Old men's eyes will light up when seeing a nicely dressed old woman - even if she's not skinny.  It doesn't come off as lust either, but something else..along the lines of, "thanks for doing your part in keeping America beautiful."  The old dunkard women, selling pies outside the farm and feed store, they always look nice. 

More later, there's yard work to do.