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Grasshopper Green · 12-10-2010, 07:04 AM

I was at the grocery store the other day and the teenage girl standing in line front of me was wearing her pajamas - she was even wrapped up in a blanket instead of wearing a jacket. It got me to thinking about personal appearance and what is acceptable now versus what was acceptable "then".

My grandfather prided himself on never wearing a pair of jeans in his life because they were farmer's clothes. I never saw my grandfather wear anything other than a pressed pair of khakis or trousers and a polo or button down shirt. When I used to work at a grocery store, there was an elderly couple who came in about once a week and I never saw the woman in anything other than a skirt, nylons, and pumps. Her husband always wore a suit. My grandmother used to live in a retirement home. Dinner at the home was something to dress up for, it was an "event". The ladies all wore lipstick and dressy blouses and men wore slacks.

Nowadays, jeans are big business and everyone wears them, even to work. Fewer women wear nylons (except mixedmedia). Running around in pajamas/loungewear is common - high end fashion companies have their own lines of loungewear, etc. Casual Friday has turned into casual everyday with some companies.

Personally, I wear a lot of jeans; I am a child of the 80's and I grew up in them. I have dressy slacks, but I don't wear them often because I work from home and when I do go into the office, the atmosphere is casual and jeans are accepted. I own one dress and it is reserved for funerals. I don't wear pajamas/loungewear anywhere but home, it's just not me. My grandfather died in 1999 and I think he'd be appalled to know that I wear jeans to work and even worse, that my boss allows it. I do dress up for family events, parties, etc. Even if I wear jeans, I wear a dressier blouse and spend extra time on my makeup.

How do you dress? Do dress for comfort? Do you think the era in which you grew up still influences your style/manner of dress?

12-10-2010, 07:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green ...is a comical chap Location: Where morons reign supreme	Generation gaps and personal appearance I was at the grocery store the other day and the teenage girl standing in line front of me was wearing her pajamas - she was even wrapped up in a blanket instead of wearing a jacket. It got me to thinking about personal appearance and what is acceptable now versus what was acceptable "then". My grandfather prided himself on never wearing a pair of jeans in his life because they were farmer's clothes. I never saw my grandfather wear anything other than a pressed pair of khakis or trousers and a polo or button down shirt. When I used to work at a grocery store, there was an elderly couple who came in about once a week and I never saw the woman in anything other than a skirt, nylons, and pumps. Her husband always wore a suit. My grandmother used to live in a retirement home. Dinner at the home was something to dress up for, it was an "event". The ladies all wore lipstick and dressy blouses and men wore slacks. Nowadays, jeans are big business and everyone wears them, even to work. Fewer women wear nylons (except mixedmedia). Running around in pajamas/loungewear is common - high end fashion companies have their own lines of loungewear, etc. Casual Friday has turned into casual everyday with some companies. Personally, I wear a lot of jeans; I am a child of the 80's and I grew up in them. I have dressy slacks, but I don't wear them often because I work from home and when I do go into the office, the atmosphere is casual and jeans are accepted. I own one dress and it is reserved for funerals. I don't wear pajamas/loungewear anywhere but home, it's just not me. My grandfather died in 1999 and I think he'd be appalled to know that I wear jeans to work and even worse, that my boss allows it. I do dress up for family events, parties, etc. Even if I wear jeans, I wear a dressier blouse and spend extra time on my makeup. How do you dress? Do dress for comfort? Do you think the era in which you grew up still influences your style/manner of dress? __________________ "They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king" Formerly Medusa Last edited by Grasshopper Green; 12-10-2010 at 07:27 AM..