# Favorite Clothing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115 "2002-08-29T16:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/1 "2002-08-29T16:26:12Z")
I love dresses with big shoulders and tiny waists, and pert little hats with a bit of netting over your eyes. And I love 3 1/2" pumps and stockings with seams. But I like my man to resemble Peter Fonda in motorcycle garb. If you could fill your closet (and your spouse’s closet) with clothing from a specific period, what would you choose? ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/2 "2002-08-29T16:49:31Z")
Honestly? I like this period best of all. In the summer it’s all about little skirts, tank tops and flip flops In the winter it’s all about the FLEECE, baybee! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/3 "2002-08-29T17:40:06Z")
I also love the tank tops and low jeans and that sort of thing. But if I could dress like Joan Crawford, I’d be happy. 'Course, I don’t know how those outfits wear on the back of a Harley!😃 ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/4 "2002-08-29T17:56:57Z")
I love what’s in now for the fall/winter. I can’t wait to wear my ribbed turtle necks, cashmere sweaters, cords, boots, flat panel wool gabardine pants, short wool kilts with tights, boot-cut leather/suede pants, pea coats and cashmere scarves again. I love clothes that are in style (not trendy, mind you) and that fit well enough to show my figure with out being tacky or cheap. I’m not really a preppy kind of gal nor am I a low-cut leopard print dress gal. I’m tastefully in-between. ---
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/5 "2002-08-29T18:35:37Z")
Yeah, I don’t actually WEAR Joan Crawford clothes…I’m more of a jeans-boots-sweaters kind of gal. I always wear heels. I’m more cut out for a summer look than a winter look, physically. I sort of disappear into the layers. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/6 "2002-08-29T21:12:52Z")
Well, I guess if we have threads on cooking in Cafe Society, then threads on _couture_ are welcome as well. Hey! I was able to resist the temptation to type “threads on threads” ! – Uke, looking forward to hearing lots more about those little skirts, tank tops, short wool kilts, high heeled pumps, stockings with seams, suede pants, etc… ---
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/7 "2002-08-29T22:55:39Z")
Uke…gaaaaarrrrtttttteeeeerrrrrrrrssssss! Slit skiiirrrrrtttttsssss! Plluunnngggiiinnnngg Neckkllliiinneeesss! Annkkklllee straaaapppssss! (Who hates the look of bib overalls on grown women?) I do! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/8 "2002-08-29T23:07:03Z")
I’ve got good legs, so I always wear skirts to work (we’re “business casual,” so most women wear pants). Short skirts, long swirly skirts, medium skirts… But my favorite kind of clothing is sweaters. I have an entire closet filled with solid-colored sweaters – one shelf with nothing but off-white, ecru, taupe… ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/9 "2002-08-30T03:26:01Z")
I love renaissance clothing, as well as clothing from Marie Antoinette’s time. Pretty much give me anything will a long skirt, tiny waste, and plunging neckline, and I’m happy. I also like the Southern Bell outfits. However, in this era, my clothing generally runs more along the lines of tight, low-rider jeans and tops that are either tight, somewhat low-cut, show a little midriff, or all three. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/10 "2002-08-30T13:21:04Z")
Clothing wise, I’m a mid-Victorian: I like velvet smoking jackets, high collars and large cravats (with diamond stickpins). I also like Edwardian suits, and 1930’s style fedoras…damn, it is SO inconvenient to be in the wrong time period! ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/11 "2002-08-30T13:59:47Z")
I don’t know, maybe the 60’s. Myself, I love black clothes, which are timeless. I think the farhter you get from an era, the better the clothes look. I don’t know if this will ever apply to disco clothes, however. ---
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/12 "2002-08-30T15:26:18Z")
I know what you mean about disco clothes, but look over your shoulder…they’re coming! Yeah, I was also born into the wrong era. I love all that pin-stripe- and-fedora stuff on guys, too. ---
**Author:** ![crazyfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@crazyfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyfox)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/13 "2002-08-30T17:29:30Z")
kinda funny, how “praire” clothing has seeped back into style. I’m definately fond of Renaissance clothing. I wear lots of East Indian dresses, (matching pants underneath when its cold) and off the shoulder flowy cotton blouses and long elegant skirts, sandals. ---
**Author:** ![crazyfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@crazyfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyfox)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/14 "2002-08-30T17:32:03Z")
kinda funny, how “praire” clothing has seeped back into style. I’m definately fond of Renaissance clothing. I wear lots of East Indian dresses, (matching pants underneath when its cold) and off the shoulder flowy cotton blouses and long elegant skirts, sandals or tall boots clad my feet at all times. Has anyone noticed how incredibly ugly tennis shoes have become? UUUGH! I recently went shopping for a pair for long walks and was utterly dismayed by the gross ugly sneakers. I suppose sketchers and merrill are neat looking but others…nasty nasty ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/15 "2002-08-30T20:20:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by monica \* > \*\*I love renaissance clothing, as well as clothing from Marie Antoinette’s time. Pretty much give me anything will a long skirt, tiny waste, and plunging neckline, and I’m happy. I also like the Southern Bell outfits. > > However, in this era, my clothing generally runs more along the lines of tight, low-rider jeans and tops that are either tight, somewhat low-cut, show a little midriff, or all three. \*\* Wow. A teenaged Doper who dresses like that exists. Be still mine beating heart…before either **Luna Child** or **Medeas Child** find this thread and thwap the heck out of me. As for the OP, I like button-down type shirts. You can wear them regularly for semi-formal stuff, open with a T-Shirt underneath it, or closed with the sleeves pushed up. ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/16 "2002-08-30T20:22:48Z")
1940-1950’s era clothing, definitely. The style then was much classier than what we have now. My favorite clothes, at this moment, would have to be any maternity stuff that isn’t pastel, ruffled, or with some design on it that I _might_ put my kid in when they’re about 3. Before this, it was mainly capris and smaller shirts. I’m not all that fashionable. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/17 "2002-08-30T23:40:29Z")
quote: * * * Wow. A teenaged Doper who dresses like that exists. * * * Maybe I’m missing something her, but like what exists? ---
**Author:** ![SparrowHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SparrowHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparrowHawk)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/18 "2002-08-31T01:59:11Z")
Definitely Renaissance. Such yummy fabrics. And my hubby has great legs and would look terrific in tights. Or High Gothic. For some reason I am fascinated by headgear that looks like a ship in full sail. I am with you on the “grown women in overalls” thing, but I confess I have a pair I wear when I am mural painting. It’s sort of protective coloration when working with construction workers. I will not climb scaffolding in shorts and a tee shirt, no matter how hot it gets. I like clean lines, minimum frou-frou, so the Forties stuff sounds great. The style can be flowing or tailored. Because I’m an artist and a student (YES! Just went back this fall to prepare for grad program! Aaagh!), I schlep around in shorts, tees and tanks, cotton pants, sandals. I like the rare chance to dress up and look classy for a change, but I wouldn’t want to struggle with it on a daily basis. Nostalgia for the Sixties? ::shudder:: ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/19 "2002-08-31T03:14:09Z")
I have superlong legs and a long torso, so I love the dropwaist styles of the '20s and '30s. It helps that hats work on me too. I also look okay in '60s style minis and go-go boots:) Preferably with a big martini as an accesory. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115/20 "2002-08-31T03:54:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by monica \* > \*\*quote: > > * * * > > Wow. A teenaged Doper who dresses like that exists. > > * * * > > Maybe I’m missing something her, but like what exists? \*\* :o Sorry. Let me back up before I become Pitted. I tend to picture all Dopers as much much older than me. To have a Doper who actually dresses like people at my school do was kinda weird at first to picture. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-clothing/126115.md?page=2)