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1) What are you wearing?
2) What odd thing do you like to wear?

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Originally posted by Og, King of Bashan:

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Originally posted by cattyish:
1) What are you wearing?
2) What odd thing do you like to wear?

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I thought this was a Christian website!

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Seriously! I already regret my impulse to bare all in the laundry thread, no way I'm going to talk about my shameful clothing.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I'm wearing a white mundh and nothing else. It is sort of like a sarong.
 

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Posted by BessHiggs (# 15176) on :
 
Right now, I'm wearing my work stuff: A T-shirt advertising my bar, cut-off jeans and sensible waitress shoes. Pretty much, that's my wardrobe most of the time, but when I'm loafing around the house, I love wearing my husbands old beat up Carhartt shirts. He wears the heck out of the, and they are so full of holes I can't wear them in public, but they are soft and roomy and comfy (kind of like him )
 

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Posted by Martha (# 185) on :
 
Shorts and sleeveless top. That's pretty much all that's comfortable to wear for 6 months of the year in Texas, with slight variations into airy skirts and summer dresses for posher occasions.

I love wearing big snuggly sweaters but the season for those here is sadly short. Back in the UK in my student days I would wear 3 layers and my beloved camp blanket over the top, for working at my desk.
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
Jeans, as always, and a long sleeved purple top - having just changed out of my smart pin striped work suit.



Quirky wear? My friend hate my (very) colourful hippy jackets and hats - I love 'em!
 

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Posted by chive (# 208) on :
 
I live in my jammies. They're the first thing I put on when I come into the house and I wear them pretty much all the time. Apart from that jeans and a tshirt when I'm going out and a stupid uniform when I'm at work. But basically jammies rule.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
I'm wearing a pair of black seersucker capris with a scoop neck, red tee. I have a mess of seersucker slacks for summer because they are as cool and comfy as shorts. More so, since shorts and I don't get along.

Not actually all that quirky, but I also like casual jersey dresses just to wear around in warm weather. There aren't too many dresses sashaying in the stores and streets around here, but to me they are like wearing lengthened tee-shirts that you don't have to worry about wearing with trousers or shorts. Airy!
 

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Posted by Desert Daughter (# 13635) on :
 
The one and only reason I became an academic (after six years as an elegantly dressed businesswoman ) is that now I can wear Jeans and T-Shirt (or turtleneck sweaters) forever more.
 

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Posted by WhateverTheySay (# 16598) on :
 
Jeans and tshirt.

I like to wear whatever is comfortable and appropriate for the weather, though living in the UK the latter is often difficult.
 

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Posted by leo (# 1458) on :
 
Track suit (chavvy).

Would like to wear a sarong - get some air around my bits.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 

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Originally posted by leo:
Track suit (chavvy).

Would like to wear a sarong - get some air around my bits.

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Originally posted by chive:
I live in my jammies. They're the first thing I put on when I come into the house and I wear them pretty much all the time. Apart from that jeans and a tshirt when I'm going out and a stupid uniform when I'm at work. But basically jammies rule.

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Me too! Although my "jammies" are what most people would consider yoga or exercise pants, plus an old t-shirt and/or sweatshirt (when it's cold).

When I go out, it's jeans and a t-shirt (or sweatshirt when it's cold - never gets too cold around here). Generally black and/or grey, I just feel more comfortable in those (non)colors.

My quirk is that a vast majority of my t-shirts say "Detroit" or something about Detroit. What can I say, I'm homesick.
 

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Posted by PriestWifeMum (# 17200) on :
 
I'm wearing jeans and a t-shirt.

I'm not sure what my clothing quirk is, but you won't catch me in narrow fit jeans. Bootleg all the way. Fashion icon, I am not.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
As I see it, with threads like this I have three options.

1) move right along, nothing to see here. no compulsion to post. No one needs to know.

2) stretch the truth and tell people either a) what you would be wearing if you weren't a sleep deprived fashion accident or b) tell them what you would like them to think you're wearing.

3) be honest and give people a chance to laugh at your own expense.

so, seeing as the first two options are not any fun...

keep in mind I'm a bar tender at a very busy, live music venue and that it's a mere six hours since I got home from one of our busiest nights of the year. and I was tired, folks. I worked hard. so not surprisingly, I fell into bed in my work clothes.

I'm currently drinking my first cup of coffee in a blue wide-necked and baggy long tee with a black fringed scarf still somewhat haphazardly attached to my neck, a black satin bra (the kind it's okay for parts of it to show from under your shirt) a spiked leather bracelet, and fake leather pants. I managed to get the white feather earrings out and the tevas off before I went to bed. I suspect I have a trainwreck of last night's make-up on my face. No doubt I have an excellent example of bed head going on. on the bed side table next to me is my coffee, my phone, a bottle of cold medicine, cough drops, and a messy pile of cash that is my as-yet uncounted tips from last night.

oh, and a stuffed dragon.

now close your eyes and picture that for a moment. yes. you're welcome.

(In my defense - I'd normally be wearing some boring variation on a tee and running shorts for my morning coffee)
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
PS - next to me on my bed, reading a comic book, is a cute blonde 10 year old who slept in his tai kwon do uniform. so at least I fit in.
 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
Blue shorts and blue sleeveless T-shirt. Boring but all I'm interested in is trying to stay cool in this weather. Unfortunately it would not be seemly for me to walk down the street here in Tunisia so shamefully undressed so if I go out I have to put on something more respectable ie cover my knees and preferably my shoulders too...

Unusual stuff I like to wear...most of my clothes are pretty boring really. I need a wardrobe makeover... I look longingly at the beautiful, colourful, sparkly traditional jebbas I see in the souk here and wonder if I as a foreigner would be considered very strange if I wore one. Probably...but I love the look of them. I have a secret love of sparkly bling which you would never guess by looking at what I normally wear.

Oh and Comet, your dragon made me smile. My son has a toy dragon that is his favourite to cuddle in bed!
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
Silver and lapis lazuli jewellry and Diptyque's L’Ombre dans L’Eau .

Oh and clothes of some sort.
 

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Posted by Gay Organ Grinder (# 11833) on :
 
My work uniform. A navy polo shirt with company logo and my first name embroidered on it, navy cotton drill trousers and sloppy joe. If it was summer not very much at this time of the day!!
 

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Posted by Graven Image (# 8755) on :
 
Light weight blue slacks, blue print tank top, thin white long sleeve shirt, and red drop ear rings, red shoes. I was hosting at the senior center today and it had been closed on the 4th so I decided to keep the 4th of July theme going one more day.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 

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Originally posted by Gay Organ Grinder:
My work uniform. A navy polo shirt with company logo and my first name embroidered on it, navy cotton drill trousers and sloppy joe.

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Please explain -- you cannot be wearing what I (and Wikipedia) consider a sloppy joe!

(Not unless you spilled it on the cotton drill trousers.)
 

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Posted by Lothlorien (# 4927) on :
 
Thickish fleece or knit material as an outer layer. Possibly with a hood. Possibly fleecy backed. Occasionally called a windcheater but that's fairly old. Usually not open down the front but more like a jumper (sweater style) as in sense used down here.

Lots of pond differences here in terms. Fleecy backed where I've used it means brushed and fluffy, not fleece garments.

Your use of sloppy joe, which I do understand, would be met with very blank looks here.

[ 05. July 2012, 22:45: Message edited by: Lothlorien ]
 

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Posted by Campbellite (# 1202) on :
 

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Originally posted by no_prophet:
What do I want to wear? I want a Star Trek uniform, and a tricorder, and some Klingon friends to play holodeck adventures with. But how come Star Fleet personnel never wear hats? I want to wear a hat too.

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Originally posted by Campbellite:
[QBGuinan wore a hat. [/QB]

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True. I think Picard would have looked silly in it though.
 

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Posted by infinite_monkey (# 11333) on :
 
I'm currently wearing frayed olive green shorts and one of my favorite T-shirts, a locally made random thing which has a silkscreened image of a narwhal getting abducted by an alien spaceship, captioned, "Narwhals are real." It baffles and delights me, so of course I had to have it.
 

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Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :
 
I spent the day at a blues festival, so I'm wearing jeans and T-shirt. When I have to go to work, I disguise myself as a psychologist by wearing "office casual" trousers and a jacket. It's kind of a method acting thing.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
speaking of acting - I recently played a psychiatrist on stage. the costume was uncomfortable. and hot! made me feel bad for you Suit People™.
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
Animal print dressing gown just now.

(I'm not saying which animal)


 

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Posted by M. (# 3291) on :
 
Black trousers, boots, crisp white cotton shirt, light grey linen jacket. All ready for work. I really must be off there now!

M.
 

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Posted by Barnabas Aus (# 15869) on :
 
Long-sleeved thick polo shirt, polar fleece vest, corduroy trousers and thick hiking socks, 'cause it's friggin' cold out there!
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 

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Originally posted by Boogie:
Animal print dressing gown just now.

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Wildebeest? Pangolin? Rat?

Since it is technically summer, I am currently in the embroidered Chinese silk number - but I could switch back to the fleece at any moment. Which brings me to my central grievance - I want to be wearing summer clothes and my lovely new lime green Dutch sandals. But instead it will be another day of cardigans and socks and insulating trousers. Bah.
 

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Posted by pjl (# 16929) on :
 
I am shortly off to the gym, so I am wearing my off white trainers with a bright gloss white streak of paint along one side of one shoe.

Black tracksuit bottoms with a white gloss paint streak down one side, and a light and dark grey T shirt with fuzzy white gloss paint on one side.

Have no idea where this paint job came from but acquired it on the first visit to the gym about one year ago.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
I love original attire. This makes me a proper Parisienne (one who has her own look).

I luurrrrrve 80s retro. But you can't wear that all the time (my favouritest bit of 80s retro in my wardrobe is a hot fuschia taffeta and sequin party dress, short in the front, long in the back, with poofy great net underskirt - can't really walk down the street in it though). I also love 50s retro. It's not easy to get hold of, but when I motivate myself to make my own clothes I love 50s patterns. They are so elegant and flattering.

I actually do have jeans on today (the figure-hugging skinny kind), because it's Friday, also a pair of spangly sequin Converse sneakers and a tunic top with long sleeve black t-shirt underneath (in July! For goodness sakes!). Most of the time I have to wear more formal clothes, but the original styling remains up to a point - funky shoes, funky mittens in the winter which I keep on all day long… bit of retro. Fortunately I'm one of those people who enjoys formalwear and feels sexy and sophisticated in it. I also am a big fan of hats and would never go out without one in the winter. It's all about the styling.

My hairdresser made a comment to me about myself that I'd never really thought of, but he's right. He was trying to persuade me to get a very modern assymetric cut and I told him I wanted something more conservative (because I work in a formal environment). He said "it's funny - your clothes are really original but you never let me do anything outrageous with your hair".

Oh - and red lipstick. I also luurrrve red lipstick. Like really in your face scarlet. Actually "rouge" can be short for "rouge à lèvres" = lipstick so one possible translation of my username would be "life in lipstick" which is not entirely inappropriate.
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
It's Friday and the boss is away so I am wearing flared summerweight jeans, a thin rusty orange sleeveless jersey dress and a little oatmeal cardigan. After walking the dog this morning I was warm enough to plump for sandals and leave my jacket at home, how wise that decision was remains to be seen.

I am surrently in the slightly odd clothing situation of house-sitting until the beginning of August. This means I have a rather limited wardrobe available to me. Interestingly, the selection I have chosen includes a number of dresses as work outfits (including three with polka dots) and a couple of pairs of jeans for the weekends. The house-sitting with dog-walking means that I get changed when I come home (or after dinner) these days and I rather like that approach. I remember my dad coming home after work and getting changed but mostly I've just would up wearing my work clothes all evening.

I like wearing colours. To the extent that I own precisely one black dress (for funerals and graduations) but a much larger number of red ones (I think if you include the red ball dresses it gets into double figures). I can wear orange and take full advantage of this fact. I like wearing skirts and dresses and in particular full skirts with a bit of 'swoosh' - this means that work clothes can cross over into Scottish Country Dance clothes. Even my winter coat has a full skirt. I also like good structure and tailoring. In the winter I really enjoy a collared long-sleeve shirt (especially if it has cufflinks) with a jumper or waistcoat and I spent many years practically living in my great-uncle's brown velvet jacket (it's now too big, but I roll it out on occasion. I enjoy hats, headbands and hairpieces but find them difficult to style and some of them interact badly with my glasses behind my ears, leaving me with headaches. I am rarely seen without my earmuffs in the winter.

I also find that I get bored of my clothes easily and like to have a number of items in rotation. Things crop up as favourites for a little while then take a bit of a rest before I rediscover them again. Of course the reason that I fill half a wardrobe with ball dresses is partially to have a bit of variety - I prefer not to wear the same one to two dances in a row, or to the same dance two years running - but also to lend out to visiting students who didn't think to pack one when coming to Scotland for six months or a year.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
tonight's work "uniform" - blue jeans, black biker boots and motorcycle jacket, royal blue scarf, and my favorite t-shirt. it reads, "talk nerdy to me". love it.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 

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Originally posted by comet:
tonight's work "uniform" - blue jeans, black biker boots and motorcycle jacket, royal blue scarf, and my favorite t-shirt. it reads, "talk nerdy to me". love it.

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I'm trying to picture your bar by what you wear to work.

Maybe Twin Peak's Roadhouse?
 

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Posted by Eigon (# 4917) on :
 
I'm wearing what I wore to work yesterday (it's my day off today), blue silk shirt, purple cord trousers, and a sort of smock top/fisherman's top with big pockets that came from Nepal Bazaar (local Fairtrade clothes shop), in shades of purple.

I have worn some quite outrageous stuff - including Star Trek original series mini dress with a blue body stocking underneath, white wig and antennae (I was being an Andorian).
Next week I will be going to Hereford Historical Day, on the bus, wearing full medieval dress and carrying a basket of spinning and weaving supplies.
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 

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cattyish: 1) What are you wearing?

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But how come Star Fleet personnel never wear hats? [/QB]

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I'm wearing a white mundh and nothing else. It is sort of like a sarong.

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Originally posted by Eigon:

Next week I will be going to Hereford Historical Day, on the bus, wearing full medieval dress and carrying a basket of spinning and weaving supplies.

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Wonderful! We're off to Tewkesbury Medieval Festival next weekend - maybe see you en route...

Alas, I can't get into my medieval dresses anymore ... but at least at Tewkesbury we can pick up a dagger or three for the wall .

Most days I'm just in jeans and t-shirt, which I suppose is boring but comfy.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I am wearing what I wore to my weight-loss club: black Adidas trousers from a track suit, a navy blue t-shirt with a silk-screen graphic about a fake rowing club ( that I got at M&S in Oxford Circus the last time I was in London and BA lost one of my suitcases ), dirty white Nikes and short socks. I did take off my shoes and my heavy Seiko self-winding watch before weighing in with empty pockets.


 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 

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Originally posted by LeRoc:
I'm still waiting for the first person to answer this question with 'nothing'.

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But I wouldn't be able to read the screen without my glasses.
 

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Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :
 
Often just boxers - given the climate here. Or less, but I won't mention that *. However if anyone is around, even kuruman, I am far too prudish, and go for shorts and a tee. Come the wet season tee shirts are too clinging so I go for shorts and a cotton dress-shirt - usually getting through three or four a day.

If the temperatures drop below about 25°C I swop the shorts for dress trousers. I have not ever had the need for a second layer.

*I go for air drying under a fan. Towels don't do much here. Not, repeat not a pretty sight.
 

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Posted by PD (# 12436) on :
 
My 'at home' attire is baggy tee-shirts and shorts or sweat pants and sandles or bare feet. This is a reaction against the usual bishop's everyday rig of black suit, black shoes, black or (if I have to) purple clerical shirt, pectoral cross and bishop's ring. It black suit routine kid of irritates me as if one has to dress up one might as well be stylish. At least the old apron and gaiters made a statement. When it is hotter than hell here it is not unknown for me to wear sandals, tan pants, and a purple tab collar shirt as the Office does not have A/C.

PD

[ 07. July 2012, 03:31: Message edited by: PD ]
 

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Posted by bib (# 13074) on :
 
Today I'm veging out in a pair of old track pants, rugby top and warm cardigan as the weather is freezing here. As it is Saturday I'm in old clothes to do the housework (hope no one visits). However, yesterday I was clad in hospital uniform of navy pants a striped shirt plus duty shoes. I guess tomorrow I will be a little more respectable for church.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 

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Orchid seersucker pants along with an orchid t-shirt clothes are chosen for comfort. My quirky clothes are sweat pants worn with a t-shirt well chewed by my parrot. That shirt is not worn in public. Since I'm no longer working for the Dress Code Nazis I aim for comfort.

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Ah! Another seersucker aficionada! If those orchid pants are plaid, I might just own them, too. (And a reminder: boys and girls from across the Pond, pants in America are also trousers. The kind worn underneath by females, next to the -ahem- nethers are "panties". )
 

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Posted by Mechtilde (# 12563) on :
 
I think we should call them "netherpants"!
 

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Posted by Gay Organ Grinder (# 11833) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lothlorien:
Thickish fleece or knit material as an outer layer. Possibly with a hood. Possibly fleecy backed. Occasionally called a windcheater but that's fairly old. Usually not open down the front but more like a jumper (sweater style) as in sense used down here.

Lots of pond differences here in terms. Fleecy backed where I've used it means brushed and fluffy, not fleece garments.

Your use of sloppy joe, which I do understand, would be met with very blank looks here.

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Originally posted by Niteowl2:
Orchid seersucker pants along with an orchid t-shirt clothes are chosen for comfort. My quirky clothes are sweat pants worn with a t-shirt well chewed by my parrot. That shirt is not worn in public. Since I'm no longer working for the Dress Code Nazis I aim for comfort.

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Ah! Another seersucker aficionada! If those orchid pants are plaid, I might just own them, too. (And a reminder: boys and girls from across the Pond, pants in America are also trousers. The kind worn underneath by females, next to the -ahem- nethers are "panties". )

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Is there any other kind for summer wear? They were plain though, not plaid. And yes, I forgot differences in terminology across the pond.

 

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Posted by Meerkat (# 16117) on :
 
You wouldn't want to visit my house, then... my attire at home is (99%of the time) zilch. I feel more comfortable that way. OK, I adjust according to who might be around... we all know who is OK with the situation and who is not.

Outside of the house and garden, I dress pretty damn conservatively...in fact, SWTSMBO complains that I dress quite formally far too often. Each to their own, eh?
 

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Posted by irish_lord99 (# 16250) on :
 
At home in the summer I'm in shorts, with a light button-up collared shirt hung by the door in case I have to go out or someone stops by. I would walk around in my boxers, but our religiously conservative neighbor's windows look right into our living room and I'm afraid of what would happen if they saw me. (I could easily imagine the husband coming over to beat the crap out of me for 'showing off' to his wife.)

The one unique piece of apparel that I own is a wide-brimmed filson hat thats been on my head through many adventures. It always smells of sweat and campfire smoke and is spattered with grime and blood. It's absolutely disgusting, and I love the hell out of it.
 

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Posted by LutheranChik (# 9826) on :
 
I am wearing khaki canoe shorts and a khaki "Michigan My Michigan" T-shirt featuring a stylized goddess-like female figure surrounded by fish and birds and stars and bearing the state motto, "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you."

Weird things I wear. Hmmm. Most of my clothes are sturdy and utilitarian, which I suppose makes them weird to fashion plates. But nothing I would consider weird.

I did incur the wrath of my mother back in high school when I attempted to appropriate one of her damask tablecloths to use as a stola at our high school Latin banquet. In retrospect, that was pretty weird.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
(Imagining Meerkat sticking nakedly to leather or plastic furniture...)
 

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Posted by Rowen (# 1194) on :
 
Mid-winter.... So, thick trousers, jumper (ie sweater), warm socks, winter dressing gown, rug... On sofa, eating toasted sandwiches, by the fire, watching tv, sick with a cold but somehow led church today... And the building was freezing.
My winter dressing gown is warm and cosy, and I often wear it round the house in my private life.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Good job the webcam is switched off on my laptop (*hurriedly checks webcam IS switched off!*) as I am sitting here in my knickers and a purple t-shirt which I wear in bed stating "This is what a perfect mom looks like". The fact that the t-shirt says "mom" shows clearly that it was a gift from overseas - as someone who has already posted on this thread may recall - and it is one of my favourite items of night-attire (I can't wear it in public or I'd have to stop shouting at my son!)

I am definitely a pyjama person - I get much more achieved if I work whilst in my pyjamas at home, and I relax better in my PJs too. Shame I can't wear them to work, really.
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 

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I am definitely a pyjama person - I get much more achieved if I work whilst in my pyjamas at home, and I relax better in my PJs too. Shame I can't wear them to work, really.

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I like to do the cleaning in my pyjamas - so I don't mess up my nice jeans, I'm a rather enthusiastic cleaner. Then the jammies go straight in the wash and I get in the shower.


 

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Posted by Miffy (# 1438) on :
 
Let's see - navy blue cotton trousers, pretty blue floral print Indian cotton smock, lacy blue cardi, grey lace-trimmed camisole top. Cornflower blue knickers, (none of this pants nonsense!). Midnight-blue ballerina style velveteen slippers with two-tone blue bows.

Oh, and reading specs held on by forget-me-not blue beaded glasses chain.

Do you sense there's a bit of a theme here?
 

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Posted by Meerkat (# 16117) on :
 
We Meerkats don't stick to furniture, as we have furry butts. lol
 

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Posted by Meerkat (# 16117) on :
 
Also, our cute little tails provide something to break any possible sticky suction!
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Back from a cycle ride and cooling off, so I'm wearing dark blue lycra shorts and a Toshiba cycle jersey.

I'm sorry if the image of me in lycra has put anyone off their food.
 

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Posted by Miffy (# 1438) on :
 

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Originally posted by Balaam:
Back from a cycle ride and cooling off, so I'm wearing dark blue lycra shorts and a Toshiba cycle jersey.

I'm sorry if the image of me in lycra has put anyone off their food.

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Nah! I'm used to Mr M's extensive collection of cycle gear, after all!
 

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Posted by Pyx_e (# 57) on :
 
Some black stuff (mostly whilst actively fulfilling my vocation) and some blue stuff mostly while i'm "off."

ALL my clothes are either blue or black. Everything (inc socks and undies).

No patterns, checks, stripes, frills or bits and bobs. Gave the rest to charity shop years ago. Soft cotton is also pretty much in evidence.

AtB, Pyx_e
 

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Posted by Silver Faux (# 8783) on :
 
I like to live in a brightly-coloured Hawaiian shirt and shorts for most of the summer, although now that I am semi-retired and serving halftime in a fairly conservative church, I no longer preach in Hawaiian shirts.
Today is a special day; my wife and I heading out to a very nice restaurant for brunch with our son, and then on to the Calgary Stampede, so will be wearing a beige shirt covered in fishing scenes, and light-brown twill trousers, as well as brown suede "desert boots."
I will trade my Tilley hat for a straw hat, though; while I managed to justify spending $110 for a Tilley hat, I can't get my head around $180 for a cowboy hat, or $250 for cowboy boots that would pinch my triple-E wide footsies.
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Old Comic Relief t shirt with Miranda Richardson as Queen Elizabeth I with a red nose, and long denim skirt. Pretty much the only things in my house not covered in baby sick.

I should like to be wearing a 1940s / 1950s tea dress, proper stockings, kitten heels, a string of pearls, immaculately coiffed hair and bright red lipstick. One day...
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
Jeans and a light cotton shirt. Except for trousers at work it's got to be natural. My remaining polycotton shirts go to the charity bin as the second button comes off.
 

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Posted by Eleanor Jane (# 13102) on :
 
I'm dressing up a bit for church these days and I'm still in that outfit. So I'm in a neon orange/coral coloured lace knee-length flared skirt, a navy t shirt, a pale pink cotton cardigan, coral dyed quartz earrings and possum fur slippers (brought over from New Zealand - so warm and soft!). At church and out walking it was cheap beige ballet flats instead of the slippers.

It's gotten a bit chilly so I've got a lovely grey wool laprug from the National Trust over my legs.

As for anything odd I wear... well, my British aunt and uncle looked askance at my possum slippers. I also wore a wool coat down to breakfast as it was cold and I didn't have a dressing gown. But generally I think I'm odd in that I put a fair bit of effort into presenting myself. I feel to dress a bit more formally than my workmates, for example.
 

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Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on :
 
Blue loose elasticated-waisted trousers and a purple cotton smock top, with some beads my daughter bought for me.

The blue trousers are unusual - most things in my wardrobe are pink or purple. They're my favourite colours and it means everything coordinates.
 

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Posted by Eigon (# 4917) on :
 
I feel very uncomfortable if I wear my night clothes after I've got up - I always change into my day clothes as soon as I've got up and been to the bathroom. I couldn't sit at the computer in my night clothes unless I was really feeling ill (in which case I'd probably stay in bed anyway).
 

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Posted by Mili (# 3254) on :
 
If I was working at my school holiday job I would be wearing my lovely uniform of bottle green track pants with white stripes, fire engine red polo shirt with white accents and logo and a long sleeved white T underneath for extra warmth. I had to buy new sneakers as my white and light blue ones fell apart and the only ones I liked and fitted were electric blue. They really match the uniform. Lucky I work with kids who couldn't care less.

As I have a day off I'm wearing jeans, a slightly dressy white t-shirt and a gun-metal blue cardigan. Most of my T-shirts are a bit dressy so I can wear them when I'm teaching. When I go out (going to the museum with Mum to see an exhibition) I'll add black ankle boots and my black parka jacket and black woolen gloves if it's cold enough. I also stick with boot leg jeans rather than skinny regardless of fashion.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Impoverished Intern AA tends towards niceish jeans and button-down seersucker or plaid shirts. Oh, and hiking boots.

Biker AA is pretty much notable for the awesome socks, especially the red and yellow New Mexico flag ones.

"Ironic" "AA" has his penchant for tweed and corduroy jackets, argyle socks, cowboy boots, vintage ties of all description (always tasteful, but sometimes skinny or diamond-point bow), and the grey porkpie. The best things hipsters ever did is let people think I'm trying to be fashionable, when, really, that's just me.

Oh, and there is the part of me that browses eBay for "cheap" Charvet shirts and ties straight from Place Vendôme . . .
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
This morning I will be wearing a black academic gown over my suit, with a green hood and mortar board. In addition, I will be carrying a large, solid silver mace.

I love degree congregation season .
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 

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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
This morning I will be wearing a black academic gown over my suit, with a green hood and mortar board. In addition, I will be carrying a large, solid silver mace.
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
This morning I will be wearing a black academic gown over my suit, with a green hood and mortar board. In addition, I will be carrying a large, solid silver mace.

I love degree congregation season .

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Originally posted by Jenny Ann:
yeah, percentile dice to hit, but the mace would probably do 2d6 damage.

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Originally posted by Sighthound:
Today my working attire - I work at home in my twin roles as writer and carer. Incredibly scruffy old trousers and ancient blue shirt. I hasten to add that I change if I go out!

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Originally posted by Balaam:
Because they stretch to fit. Jeans in particular, are at their most comfortable just before they fall apart.

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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
This morning I will be wearing a black academic gown over my suit, with a green hood and mortar board. In addition, I will be carrying a large, solid silver mace.

I love degree congregation season .

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Originally posted by Balaam:

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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
This morning I will be wearing a black academic gown over my suit, with a green hood and mortar board. In addition, I will be carrying a large, solid silver mace.

I love degree congregation season .

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Any pictures, Marvin?

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Originally posted by Jenny Ann:
yeah, percentile dice to hit, but the mace would probably do 2d6 damage.

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Yes, but it's a solid silver mace, so use 2d8, -4 hit penalty, and add a +30 bonus against undead and evil outsiders. This, of course, stacks on Marvin's cleric bonus to turning undead (why else would one wearing those silly robes?) and +2 bonus to wisdom and intelligence/-1 charisma penalty given by the robes themselves.

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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:

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Originally posted by Balaam:

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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
This morning I will be wearing a black academic gown over my suit, with a green hood and mortar board. In addition, I will be carrying a large, solid silver mace.

I love degree congregation season .

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Any pictures, Marvin?

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You look splendid, Marvin, and thank you for the happy trip down Memory Lane - I studied at Birmingham years ago.

/tangent

I agree about night clothes in the day - I don't feel that I'm ready for anything until I'm dressed. Apart from very rare days, such as Sunday, when I was staying with my sister in law and we sat in her lounge all morning with cups of tea and the papers, blobbing about in our night things.

I'm realising from this thread how few clothes I possess - probably about three pairs of the same style of trousers which I wear all summer with a selection of perhaps six alternating tops... *feels like a slob*
 

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Posted by WearyPilgrim (# 14593) on :
 
Sunday attire: Black or gray clerical shirt, clerical collar, Geneva gown. I have three of these --- two black (one medium weight, one lightweight) and one gray (medium weight). If it's hot, I'll wear the gown open, with a cummerbund (a custom I learned years ago from an elderly colleague).

Everyday attire: Oxford cotton shirt and somewhat dressy slacks. If I'm making pastoral calls, I'll stick a tie on. I will sometimes wear the clerical collar for hospital calls.

Casual attire: Slacks or jeans, long- or short-sleeved shirt, depending on the weather. I rarely wear shorts.
 

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Posted by Manipled Mutineer (# 11514) on :
 

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Originally posted by PD:
[The] black suit routine kind of irritates me as if one has to dress up one might as well be stylish. PD

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Originally posted by Albertus:
You don't by any chance shop at Tails and the Unexpected in Penarth, do you?

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Originally posted by PD:
[The] black suit routine kind of irritates me as if one has to dress up one might as well be stylish. PD

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It's the cut not the colour, Reverendissime Pater!

I am currently wearing a white double-cuffed shirt with semi-spread collar and beige moleskins. Were I still at work I would be wearing the aforementioned shirt with a mid-grey wool/silk double-breasted buttons-two shows-six suit, silver Prince of Wales check tie with blue overcheck, steel grey handkerchief, grey/blue heel and toe socks, grey barathea braces, black Adelaide Oxfords and a blue-grey fedora with a dary grey band (the latter not indoors, obviously.) The hat would also be the odd thing I like to wear, or possibly sock suspenders.

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Originally posted by Manipled Mutineer:

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Originally posted by PD:
[The] black suit routine kind of irritates me as if one has to dress up one might as well be stylish. PD

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It's the cut not the colour, Reverendissime Pater!

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The conventional two- or three piece suit and I are not good friends. I am not particularly tall, and most definitely stout in that peculiar way in which men wholike beer and food and walking tend to be stout. My wife says I look my best in a kilt, or a frock coat!

PD

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Originally posted by Zappa:
[Dry season]: Sandals. Shorts. Tee shirt.
[Build-up & wet season]: Sandals. Shorts. Short sleeved cotton business shirt. Several in a day. The material in tee-shirts is too clingy.

I start a new job next week and may have to begin looking more swish. I guess my naked toes and knees will have to disappear into (lightweight) trousers and shoes and socks.

*sigh*

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Originally posted by LeRoc:
Among other things, I'm wearing Jesus sandals.

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Give them back straight away
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 

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Enigma: Give them back straight away

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LOL, I have shoulder-length hair and a bit of a beard too, so it's actually part of a plan to look more like Him. Isn't this what the Bible asks of us?

BTW the sandals are all from recycled material, old car tyres etc. I think that's kind of cool.
 

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Posted by sebby (# 15147) on :
 
Just occasionally one winces at, how shall I say this?, slightly older people wearing jeans or teenage clothes. There was a time when children dressed to look like their parents, now parents dress to look like their children. This might apply largely to males. Yes, there is the 'grow old disgracefully' argument ones hears but...

Only last week a woman walked past me as I happened to be with my elderly grandmother. My mother noticed the woman's clingy leggings, the sort usually worn by people slightly too stout to carry them off, and said 'she's far too old for those' in her stage whisper. Being deaf this was audible to all. The titters at the bus stop from a group of early teenagers implied they probably agreed with her.

John Betjeman once remarked that on the beach, perhaps people should be in some sense aesthetically pleasing, male or female. before bombarding one's eyesight with naked flesh.
 

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Posted by Manipled Mutineer (# 11514) on :
 
Today I was waylaid by someone prepping a fashion column which may or may not appear in our local paper. They snapped me an did a short interview; I was rather vainly pleased about that. I was wearing a black double-breasted 8x4 buttoning naval blazer, mushroom linen trousers, black tie with a royal blue and cream stripe, cream shirt, black brogues and a grey-green fedora.
 

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Posted by ecumaniac (# 376) on :
 
I'm internet surfing in bed, so.... not much! (Sorry, TMI?)

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Originally posted by sebby:
John Betjeman once remarked that on the beach, perhaps people should be in some sense aesthetically pleasing, male or female. before bombarding one's eyesight with naked flesh.

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Originally posted by Manipled Mutineer:
Today I was waylaid by someone prepping a fashion column which may or may not appear in our local paper. They snapped me an did a short interview; I was rather vainly pleased about that. I was wearing a black double-breasted 8x4 buttoning naval blazer, mushroom linen trousers, black tie with a royal blue and cream stripe, cream shirt, black brogues and a grey-green fedora.

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Whoa! I would be struck frozen and mute by your very presence, sir.
 

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Posted by Manipled Mutineer (# 11514) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:

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Originally posted by Manipled Mutineer:
Today I was waylaid by someone prepping a fashion column which may or may not appear in our local paper. They snapped me an did a short interview; I was rather vainly pleased about that. I was wearing a black double-breasted 8x4 buttoning naval blazer, mushroom linen trousers, black tie with a royal blue and cream stripe, cream shirt, black brogues and a grey-green fedora.

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Whoa! I would be struck frozen and mute by your very presence, sir.

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Originally posted by ecumaniac:
I'm internet surfing in bed, so.... not much! (Sorry, TMI?)

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Originally posted by sebby:
John Betjeman once remarked that on the beach, perhaps people should be in some sense aesthetically pleasing, male or female. before bombarding one's eyesight with naked flesh.

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But seriously, perhaps people on the beach should wear whatever they want, since they aren't there for John Betjeman's aesthetic pleasure, but instead they just want to enjoy the sunshine on their skin?

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Originally posted by ecumaniac:
I'm internet surfing in bed, so.... not much! (Sorry, TMI?)

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Originally posted by sebby:
John Betjeman once remarked that on the beach, perhaps people should be in some sense aesthetically pleasing, male or female. before bombarding one's eyesight with naked flesh.

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But seriously, perhaps people on the beach should wear whatever they want, since they aren't there for John Betjeman's aesthetic pleasure, but instead they just want to enjoy the sunshine on their skin?

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Originally posted by Niminypiminy:
I'm irresistibly reminded of Les Murray's 'The Dream of Wearing Shorts Forever'

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Posted by Galloping Granny (# 13814) on :
 
I look at the elegant and frequently changed fashion wear of some of my dear friends at church, and I am not envious. At my age, with our pensions and a bit beside, I can wear what I jolly well like. Any day of the week in winter it's a Pick-a-berry top because I like to have a collar (hence not a sweatshirt) and I can get a new colour every year or so*, and some warm trousers, not trackpants but pretty shapeless. Having been taught by my daughter to be colour coordinated I have socks to match the colour of my top, but the shop where I bought plain socks of many colours went out of business, which will present a problem when the current supply wears out. My shoes are an old pair of Nikes in which I can walk any distance; they're no longer watertight but I have a replacement pair from the last sale; I try not to think that they may have been made by slave labour.
In summer the pants are lightweight and the shirts are poly-cotton mostly
I can go up a notch with tailored trousers from the Op-shop and so on for going out to dinner or standing in the pulpit, but in general when I look at the more smartly dressed I reflect that our money goes on petrol, with frequent long-distance trips between the city and Matarangi.

*This year's pale blue, at the usual price of $25 – two days later the half-price sale started. Grrrr!

GG
 

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Posted by St.Silas the carter (# 12867) on :
 
I'm lazy, and I've just changed out of today's sunday mass outfit (Of a white shirt,black slacks, navy with with white stripes and black cap toe oxfords) to my usual lounging/doing anything but work or church outfit of cargo shorts, an old band t-shirt and Levi's knockoff vans that have long worn to the point of replacement. Sometimes I mix it up and wear khaki cargo cutoffs or camo cargos, but that's about it 99% of the time.

Not really odd, but I always wear the same watch whwethr I;m in dress clothes or I'm dressed nicely: a 1987 X-rated Swatch.
 

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Posted by PD (# 12436) on :
 
I ended up wearing black trousers, black clerical shirt, black socks, and crocs today. The blasted planter's what-do-ya-call-it was playing me up, and crocs are about the only shoes I can tolerate when that happens. Thankfully I found the old pair of black lace-up shoes that I keep in my office for emergencies, so at least I did not celebrate Communion in crocs! Poor attendance at the second service today. The heat and humidity probably discouraged some of the fair weather folks.

PD

[ 23. July 2012, 04:49: Message edited by: PD ]
 

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Posted by Hebdom (# 14685) on :
 

• tracky daks (navy blue)
• polar fleecy top (emerald green)
• t shirt (sickly pink)
• ugh boots
  
  Mid winter in the southern city!

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Originally posted by sebby:
Just occasionally one winces at, how shall I say this?, slightly older people wearing jeans or teenage clothes. There was a time when children dressed to look like their parents, now parents dress to look like their children.

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Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
Today we have locked the door and agreed to not laugh at each other. It is well over 35 degrees in the office and I am in my Borat style "mankini" while my colleagues are wearing various forms of beachwear from Speedos to thongs and at least one other mankini wearer. Note to anyone interested in following suit - you can't sit down at a desk in a mankini without displaying your credentials. A piece of string around the hips keeps everything covered up.

I'm still sweating like a pig though...

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This is made up - it MUST be!


 

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Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :
 
Nope, it was a bet though. They made me change into a pair of shorts after I was seen trying to fish crisps out of my mankini at lunchtime. If this heat continues monday is going to be nude day. I just wish it was not an all-male office.

Oh the delights of working in web design...
 

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Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :
 
As much as I wish I'd been there to see Bob and his co-workers, I've never agreed that it's coolest to wear nothing. Look at the people in the middle east -- they've settled on light weight loose clothing that protects from the sun and absorbs sweat. Last week our air conditioner gave up the fight on an 103 degree day. I wore my usual thin, baggy t-shirt and washed paper thin sweatpants. I hate having my body directly against sofa fabrics and chairs.
 

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Posted by Moo (# 107) on :
 

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Originally posted by Twilight:
Look at the people in the middle east -- they've settled on light weight loose clothing that protects from the sun and absorbs sweat.

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Originally posted by Twilight:

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Originally posted by sebby:
Just occasionally one winces at, how shall I say this?, slightly older people wearing jeans or teenage clothes. There was a time when children dressed to look like their parents, now parents dress to look like their children.

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Most of my 50-60ish friends and I wear jeans. Particularly in the winter along with sweaters and boots. We aren't trying to look like our children but like ourselves, the way we've always dressed during our casual hours. We baby boomers invented the idea of jeans for movies/travel,shopping, etc. We even had a popular song called, "Forever in Bluejeans." Please don't make us wear lavender flowered dresses to work in the garden!

As for beach wear, I find it's hard to swim in long pants and shirts.

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Originally posted by Padre Joshua:
What I cannot stand to see is old men (or any men, for that matter) who insist on wearing black calf-length dress socks and loafers with their tan shorts. It just screams "Snow bird!"

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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:

While I would never wear good white trainers in the UK, there is no stigma about wearing them in the US.

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Originally posted by Lothlorien:
Real viyella, Gee D? I haven't seen that for years and years. I think it's just a brand name now but here is a site for shirts, cheap ones at that.

I made many items of clothing out of it, lovely stuff. Even made the ex- Mr L a shirt which he probably still has, although it wouldn't fit him now. The shirts on that site are pure cotton, not the lovely mix.

RMW moleskins and riding boots? Grazier's style hat too?

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Real Viyella, and Madame has some blouses and frocks as well. some left over from Richard Hunt days (not an ad, dear hosts, as the shop closed 20 years ago), some bought more recently in HB and in London. Look after it and it lasts forever.

No hat, as I was (and am) indoors.
 

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Posted by Angloid (# 159) on :
 
What is it with men and shorts? Come May, or maybe June, whatever the weather some men are hardly out of the things. Even in temperatures of 15 degrees or less. They will wear fleeces and anoraks on their top halves, but bare legs and often sandals below. I can't understand it: if it's not hot enough to go around in a T shirt it's not hot enough for shorts.

Sebby... I'm probably older than you but I wear jeans most days. Admittedly dark grey-blue or black rather than normal denim colour, but that's a matter of taste. I can't see the alternative for casual wear unless I were to emulate Tony Blair and wear chinos.
 

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Posted by sebby (# 15147) on :
 
Cords?
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
hosts: I know this is heaven, I'm trying to be very careful.

sebby - I respectfully submit to you that what other people wear is none of your business. I live in a different place than you - and we are pretty fiercely independent. It is the height of rudeness here to judge others who are doing no actual harm. I have forcibly removed a woman from my bar for saying rude things about other people's appearance. and I'd do it again. The reality is, I was protecting her from the reactions of the locals.

Thing is, when you see someone out and about, you have no clue what their situation is. I wear things like jeans and even carhartts* precisely because I often need clothes that are sturdy for whatever tasks I have on hand. I'll also wear skirts and shorts with my work boots. and no tights! how inappropriate is that? you don't know what the story is. the reality is, whether or not you think someone else's clothes are appropriate or not is all about you minding business that is not your own. It must take a shit ton of energy to care so much about what random people on the street are doing with their sartorial choices.

And what really chaps my ass is that this kind of judgmental shallowness is what is, on a societal level, totally fucking up our kids. They hear someone commenting that someone is "too fat" or "too old" or "too ugly" to wear the clothes they chose. and inside themselves, they wonder what snickering and judgement is going on behind their backs. And they become afraid to express themselves with their own fashion choices, instead being "safe" by wearing either the same cookie-cutter look as everyone else, or choosing to wear "armor" by making themselves look dangerous and protecting the fragile reality inside.

some of the people in my community dress pretty bizarrely. I had a long talk with a co-worker awhile back (hot pink tights, ripped fishnets, combat boots, a skirt made out of a rolling stones t-shirt, a grandma-knitted sweater, pink and green hair, 6'3" and 260 lbs) and she said that the whole reason she even lives here is because she gets to be herself. in her former home (suburban in a lower 48 state) she was treated so poorly due to her size that she wore grey sweats full time. She came here and no matter what, people will accept her and even love her, so she feels free to dress the way she feels expresses her true self.

That's beautiful. I wouldn't want to have it any other way. and I'm appalled that there are people out there who obviously have it all so figured out that they can feel free to lord it over others.

please consider this before passing judgement in the future. it can cause a lot of hurt and does no one any good at all - it doesn't force conformity, it creates insecurity.

comet - mutton dressed as a lamb and looking hot doing it.


*look it up
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
Ah, the great Taste debate. I remember proposing in a group of friends who were fond of themed dinner parties, that we have a Bad Taste one. Despite the fact that we were all middle-aged (and then some), established, well-travelled, socially confident - the suggestion didn't fly. What if we got it wrong? Other people might mock!

I am of the Comet camp: one of my most cherished comments is that of the Pastor's wife on a frock I was wearing. 'It must be wonderful to have the skill to make that. And the nerve to wear it.'

I can still see me being judgmental about other people's outfits, though based less on How inappropriate/ unseemly and more on How boring/ conformist/ unstylish.
 

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Posted by The Intrepid Mrs S (# 17002) on :
 
Comet. YAY.

I find myself passing judgment much too often, on people who don't look as if they care what they are wearing, or on all sorts of other things - and you know what? I also find I don't like myself much those days.

Mrs. S, boringly clad for work but with long dangly earrings
 

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Posted by 205 (# 206) on :
 

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Originally posted by Niminypiminy:

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Originally posted by Zappa:
[Dry season]: Sandals. Shorts. Tee shirt.
[Build-up & wet season]: Sandals. Shorts. Short sleeved cotton business shirt. Several in a day. The material in tee-shirts is too clingy.

I start a new job next week and may have to begin looking more swish. I guess my naked toes and knees will have to disappear into (lightweight) trousers and shoes and socks.

*sigh*

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I'm irresistibly reminded of Les Murray's 'The Dream of Wearing Shorts Forever'

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I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.

And shorts HAVE to be these because where else can you find 6" inseams on cargo shorts these days? All other companies are selling 'longs'.


sebby: it is not commonly known but Alan Berg, a Denver talk radio host who was murdered for some unfathomable reason by thugs, used to say (paraphrase) 'it ought to be a capital offense for fat women to wear shorts'. < koff>

Fortunately, I'm pretty sure he didn't die cause he said that.


 

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Posted by sebby (# 15147) on :
 

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Originally posted by comet:
hosts: I know this is heaven, I'm trying to be very careful.

sebby - I respectfully submit to you that what other people wear is none of your business. I live in a different place than you - and we are pretty fiercely independent. It is the height of rudeness here to judge others who are doing no actual harm. I have forcibly removed a woman from my bar for saying rude things about other people's appearance. and I'd do it again. The reality is, I was protecting her from the reactions of the locals.

Thing is, when you see someone out and about, you have no clue what their situation is. I wear things like jeans and even carhartts* precisely because I often need clothes that are sturdy for whatever tasks I have on hand. I'll also wear skirts and shorts with my work boots. and no tights! how inappropriate is that? you don't know what the story is. the reality is, whether or not you think someone else's clothes are appropriate or not is all about you minding business that is not your own. It must take a shit ton of energy to care so much about what random people on the street are doing with their sartorial choices.

And what really chaps my ass is that this kind of judgmental shallowness is what is, on a societal level, totally fucking up our kids. They hear someone commenting that someone is "too fat" or "too old" or "too ugly" to wear the clothes they chose. and inside themselves, they wonder what snickering and judgement is going on behind their backs. And they become afraid to express themselves with their own fashion choices, instead being "safe" by wearing either the same cookie-cutter look as everyone else, or choosing to wear "armor" by making themselves look dangerous and protecting the fragile reality inside.

some of the people in my community dress pretty bizarrely. I had a long talk with a co-worker awhile back (hot pink tights, ripped fishnets, combat boots, a skirt made out of a rolling stones t-shirt, a grandma-knitted sweater, pink and green hair, 6'3" and 260 lbs) and she said that the whole reason she even lives here is because she gets to be herself. in her former home (suburban in a lower 48 state) she was treated so poorly due to her size that she wore grey sweats full time. She came here and no matter what, people will accept her and even love her, so she feels free to dress the way she feels expresses her true self.

That's beautiful. I wouldn't want to have it any other way. and I'm appalled that there are people out there who obviously have it all so figured out that they can feel free to lord it over others.

please consider this before passing judgement in the future. it can cause a lot of hurt and does no one any good at all - it doesn't force conformity, it creates insecurity.

comet - mutton dressed as a lamb and looking hot doing it.


*look it up

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'it ought to be a capital offense for fat women to wear shorts'.

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 

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Your independence is no doubt respected. I wonder of you would have a gentle word with a young teenage daughter (say) who wore something maybe just a little too skimpy in the worng part of town on her own? Or would you assert her independence and keep quiet?

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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:

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Originally posted by sebby:
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Your independence is no doubt respected. I wonder of you would have a gentle word with a young teenage daughter (say) who wore something maybe just a little too skimpy in the worng part of town on her own? Or would you assert her independence and keep quiet?

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This is what Mrs Sioni and I did. When we were concerned about our 14 y.o daughter's attire we had a word with a couple of women between her age and ours and asked them what they thought of her clothes. They weren't impressed, as we expected, so we asked them to tell her. Sorted.

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Originally posted by sebby:
Cords?

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Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
Today we have locked the door and agreed to not laugh at each other. It is well over 35 degrees in the office and I am in my Borat style "mankini" while my colleagues are wearing various forms of beachwear from Speedos to thongs and at least one other mankini wearer. Note to anyone interested in following suit - you can't sit down at a desk in a mankini without displaying your credentials. A piece of string around the hips keeps everything covered up.

I'm still sweating like a pig though...

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Anyone seen Real Women Have Curves? There is a great scene where some clothing workers were sewing under a deadline in the midst of the LA summer. They had no air conditioning and could run no fans, because that would make the dust fly and smudge the high end dresses they were making. So the little workshop had literally become a sweatshop. The main character played by America Ferrara ("Ugly Betty") stripped down to her bra and undies and got the rest of the middle aged ladies to do it too. Except for her mom, who was horrified and seriously tut-tutted.

It made everyone happier to be cooler and to flout convention, and they worked harder, too.

ETA: sebby, "cords"- Trousers made of corduroy.

[ 30. July 2012, 18:03: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
 

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Posted by Vaticanchic (# 13869) on :
 
Default setting: boot-cut jeans with heeled boots, loose white cotton shirt, black Barbour International jacket for the hardwear, messy hair & smouldering eyes ...
 

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Posted by Vaticanchic (# 13869) on :
 
hardware

I'm even too hot to spell
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
I'm seriously disturbed by the thought of two mankinis in the same room. Even on the passably buff (possibly not work safe unless you're in the same office as Bob Two Owls) they're a bit brain- bleachy. On the unbuff, I think you'd be begging for fat women in Spandex.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 

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Originally posted by Firenze:
I'm seriously disturbed by the thought of two mankinis in the same room. Even on the passably buff (possibly not work safe unless you're in the same office as Bob Two Owls) they're a bit brain- bleachy. On the unbuff, I think you'd be begging for fat women in Spandex.

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O! M! G! I have never seen such things!


 

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Posted by Lamb Chopped (# 5528) on :
 
Pete, are you serious?!? I mean, MY innocence remained undisturbed until Yorick graced me with a pic candidating for cabana boy, but I thought you were made of sterner stuff. Well, disturbed-er stuff.
 

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