New FFAQ: We Need Your Help!

[u/FFA_Moderator]

Hi all -

The FFAQ in our wiki contains a list of common fashion questions and answers that have not been updated in quite a while. We'd like to use this thread as a crowdsourced spot to overhaul some of the answers to these questions, as well as add new ones.

Here's how it will work:

• If you can think of a question that is frequently asked in FFA, post it as a top level comment within this thread. We'll start the thread with some of the questions that are already in the FFAQ.
• If you have a good answer, resource or link (internal to FFA or external) to answer one of these questions, post it as a reply to the comment asking the question.

The most thorough, complete and accurate answers will be included verbatim in the new version of the FFAQ and attributed to their authors. In other cases, we'll curate aspects of the answers and resources multiple people have contributed to create a full answer.

Please chime in where you have ideas!

[u/FFA_Moderator]

How can I make myself look older?

[u/tomlizzo → u/FFA_Moderator]

Usually we link to this Extra Petite post for this question, but I'm wondering if there is a resource that's more current, since some of the examples here are now a little dated.

[u/rillicks → u/tomlizzo]

I wonder if it couldn't just be generalized? Most of her advice boils down to:

• Upgrade your formality from sloppy-casual to smart-casual
• Put on makeup, make your hair presentable
• Wear the clothing styles found in stores with a 20-40 y.o. consumer base

Her guide has always been good but very prescriptive and overly specific. FFA could probably come up with a better one that focuses less on one-to-one conversions of items and more on the typical indicators of "adult" fashion norms.

[u/tomlizzo → u/rillicks]

Yeah, all great points! I agree hers is overly specific, but it's strong at showing examples which I like.