Being a young girl in the south I was raised in dresses, nylon stockings and heels. Even in high school, we were required to wear dresses or skirts---NO pants were allowed.
When I went to work, I always worked in an environment that required dress code so still had to wear stockings, but could wear pants suits--still was not allowed jeans or casual. When I moved to Florida in 1979 and discovered a church in the keys that was casual, it almost blew my socks off---literally!
Times have certainly changed. I no longer wear stockings and only rarely wear a dress. I wore one this weekend and a hat to a tea and felt so dainty, that it makes me feel a little nostalgic for those grander days.