Originally Posted by
LynnVT
Fashion and comfort are often mutually exclusive. However, it makes me think of those old days when we girls all wore skirts and nylons all the time, even in freezing weather, while the guys all wore pants. When I was in college, we were forbidden to wear slacks on campus except when there was a major snowstorm. When an announcement came out on the PA system in the dorm on a snowy afternoon, "Girls, you may wear pants to dinner," you could hear cheering all through the building. This was a Catholic college in Massachusetts, and it was about a quarter mile walk to the cafeteria. It was the same in high school - again, private girls school, and we were required to wear our uniforms (plaid skirt, blazer, coat over that) regardless of the weather. Thinking back on it, I can't believe what we thought was normal.
This is bringing back memories. I made my first pant suit in college. It was blue corduroy. I wore the pants one Saturday in the snow and got plenty of looks! About ten years later (you all know how we measure time with our children's ages) when mine were little, my Aunt was the first woman to wear a pants suit to church! She was quite outspoken so nobody criticized her - at least not out loud. My mother used to wear thin cotton house dresses all winter and put slacks underneath to go outside. But they were only for work. Times change of course, but I wonder what these warm guys will think of photos of themselves standing in the snow in shorts when they are older?