# Fashions For A 60 Year Old Guy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-for-a-60-year-old-guy/559385 "2010-11-04T00:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-for-a-60-year-old-guy/559385/21 "2010-11-05T01:54:41Z")
I’m 58. Believe me, the only way not to look like an old guy trying to look young is to not try to look young. Dump fashionable t-shirts. The only time to wear a t-shirt is when you’re working in the yard. Stick to polo shirts. Forget pants that fit your form. Face it, no one wants to look at your form. Loose-fitting (not baggy!) jeans and khakis are fine. Embrace your maturity. Buy a suit. Real men look good in suits, mature men look even better, and mature men look great in a tuxedo. Trench coats are an excellent choice. Add a fedora and you’re gold. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-for-a-60-year-old-guy/559385/22 "2010-11-06T02:51:38Z")
I have a t-shirt with a picture of a motel on it and the name written above the picture is “Dick’s Halfway Inn”. Apparently, there’s a place called Halfway in Alaska or somewhere. But the point is, even though I think it’s funny as hell, I’m too embarrassed to wear it in public! [![](https://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/Drummerboy49/billscoot006.jpg) ](https://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/Drummerboy49/billscoot006.jpg) Can you zoom in on it? This is me on my scooter. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-for-a-60-year-old-guy/559385/23 "2010-11-06T15:00:45Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > I have a t-shirt with a picture of a motel on it and the name written above the picture is “Dick’s Halfway Inn”. > > Apparently, there’s a place called Halfway in Alaska or somewhere. > > But the point is, even though I think it’s funny as hell, I’m too embarrassed to wear it in public! > > [http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/Drummerboy49/billscoot006.jpg](http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/Drummerboy49/billscoot006.jpg) > > Can you zoom in on it? This is me on my scooter. > > Thanks > > Q That’s [Skinny Dick’s Halfway Inn](http://www.skinnydicksak.com/skinnydicksak/index.php). I’m 63. I wear jeans and a Carhartt pocket tee almost ever single day. I don’t care what people think. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-for-a-60-year-old-guy/559385/24 "2010-11-06T15:11:00Z")
**Quasi**? They’re right: you do NOT look 60. When I saw the thread title, I thought of [this story](http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/11/05/disguise-csba-airplane.html), but then I rralized it wasn’t “fashions to _make_ a 60-year-old guy”. And anyways, the guy in the linked story looked more like 90. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-for-a-60-year-old-guy/559385/25 "2010-11-06T19:38:23Z")
Thanks, **Sunspace** , I try to keep myself young- _thinking_ anyway, and I really believe that being a member here has helped me to do that. Those eyes, though? Those are OLD eyes. I have been told that I have something called “hooding” and that I could have that fixed and it would not be considered cosmetic, but I don’t yet have Medicare so, I can’t do anything about it. **Chefguy** , thanks for the clarification! That’s even funnier than what I have on the shirt! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-for-a-60-year-old-guy/559385/26 "2010-11-06T19:44:16Z")
Dude. You’re 60. You can wear what you want. Go for the Lederhosen! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-for-a-60-year-old-guy/559385/27 "2010-11-06T19:45:59Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Thanks, **Sunspace** , I try to keep myself young- _thinking_ anyway, and I really believe that being a member here has helped me to do that. > > Those eyes, though? Those are OLD eyes. I have been told that I have something called “hooding” and that I could have that fixed and it would not be considered cosmetic, but I don’t yet have Medicare so, I can’t do anything about it. > > **Chefguy** , thanks for the clarification! That’s even funnier than what I have on the shirt! A Google search turned up several "Dick’s Halfway Inn"s: one in Puerto Vallarta; a Big Dick’s Halfway Inn in Missouri, etc. Skinny Dick’s is between Nenana and Fairbanks, AK ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-for-a-60-year-old-guy/559385/28 "2010-11-06T22:10:12Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Dude. You’re 60. You can wear what you want. > > Go for the Lederhosen! 😃 My friend **John**! Been missing you, Dude! 🙂 As soon as I can, I plan to get my passport updated and make a trip home to get some Lederhosen and some other Bavarian traditional wear. Count on it! Thanks! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-for-a-60-year-old-guy/559385/29 "2010-11-07T05:14:19Z")
When you’re 60, wear whatever you damn please. I don’t think the number 60 is really significant. IMO, a person is either dead or alive. If alive, enjoy it while you can. Just adding that I’m over 60, so all that is said without a trace of snarkiness. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-for-a-60-year-old-guy/559385/30 "2010-11-07T06:30:12Z")
This is for my sweet friend **Mood** hopin’ she ain’t blue on account of she’s got me for a friend!..[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLJ70-jT0yM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLJ70-jT0yM) ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-for-a-60-year-old-guy/559385/31 "2010-11-09T05:21:35Z")
Thanks, Quasi. I’m surprised at how good that version is, btw. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-for-a-60-year-old-guy/559385.md?page=1)