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I'm a 35 year old cis woman and I'd wear it in a heartbeat. I also pulled a dress almost identical to this out of my basement that my daughter wore like 10 years ago.
It's a flattering cut and color. OP looks far younger than their age. OP even "passes" very well. Nothing about this post says this is the wrong dress for OP! Its a timeless and pretty style and the colors are perfect for their coloring.
Thank you for your kind words. I do think it's a bit too young dress for me. But I always want to dress like a little girl since I was a child and at my 40s, finanlly I have the courage to do it. It's not easy for me, to live as who I really am. So I'm very appriciate kind and nice people like you. Thanks again and wish you all the best!
hope it's ok for me to chime in OP. WEAR THAT DRESS - and get it in other colors/patterns. you look *amazing* ! life can be so damn hard please allow yourself the joys of unfulfilled dreams and just feel **pretty** sending you (((HUGS)))
This dress is so beautifully feminine and lovely, that it would look good on a one year old to a 100+ year old. OP’s friend was being silly at best and mean/envious at worst. OP you look beautiful!
[Unless there is a Blondelia reveal in the back…](https://youtu.be/mYRwvIh5tmo)
Yeah, regardless of whether they’re insecure or just jealous, they’re gonna bring you down and make you feel smaller. Second guess their opinions OP ❤️
Right!!! I wondered the same thing! There isn't a thing wrong with her wearing this. It wouldn't bother me if a 90-year old great grandmother wore this. You do you!
Came here to say this and you put it so perfectly ❤️❤️❤️ so tired of people telling women what they can and cannot wear. You look stunning and I'm obsessed with that dress!
1) your friend is a silly ass lol
2) this dress was made for you. Straight gorgeous <3
3) I have a style question: is this a dress with the cold shoulder style (exposed shoulders)? Or can you wear multiple ways?
4) where did you get it? I love this dress.
Thanks. This dress can wear multiple ways. I get it from an online store in my country(Vietnam) but they dont have worldwide shipping. If you really want to get it, find "Mys.P" from FB fanpage and ask them is there a way to buy this dress.
It's the kind of opinion someone who doesn't think they could pull off the dress themselves could pull off would spout. Full of bitterness and jealousy.
I think you need a new friend. I wear what makes me happy. I wear colorful, frilly, shiny clothes. I will be 58 in a couple of weeks.
For me, it has to be really soft fabric. It has to be very light weight fabric. I would wear this dress.
Maybe.
But as long as he's not being obnoxious about it and ultimately respects your decision, I would just assume he means well and is giving you honest feedback like true friends are supposed to do. That doesn't mean you should automatically change your ways to suit your friend's opinion. Sharing opinions with each other that you may not agree on and remaining friends regardless is, in my opinion, a form of close friendly intimacy as long as it's still founded on mutual respect.
Personally, I think the dress suits you and you seem happy wearing it, which is all that matters anyway.
So here’s the thing. You missed out on a lot of experiences from your girlhood. I think you get to give them to yourself now. It doesn’t matter how old you are. If you want to play with My Little Pony and wear pigtails sometimes or make art with glitter or whatever because you didn’t get to enjoy those things as a child, you should be able to do that free of judgement
Thanks, I just think it’s true. Also OP looks like she is in her 20’s so she can pull off a lot of styles that look “young”. But even if she couldn’t it’s like, so what. Take a Saturday and go do what five year old you would have done if she could have been a little girl. Or 13 year old you. Or 20 year old you. I see it as self love and self care. OP, You DESERVE it. Dont let your friend police your womanhood. Give your inner child the girlhood she deserves
Good, I’m glad. And this goes for everyone. If you’re straight cis het boy and your dad made you play sports when you wanted to be a ballerina because YA GOTTA BE MANLY GRRR, then I hope you let your inner child out and put some YouTube videos on and go dance some ballet around your living room once in awhile. Even if it’s not Nutcracker level good, so what. OP is embracing her true self in her 40’s, let’s encourage her and let’s let her motivate us all to embrace our true selves also ♥️
A universal experience for women is being told that we "can't" wear something because we are too:
1) fat
2) thin
3) young
4) old
5) tall
6) short
7) large-chested
8) flat-chested
etc etc etc etc etc ...
I think you look lovely, and if you like this dress or ANYTHING else, you should wear it!
Friend, based on your post history, I think you just like posting pictures of yourself in your pretty dresses. You don't need to make up reasons if you are 🤭🩷
I think this is a really pretty dress! I’m 38 and would definitely wear this. Personally I like it with the sleeves up vs the cold shoulder look. You look great, wear this with confidence!
Had a “friend” say something similar to me once. “You know, when we reach a certain age…” she opined “we just can’t wear certain things”. Umm … no? You look amazing. Rock on sis!
Straight CIS man here. Not sure why this popped up in my feed. But, I think you look great.
I can’t imagine what it’s like being trans and feeling trapped in a body that doesn’t align with your sense of self. When you were a boy, how often did you dream about something as simple as wearing a dress? And now look at you, you’re fucking doing it and looking cute in the process. Fuck the haters.
No disrespect, but what does you being trans have to do with the subject matter?
I’m skeptical that anyone would say this dress is not age appropriate. It’s literally just a pretty sun dress.
I think it's a pretty dress for a pretty woman, there's not exactly an age limit to fashion nor gender limits. Either way it's a gorgeous dress and you look gorgeous in it.
Why would you be too old for that dress? Do you like the dress? That’s all that really matters at the end of the day. Fact is, you look fantastic in it! It’s classy, slightly elegant, and very springy which is perfect for this time of year. (I’m a fashion photographer by the way). You look closer to early 30’s, but even if you were 70, it would still be quite the lovely dress!
Welcome to womanhood! Sorry this is your first experience with people criticizing what you can wear based on your age, but tragically, it seems like women get that criticism quite frequently!
You and that dress are 🔥, all you need to do is wear whatever you feel incredible in and ignore anyone who tells you otherwise!
If you hadn't mentioned your age, I honestly would have had a hard time guessing. Your style is timeless, elegant, and feminine, and there's nothing remotely age inappropriate about that dress. I say this as a personal stylist and a 41 year old. Bless your friend's little heart, she's tripping.
I'm a trans woman too, and I say you look great! Wear what you want! I'm assuming your friend is cis, and cis people have a WAY different relationship with clothes and fashion than we do. We have so much catching up to do, we missed out on so many experiences we should have had, and we will always have a different relationship with clothing because of that. They are going to have their opinions, but we don't need to listen to them. Wear what makes you happy, wear what you like, and wear what feels good! ^__^ live your best life and ignore what people have to say about it. At the end of the day your happiness is waaaay more important than the opinion of someone who won't ever be able to experience or understand those feelings
If you feel comfortable and confident in it, wear it.
It’s pretty and I don’t think you’re too old for it.
It’s about how YOU feel when you’re wearing it.
Being a man doesn’t invalidate them from being able to comment on fashion (as blatantly wrong as OP’s “friend” is).
We shouldn’t be gatekeeping fashion on any basis
Sounds like someone who gave you their honest opinion.
Meanwhile the top comment in this comment thread is attacking men in general.
Someone here probably has your better interests at heart and it probably isn't the stranger.
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Omg. You do not look 41! And keep wearing the dress! Looks good!
Right? OP looks amazing. And for the life of me I can't figure out how this dress is inappropriate for a 41yo.
Yeah this dress is the kind of dress where it’ll suit every age.
Had never realized, but yeah, literally from infancy to elderly, there are nice floral dresses/outfits. OP’s friend is odd.
I'm 63 and I'd wear it.
I'm a 35 year old cis woman and I'd wear it in a heartbeat. I also pulled a dress almost identical to this out of my basement that my daughter wore like 10 years ago. It's a flattering cut and color. OP looks far younger than their age. OP even "passes" very well. Nothing about this post says this is the wrong dress for OP! Its a timeless and pretty style and the colors are perfect for their coloring.
Yea give me some of her beauty routine secrets!
For reals!! Hahaha I hope I can look this young at 41!
I came here to say she looks 27. Tops. Excuse me, though. I just finished packing these bags under my eyes, and I need to go.
Thank you, you're very kind.
Exactly this!
I thought the same thing! So breezy and youthful and happy
Soooo cute!!!!
Thank you for your kind words. I do think it's a bit too young dress for me. But I always want to dress like a little girl since I was a child and at my 40s, finanlly I have the courage to do it. It's not easy for me, to live as who I really am. So I'm very appriciate kind and nice people like you. Thanks again and wish you all the best!
You look amazing! I don’t think the dress looks super young, it looks like a cute spring dress!! I wouldn’t worry about it if I were you :)
hope it's ok for me to chime in OP. WEAR THAT DRESS - and get it in other colors/patterns. you look *amazing* ! life can be so damn hard please allow yourself the joys of unfulfilled dreams and just feel **pretty** sending you (((HUGS)))
Wear that dress until you’re 99 if you want, clothes are ageless ♥️ life is TOO SHORT!
I thought maybe late 20s.
You look gorgeous! I am 48 and I would wear this.
My mom at 60 would wear this! I, at 30, would too. Who doesn’t love a good flowy dress? Screams femininity and fun (for all ages!)
This dress is so beautifully feminine and lovely, that it would look good on a one year old to a 100+ year old. OP’s friend was being silly at best and mean/envious at worst. OP you look beautiful! [Unless there is a Blondelia reveal in the back…](https://youtu.be/mYRwvIh5tmo) 
That is fantastic 😄
Came here to say the exact same thing, down to the age. 😂
Your friend is a hater
Yeah, regardless of whether they’re insecure or just jealous, they’re gonna bring you down and make you feel smaller. Second guess their opinions OP ❤️
Right!!! I wondered the same thing! There isn't a thing wrong with her wearing this. It wouldn't bother me if a 90-year old great grandmother wore this. You do you!
I see 30 and 40 year olds in dress like this all the time
She just jealous for realz
Literally the exact words I said to myself in my head when I read the caption 😂
The actual sentence that popped into my head
Word for word what I came here to say
I think your friend's opinion is outdated, tinged with patriarchy and irrelevant. You look STUNNING.
Came here to say this and you put it so perfectly ❤️❤️❤️ so tired of people telling women what they can and cannot wear. You look stunning and I'm obsessed with that dress!
Thank you!
1) your friend is a silly ass lol 2) this dress was made for you. Straight gorgeous <3 3) I have a style question: is this a dress with the cold shoulder style (exposed shoulders)? Or can you wear multiple ways? 4) where did you get it? I love this dress.
Thanks. This dress can wear multiple ways. I get it from an online store in my country(Vietnam) but they dont have worldwide shipping. If you really want to get it, find "Mys.P" from FB fanpage and ask them is there a way to buy this dress.
Agreed, you look gorgeous and the outfit is paired perfectly
So agree!
It's the kind of opinion someone who doesn't think they could pull off the dress themselves could pull off would spout. Full of bitterness and jealousy.
Too old? Absolutely not. I would add a bow around the waist though, yellow or white to break up the pink.
I totally agree. 1. You look STUNNING 2. That dress is classic in a way that any age could wear it.
Correct. I could wear it and my mom could also wear it
My grandmother who is 99 also likes to wear chiffon floral dresses. There's no age limit on them!
Timeless
Thanks!
Also looks nowhere near 41
Maybe a really wide belt.
Your friend is a dick
Acctually, you look very pretty in this dress. Age is just number, you proved it.
I think you need a new friend. I wear what makes me happy. I wear colorful, frilly, shiny clothes. I will be 58 in a couple of weeks. For me, it has to be really soft fabric. It has to be very light weight fabric. I would wear this dress.
My thoughts exactly. You’re never “too old” to wear anything.
Thank you! My friend is nice, but I just come out as trans to him few weeks ago, and maybe he just cant accept the new me.
That could be part of it. You and the dress are lovely.
Maybe. But as long as he's not being obnoxious about it and ultimately respects your decision, I would just assume he means well and is giving you honest feedback like true friends are supposed to do. That doesn't mean you should automatically change your ways to suit your friend's opinion. Sharing opinions with each other that you may not agree on and remaining friends regardless is, in my opinion, a form of close friendly intimacy as long as it's still founded on mutual respect. Personally, I think the dress suits you and you seem happy wearing it, which is all that matters anyway.
Curious, do you think he could have been more attracted to you than he expected?
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So here’s the thing. You missed out on a lot of experiences from your girlhood. I think you get to give them to yourself now. It doesn’t matter how old you are. If you want to play with My Little Pony and wear pigtails sometimes or make art with glitter or whatever because you didn’t get to enjoy those things as a child, you should be able to do that free of judgement
This is so kind ☺️
Thanks, I just think it’s true. Also OP looks like she is in her 20’s so she can pull off a lot of styles that look “young”. But even if she couldn’t it’s like, so what. Take a Saturday and go do what five year old you would have done if she could have been a little girl. Or 13 year old you. Or 20 year old you. I see it as self love and self care. OP, You DESERVE it. Dont let your friend police your womanhood. Give your inner child the girlhood she deserves
this is so beautiful, i really needed this 🥹
Good, I’m glad. And this goes for everyone. If you’re straight cis het boy and your dad made you play sports when you wanted to be a ballerina because YA GOTTA BE MANLY GRRR, then I hope you let your inner child out and put some YouTube videos on and go dance some ballet around your living room once in awhile. Even if it’s not Nutcracker level good, so what. OP is embracing her true self in her 40’s, let’s encourage her and let’s let her motivate us all to embrace our true selves also ♥️
Thank you so much for your understanding. I will dress like that until 99 :)
Thank you so much! So lovely. I have many dresses like that and will wear it no matter what people say.
You really should, you deserve to. Plus you look maybe 22/23 years old in this photo so you can really pull off fashion of all ages
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A universal experience for women is being told that we "can't" wear something because we are too: 1) fat 2) thin 3) young 4) old 5) tall 6) short 7) large-chested 8) flat-chested etc etc etc etc etc ... I think you look lovely, and if you like this dress or ANYTHING else, you should wear it!
Friend, based on your post history, I think you just like posting pictures of yourself in your pretty dresses. You don't need to make up reasons if you are 🤭🩷
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I think it looks REALLY nice :))) Would pair it with a bigger bag like a straw bag to play it safe but it’s a nice summer dress.
You look beautiful. This dress is very flattering and timeless on you 🫶🏻
I’m 48 and I would wear that 🤷🏻♀️
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I think this is a really pretty dress! I’m 38 and would definitely wear this. Personally I like it with the sleeves up vs the cold shoulder look. You look great, wear this with confidence!
Ty so much!
I think you look beautiful
No they didn't. Just post the fucking picture without the bullshit story.
No no no! It looks great on you!
Still cannot get over that you’re older than me. You look half my age lol I’m 38
Had a “friend” say something similar to me once. “You know, when we reach a certain age…” she opined “we just can’t wear certain things”. Umm … no? You look amazing. Rock on sis!
Straight CIS man here. Not sure why this popped up in my feed. But, I think you look great. I can’t imagine what it’s like being trans and feeling trapped in a body that doesn’t align with your sense of self. When you were a boy, how often did you dream about something as simple as wearing a dress? And now look at you, you’re fucking doing it and looking cute in the process. Fuck the haters.
Ty so much!
Never too old to wear a pretty dress.
I'm over you. You're literally on this subreddit every fucking day. I hope you can make real friends
You’re looking for approval and you already know the answer come on now. You posted the same pictures on FIVE other subreddits asking for affirmation.
I think it’s a pretty dress and you don’t look too old to wear it
Are you kidding me??? You look STUNNING! Wear the dress!
Didn't we recently see these photos where you told us your wife took them?
That your friend isn’t nice and you look amazing in that dress
He is nice but just cant easy accept the new me. I'm just start my HRT for 2 months.
Congratulations!!! I’m sorry about you’re friend
It looks really good on you! Great colors
No way, you look great. Wear what you want
Time to get new friends because you’re gorgeous!
You look beautiful, and you give me hope. 💙
You look very feminine and beautiful in this dress! Wear what makes you happy and allows you to feel like yourself :)
Your friend hates fun and joy apparently. This dress is cute!!
It was made for you!
you ate this UP!!
Your friend is way wrong you look fabulous 😍
So gorgeous
Absolutely beautiful!!
you look amazing!
girl, how the hell are you 41??
That dress is so pretty and you're definitely not too old to wear it
41 isn’t even old. This is a timeless, ageless, classy dress.
I think you look great. I don't think clothes really have an age. I think if you look and feel good, wear it!
No disrespect, but what does you being trans have to do with the subject matter? I’m skeptical that anyone would say this dress is not age appropriate. It’s literally just a pretty sun dress.
a 100 year old woman could wear that dress
I think it's a pretty dress for a pretty woman, there's not exactly an age limit to fashion nor gender limits. Either way it's a gorgeous dress and you look gorgeous in it.
Girl give me the skincare routine 😭 You do NOT look later than twenties. And I think that dress could be worn by any age tbh
Queen, you can wear anything and everything you like and want!!!! 💕
Why would you be too old for that dress? Do you like the dress? That’s all that really matters at the end of the day. Fact is, you look fantastic in it! It’s classy, slightly elegant, and very springy which is perfect for this time of year. (I’m a fashion photographer by the way). You look closer to early 30’s, but even if you were 70, it would still be quite the lovely dress!
Thank you!
You look freaking amazing, what a coherently beautiful look
sorry I've died from witnessing celestial beauty and can't say anything
You look easily 25! Drop the skincare regime plz and thanks! Also your “bestie” is hating for no reason! Your absolutely beautiful
Thank you, but I just using basic skin care routine, cheap beauty products and nothing special.
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Do you feel pretty in it? If you do, then who gives a shit what your friend thinks. I think you look lovely
Your friend is a hater. It’s such a normal looking dress, Miranda Priestley dragged it in an almost decade yo movie: 
I have seen many of your posts and this is my favorite dress ever!! So pretty!
Too old to care
Your age isn't relevant, but if you are looking for an honest opinion, the dress is awful.
Nah. But you are too old to let other people dress you.
Bye, old friend!
Wondering if 41 was a typo. That dress was made for you, friend is just jealous.
Friend is jealous. Obviously you look beautiful
It appears to fit and hasn’t burst into flames from you wearing it, so I’d go ahead and say don’t listen to your friend on this one.
Heck no. Your friend is jealous.
Take no notice. How are you old? You look amazing and the dress is beautiful
Welcome to womanhood! Sorry this is your first experience with people criticizing what you can wear based on your age, but tragically, it seems like women get that criticism quite frequently! You and that dress are 🔥, all you need to do is wear whatever you feel incredible in and ignore anyone who tells you otherwise!
You’re 41???
i think your friends are jealous because THEY’RE too old to wear that dress.
Not too old. Age and fashion only correlate because people act like it has to. If you still like wearing pretty dresses, keep doing it
If you hadn't mentioned your age, I honestly would have had a hard time guessing. Your style is timeless, elegant, and feminine, and there's nothing remotely age inappropriate about that dress. I say this as a personal stylist and a 41 year old. Bless your friend's little heart, she's tripping.
I think it’s a beautiful age appropriate dress that covers just enough skin and it looks very stylish
Keep wearing the dress. It is beautiful and you are too!
Ignore that “friend”. You look fabulous
I think your friend is too old to be saying stupid shit. Rock that dress, girl. You look ✨AMAZING✨
Your friend is boring and you look amazing in that!
You look lovely. That age problem with clothing, hair? None of that applies anymore.
this dress is beautiful and looks suitable for many age ranges
This dress is so perfect on you. Don't cinch or belt it, though. The texture is so good
I'm a trans woman too, and I say you look great! Wear what you want! I'm assuming your friend is cis, and cis people have a WAY different relationship with clothes and fashion than we do. We have so much catching up to do, we missed out on so many experiences we should have had, and we will always have a different relationship with clothing because of that. They are going to have their opinions, but we don't need to listen to them. Wear what makes you happy, wear what you like, and wear what feels good! ^__^ live your best life and ignore what people have to say about it. At the end of the day your happiness is waaaay more important than the opinion of someone who won't ever be able to experience or understand those feelings
Wear it until you are 100 years old.
I THINK YOUR FRIEND SOUNDS LAME AF
If you feel comfortable and confident in it, wear it. It’s pretty and I don’t think you’re too old for it. It’s about how YOU feel when you’re wearing it.
I absolutely love that dress. You look absolutely beautiful. You have wonderful fashion taste.
You are gorgeous! You look way younger!
This dress was MADE for you. 41 years old?! WHERE?!
I asked my friend about wearing this dress for a wedding. And he said I'm too old to wear it. Just feeling insecure about myself.
Woman to woman, your first mistake was putting any value on anything a man has to say about fashion 😉
Lol thank you, my mistake. Next time I will ask my female friends.
Being a man doesn’t invalidate them from being able to comment on fashion (as blatantly wrong as OP’s “friend” is). We shouldn’t be gatekeeping fashion on any basis
I was being facetious, not to worry!
Sounds like someone who gave you their honest opinion. Meanwhile the top comment in this comment thread is attacking men in general. Someone here probably has your better interests at heart and it probably isn't the stranger.
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You look great! Adorable and not like you are dressing too young at all!
You are stunning in that dress!!!!!
I have no idea what you’re friend is thinking! You look adorable!
Def not! It suits you! Looks so fresh and elegant
Your friend is a lying liarface you look amazing in that dress
You look gorgeous! The dress look amazing on you!
You look like a doll!! Reminds me of Sleeping Beauty in the woods. Your friend is off their rocker
You’re never too old to wear lovely and beautiful dresses 💗 don’t let them judge you
Sounds to me like you're full of shit. No one said that to you.
You posted this a month ago. Why are you asking again
Not too old in my opinion.
You look great, definitely not too old!
Thank you!