I think a person may dress more modestly as he gets older but not necessarily more conservatively. That depends on what that person does. To a degree, a person conforms to expections. You would expect a banker to dress conservatively and an artist to dress more fashionably, for want of a better word. This would be true for both men and women and no matter how old they were (or how attractive they were). There is also the matter of their "station in life," which is an unfortunate sounding expression but you might expect the bank president to dress a little better than the bank teller. You might also expect the art teacher to dress a little better than the art student, too. You know how at a college campus you can almost tell which school the student is enrolled in by how he is dressed.
Where I went to school the law school was a Greek temple styled building with a portico a few steps up from the sidewalk where the common herd walked by. They would come out and stand there all dressed up in suits and ties and look down on the unwashed masses. By and by they built a new law school building and everyone said they would have some sort of porch where the law students could come out and look down on everyone else. The new building was at least up on the highest hill around.
Nudist don't wear clothes, do they? Therefore all of these issues should disappear. But there are such issues among the nudists, sort of. Naturally it varies among clubs and my experience is limited. However, one such controversy is about fitness and appearance. Should a fat (really fat, that is) person be allowed among the legions of the great undressed? Then there are the issues of tattoos, piercings, hair (again) and so on. I guess we can't escape social problems of appropriateness, appearance and so on, even when we're all naked.
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