I was out driving the other day. A beautiful spring day here. Lovely weather.
As I drove through the city, I noticed something sad. I hope it improves into summer. I think only about 1 in 15 GGs were wearing either a dress or skirt. All the others were in either pants or shorts.
Funny. Many of us CDers would love to go out in a nice dress or skirt and it seems all the GGs are going out in pants and shorts. Hmmmmmm
Oh no. Say it isn't so.
Do you mean to tell me this non dress epidemic has now spread to Australia too?
Oh, the humanity!
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I'm not complaining!! Over half the women at work wear skirts or dresses and the number has been growing every year. Its amazing but the younger women dress up more that the older ones! Even when I go downtown Pittsburgh I see a lot more dresses and skirts than a decade ago!
Hi Angela,
Up here in Brisbane it's quite the opposite. Great for getting ideas for myself, but it also has the side effect of dramatically increasing my desire to get into my own femme outfits.
Tash
Are you really going to start this again?What are they doing? Are they running errands amidst a hectic kid filled day? Are they working? And is that work manual labor or is it 'no labor'? When I'm out, I don't want to have to worry about my dress/skirt being blown up when I suddenly have to reach for a child or a grocery cart. I can't chase after my 2yo in high heels. BEFORE you pass judgement, think about what they may doing in their day. My husband thinks I look great in ANYTHING I wear. He does not judge me for not wearing skirts, b/c he understands how busy a woman's day can be and the benefits of dressing comfortably.
You know my favoret trick when I want to doll up and go outI use Suday about the time church is letting out and women still dress in dresses to go to church.
Now I can go anywhere and blend in with the church women who do odds and ends after church
i would say sydney is a dress and skirt town unless you head to the western subs.
the outfits that bug me are dresses or skirts with ugg boots :|
mind you the skirts are getting shorter every time i drivein town lol not saying its a bad thing
J'lynn, it's not a judgment or a criticism. It's merely a lament, that's all. It's nothing to get angry over.
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I think the observation can be applied also to guys. And, I do not mean guys in dresses or skirts. How many guys out and about wear a shirt with a collar, let alone a tie? And, do guys own slacks or dress pants? How about dress shoes? I think the extremely casual attire goes beyond running for a gallon of milk, gassing up the car, etc. Too many people do not take pride in their appearance. It's not just a casual look, but, also the entire package. Look like a slob, feel like a slob.
My wife and I went to a play recently. You'd think we had gone to a company picnic.
I remember when i was younger, women all women wore dresses and skirts. On Sundays i would go to church and every women had a dress or skirt on and the best part that would drive me crazy was that little slip showing. Women even in the office don't wear skirts anymore. My wife doe's not wear skirts or dresses unless it's a special event and in the summer i would tell her look at all these beautiful summer dresses, if i was able to i would wear one every day.
These are the times which try men's souls! Hey, that is a great idea! Go out dressed up, Sunday morns, and blend in easier! Thanks ladies!
Well, having experienced it from both sides I can't really blame GGs for eschewing skirts at times. Pants are just a lot more convenient and easier to wear then skirts and dresses.
As CDers, we love the novelty of skirts and dresses. It's a marvelously liberating experience to dress in clothes that are so different that those we're normally forced to wear. We learn that there are special techniques required to wear these clothes. Brushing one's skirt forward when sitting, keeping one's knees together, and dozens of other tricks are entertaining for us to learn but annoyances for GGs who just want to get on with whatever they are doing. I don't blame them for utilizing their right to wear whatever they desire in order to be as comfortable as possible.
For special occasions and situations, women are willing to put up with a bit of annoyance and discomfort, just as men are willing to put on suits and ties that are less comfortable than jeans and T-shirts.
Just as our society has become more informal in male dress it has also become informal in female dress. Look at old photographs. 60 years ago men would not consider going out in public without wearing a proper suit with tie and hat. Women had similar strictures on their dress. Both genders wear considerably more comfortable clothing these days and I'm not willing to go back!
Eryn
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I don't work in an office, but things in SE Pennsyvania sound about as good as in the West, as our reliable friend Karen reports. I love day & career wear and it's easy to 'blend in' these days in center city in a nice skirt suit or dress. I've even seem young women wearing nude sheer hose!!!!!
Best,
SS
Actually my wife has a part time job now, and very often she will get dressed up in a nice dress or suit, with pantyhose and the whole kit. It is very nice to see for a change.
my sister's reply when I told her how I prefer to dress
"Everyone has there thing, all that matters is that you are happy, love what you do and who you do it with"
Here in this frozen wasteland called Wisconsin we have two seasons, winter and August. In some places the snow doesn't melt until mid May so the GGs are in pants until the asphalt starts to melt. If they wore dresses and skirts their legs would turn blue from frostbite. Anyway, it seems that way.
It's nice to look at GGs in dresses and skirts but alas, there are very few places where you can see them. Perhaps some day the tide will turn and women will be dressed in drab and we'll get all the pretty clothes for ourselves.
Luv andJill
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Nothing quite like the feeling of wearing a dress!
Chicks don't wear dresses anymore! Well, thats what I asked my wife today and she said, "Not really" We are celebrating out 10 wedding anniversary this weekend and I wanted to buy her a nice dress for the occasion. She never wears dresses, in fact I own more than her, lol. But she wont wear any of mine, darn it. I never found anything nice in the stores today. All the nice stuff is online. Poo.
Well it is november so fall and winter fashions have taken over. I still like dresses but I only own 2. I just can never seem to find a dress that i like that fits.
Calm down, it was an innocent observation, and not "judgment" in any way. She did not form an opinion of who they were as human beings, just a comment on what they were wearing.Originally Posted by J'lyn GG
Are you really going to start this again?
I have a couple of dresses that fit okay, but none of them are terribly flattering. A good dress is hard to find.
Actually, my SO used to wear pants almost exclusively to work; she works in an office setting where she either sits at a computer or instructs staff. But recently, we found some really pretty outfits for her to wear and now she wears almost exclusively skirts and dresses to work. It was a result of a very interesting turn of events that I described in an earlier post--you can read my post on that topic here:Are you really going to start this again?
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J'lynn, I really don't agree with your position that the activities most GG's do all day requires them to wear pants instead of dresses and skirts. There was a time not long ago--and I am old enough to remember it--when women wore MOSTLY dresses and skirts. Back then it was rare for a woman to wear pants, even when out taking care of kids. There was no great turmoil of women's dresses and skirts flying up everywhere. It was just what women wore back then. And it was that way for hundreds and thousands of years before that. Just take a look at films that depict the early sixties, the fifties, and the years before--the women were all wearing skirts and dresses. Only in the last fifty years have women started wearing pants as a regular form of attire. And they did so as a result of a cultural revolution.
Many things changed with that cultural revolution, and the roles of men and women have changed dramatically as well. But in my opinion, it was nicer when women dressed more feminine. Dresses show off the attractiveness of the female figure more than pants. Skirts show off a woman's curves in a way that is flattering to her. Skirts and dresses are cooler than pants and they are more comfortable to wear. I know this now because I have worn both.
In my opinion, if a woman is going to get defensive because men like to see women in dresses and skirts more, then I think that she is just insecure in her femininity. I believe if more women expressed their femininity, that men would show their appreciation for that femininity and as a result women would be happier. But that's just my opinion.
It has certainly happened that way in my own relationship with my SO. She now wears dresses and skirts frequently, and she receives my unreserved adulation for cultivating her femininity in our relationship. We are both much happier now that she wears more dresses and skirts, and she even says so now that she loves to wear them.
My SO tells me that she has gotten questioned by the women in her office; "why are you wearing so many dresses and skirts now?" And she tells me that she answers them, "because I like to dress feminine!" She says that now several other women in her office (her office is staffed almost exclusively with women) have taken to wearing more dresses and skirts.
We've started a trend!
Last edited by Dana7; 11-11-2011 at 02:33 PM.
[SIZE="2"]At "Diva Las Vegas" I noticed that the most noticeable difference between the TGs & GGs is the TGs were wearing skirts or dresses and the GGs were wearing slacks or capris. [/SIZE]
You may be right, I may have been a little touchy at that moment when I read it. But you also have to agree, that GG's do get a lot of flack for what we do and do not wear on this forum. And it gets irritiating to have to keep revisiting the same old subject again and again.
My wife is a professional and I can tell you that she wears suit and skirt on a pretty regular basis. She generally reserves her dresses for formal occassions and those rare clubbing occassions. My step daughter is very much into dresses as well.
Both represent a very small and selective sample, but suggest to me that dresses still have their place, but are not mandatory anymore!
Wish I could find some nice dresses. Seems all the retail stores carry are those for the younger set and nothing for us women. I can barely find anything but gowns and cocktail dresses by me. I wish some of the stores would carry a few nice dresses, I'm tired of skirts and blouses being the only thing in my closet.
I don't wear women's clothes, I wear MY clothes !
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