Indeed. I thought of this thread when I saw a lady out shopping the other day - she had on a grey sweat suit, complete with elasticized legs, with the legs at capri length, and nice high-heeled shoes (she was done up quite nattily altogether except for the fact that her outfit was grey fuzzy sweats). It just looked silly, though.
In answer to the original question: It’s not for nothing that I refer to them as “slob pants”. They’re fine if you’re running around on a track or jogging, or something, but they are so casual that’s all they’re good for is recreational use.
Are those sweats? Looks more like her Fantastic Four hero costume.
Sweats are only appropriate for yard work, house work or other grunt work. Wearing sweats out in public tells me that you went from cleaning out the garage to doing the grocery shopping without bothering to take a few minutes in between to clean yourself up a little.
What the hell was that? It reminded me of Little Orphan Annie :eek:
So what’s the verdict on the current trend for tailored sweatpants? Or is that just Europe? They are styled like normal trousers but in sweatpant material. I see quite dressy girls wearing those, definitely not a case of “slob”, rather the opposite, i.e. trendiness.
Example here. I honestly don’t mind those, though it’s not my personal style and you need to be quite young, I’d say.
Did they change the definition of “tailored” while I wasn’t paying attention? Because those just look like sweatpants with some sloppily added front pockets.
Well, well perhaps the pictures wasn’t great. How about these? Again, not for me, but I wouldn’t think less of someone wearing these as casual wear.
For $132?? Put on a pair of old navy khakis and be done with it!
Seriously! I guess the button on the back pocket makes it worth the price? Just buy real pants, and be done with it.
I would. BAD casual wear, at that. All those pants do is prove that there is nothing that can be done to sweatpants to make them look like not-sweatpants.
I never wear sweats in public, and don’t really disagree with the consensus. (though **acsenray **has a point - these are adults - we have no say it what they want to do.)
But - guys, you’re on the losing side.
I see sweat pants (and on the other side of the coin - inappropriate and unattractive flashes of nudity) becoming more and more prevalent as the years go by.
By the time we hit space flight there will be no crisp uniforms for our fit space people. We’ll all be wearing slouchy, comfy, baggy, unbecoming hybrids of jumpsuits and ‘Hammer’ pants.
Maybe, but I for one will not go gentle…
Thats a new style, called Camel Ho.
Planning to snazz yours up with some nice colorful cat prints on the ass and torso then? 
Nice choice!
How about these? http://quadnews.net/lifestyles/pajama-jeans-the-newest-of-fashion-fads-1.2191235 I’m considering these, seriously. I HATE jeans. I’ve never found a pair that really fit and are comfortable. Like all those styrofoam bras in the department store, all those thousands of pairs of jeans - all look good, but don’t fit/are uncomfortable. I need some stretch, some give.
I will not go gentle either! But you know, it’s not always “Husband, wear some decent clothes, you look like a slob!” Isn’t another part of couple-hood looking at the other and saying, “You are dressing unlike you normally would…” Like I said, if my other half suddenly started wearing sweats I’d think something was seriously wrong. And I expect him to tell me when I am wearing something that I thought looked good but doesn’t. That’s not acting like he is a child, that is partnership.
Also, I admit a man who never dressed nicely (according to my definition, it seems) - well, that would be a dealbreaker to me to start with, so I’d never get into the relationship.
It’s really quite basic: if you judge people for superficial reasons, you are engaging in prejudice. And prejudice is bad.
Everybody will engage in it, but we have a moral responsibility to try not to.
I don’t get the sense of entitlement: “I don’t like sweats, so you shouldn’t wear them.”
Imagine how you’d feel if something you like to wear was treated the same way in society. The lack of empathy and introspection is mindboggling.
I need to amend my above comment. It’s fine to say that you think they look sloppy, and that you believe other people will agree. It’s when you assign some sort of value judgement to wearing them that I object.
And the reason I don’t wear sweats is that they show off a body part I don’t want to show off.
People are perfectly free to wear sweats in public. It’s not like they get arrested, lynched, or spit on. But they should also be aware that many others will see them as being sloppy and judge them accordingly. If they’re okay with that, whether it costs them an apartment rental or a job offer, then more power to them.
I don’t see how wearing sweats demands empathy or introspection, no more or no less than any other clothing choice.
My objection is the judging of their character based on what they wear. Judging someone before you have sufficient infromation on their character is prejudice, and prejudice is wrong. At best, it is a necessary evil. And you don’t go around bragging about a necessary evil. You try to make it unnecessary.
Imagine if you saw someone bragging about how they don’t hire Asian people because they feel uncomfortable around them. There’s a logical reason not to hire somebody that you don’t feel comfortable around. But you don’t brag about it. You try to fix your anti-Asian prejudice.