What floors me are people who wear shorts and flip-flops or other ridiculous outfits to church. I agree with what another person said here about the trend of women or young girls dressing like hookers - I agree, it's sad and bizarre.

Well said Josie.

in many ways, we are the flip side of the 'extreme' middle eastern values, which totally hide women away

been brainwashed into 'marketing' every inch of the flesh to as many as possible ,,,,,,

Well if you got it flaunt it but if you're old please don't be so bold..................

The areas I was raised in, it was the cultural norm for guys's pants to be a little lower than what most people like. The women ALWAYS dressed in ways that most would not find appropriate. As I grew up, I learned that for me to land a job and be taken seriously outside of the areas and parts I know, I had to conform and begin to dress more "proper."

A problem I am still working very hard on is that the dress code is MORE than what you are wearing. How you carry yourself is just as important if not more important than what clothes you are wearing. I mean, if you simply listen to me speak, you can barely tell I was raised by the concrete jungle, it took me years to change my ways fully.

On the flip side though, if you try to go to the concrete jungle dressed more "proper," you will still face the exact same troubles you do trying to get from my side of town to the other ya know?

I think it boils down to what is proper in one location and situation just might not be what is proper in the other location or situation.

It changes from time to time and place to place. At one time it was OK for a woman to wear a low cut top showing off her cleavage but taboo for her to let her wrist or ankles be seen.

Excellent answer!!!

I live out in the middle of the desert so I go naked if I want.

For some reason, suits have always given me the chilly willies. Maybe it's because in my World they are only worn for funerals, weddings, court.


Sly

i see the fashion police is out in here... only question i have is why you think you have a say in what other people wear? if someone wants to wear a tutu with a football helmet, what right do we have to say anything?

I agree. I believe in the MYOB method myself. I have better things to worry or focus on rather than what people are wearing.

Oh gee. I must have missed the church dress code in my copy of the Bible.

I have had so many conflicting views on what to dress in where most of my life that I came down to the conclusion that you have to take in several elements when making a decision. One is the person and their age. Second is the situation. Third is the culture. and maybe fourth is the economy of the person.

I get everyone does not have a fat wallet for clothes. But come on if you are not in a third world country you have a lot of affordable options to have a few basic clothing items. Obviously you are going to invest in the clothes you wear the most but how is it to much to ask that if a person is going to occassionally step out of their norm and do something as "extraordinary" as go on a date that they can not spend a few bucks for clothes that can show a little self respect and respect for the person who is giving them their time.

I get that the "culture" has gotten a lot more casual and "expressing" yourself is becoming something of a right but I am amazed at how some think the expressions are representing them. I saw a young father today that was trying to walk across the resturant parking lot. The waist of his pants was around his thighs undershorts carefully matched to his shirt, hoodie, artfully laced expensive sportshoes he had the thug look down to cloned status of a dated hip hop magazine and he could not let go of his pants to even keep the door from smacking it in the middle of his back when a gust of wind blasted. The pained look hardly helped him look all that tough. But evidently this costumed appearance got him laid because baby Momma dressed like a hoochie had a kid on her hip and one in a carrier and they are driving a late model car so evidently one or both were gainfully employed. Wheather that would have gotten him into a an upscale resturant I am pretty sure both would have been allowed in most any resturant, public building, even court,because heaven forbid anyone do anything that is not politically correct and object.

I am not sure how parents got so scared of their kids that they now abdicate all rights to say "Hey your not going out looking like that". I don't buy that kids don't want to avoid some of the passing fantasies that some of their friends or media come up with even wehn they sometimes ay they do. I have seen little girls and boys trying to deal with some of thiese costumes. Especially the the hootchie stuff where they can't even have someone actually hear what it is they are saying or make eyecontact and have to worry about someone grabbing them or stealing their stuff. I would be more worried about my kid getting their arse beat to take their stuff or have somethig forced on them they don't want.

What knocks me out is people who try to dress like someone half their age and how ridiculous that looks.

It isn't the Bible or the Torah or even the Koran let alone the Tibetan book of the Dead that is at issue in regards to any so called mode of dress; or lack of it, for that matter! (In Nudist Camps, no one dresses up for any Sunday service...duh....
It came about simply because humans wanted do look their best during their communion with their God or Gods.Their 'best' could include furs from animals, leaves and twigs, robes of cotton or silk, etc. It was simply what one had on hand or could borrow. Most of your ancestors during the Middle Ages were poor impoverished farmers and wore what clothes(rags) they had, the rich Lords of the Manor wore whatever finery they had. (There were prohibitions about what materials a lowly serf could have; he could be hung for having a roll of corduroy..(core du Roy)(French) only Kings could wear that...)No one else could...(no big deal was the attitude )
Same for most of the Clergy except for the monks and their rough wool habits though many came from the higher classes.
It was quite natural for anyone in any Age to want/ wish to look good for his/her God(s);"Hey God, here I am, in a faded blue cloak!" God, if He were attentive, would have noticed the poor person anyway, but it made people feel good about themselves to dress-up for Church and their time with their God. Religion has nothing to do with clothes,(well, perhaps only with the Amish, over things like buttons, but that is just their strange interpretation over some obscure verses). I've never seen anyone in a nudist colony get dressed for a service; didn't bother me; never saw any Jivaro natives in the Amazon, nor natives in the Zambezi Valley get all dressed up with heavy robes were the temp. was above 125 Fahrenheit...No Christian God would get upset over that; perhaps some half crazed power mad one would...who'd want a God like that around...

Back in your day things were a lot different.

Blacks couldn't even drink from the same water fountain.

I'm glad things have changed & believe everyone has the right to wear what is comfortable to them.

If you don't like it you don't have to look.

know your audience is good rule of thumb

if you are not 'part' of the crowd and dont want to draw negative attention, its best to take a cue from them and adapt to their custom

if you are part of the crowd, you will already know the correct custom,,,

WELL JUST WEAR YOUR BIRTHDAY SUIT...LOL

Dont know alot of the profiles on here are sick. Some are just porn. Seems this site is for those who only play games.

Agreed!

I dress appropriately to what I'm doing and where I'm going, as well as with respect to the weather. I want to be comfortable, but also to look decent. Sweats, sneakers and a T-shirt to the grocery store? You bet. Jeans for general errand-running or on a casual date? Why not? Showing some cleavage? Sure, sometimes. Depends on where I am and what I'm doing. My closet contains everything from ball gowns to a pair of sweatpants I sewed a patch on when I caught them on a doorframe, and there's a time and a place for each item.

I doubt I'd wear my pajamas out in public, though. Nobody needs to see that.

But I really don't get the idea of guys wearing their pants below their butts. And I don't like seeing children dressed provocatively. Leave that to the adults, please. In a dance costume, I have kind of a different standard, but again, some taste is necessary.

I'm always nekid under my trench coat.