I occasionaly wear braces to hold my trousers up as an alternative to a belt, My Mum is constantly slating me..like, 'you look like an old man in those', 'They're the opposite of cool', 'they are NOT fashionable' etc; I completely disagree and say who is the judge of that then? So opinions gratefully received.
As a rule of thumb you should never take fashion advice off your mum. The things your parents think are cool will be 20 years out of date.
My daughters come to me for fashion advice quite a lot, my younger daughter (23) is always raiding my wardrobe. Not all parents are old fashioned and out of touch :)