# In praise of the sun dress: blatantly lascivious, anticipating warm weather **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-sun-dress-blatantly-lascivious-anticipating-warm-weather/390966 "2007-02-05T18:56:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-sun-dress-blatantly-lascivious-anticipating-warm-weather/390966/41 "2010-02-08T22:06:35Z")
Sundresses always deserve a bump. God, I miss Boston College during sundress season… ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-sun-dress-blatantly-lascivious-anticipating-warm-weather/390966/42 "2010-02-08T22:17:32Z")
I enjoyed your essay the first time around, and again this time. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-sun-dress-blatantly-lascivious-anticipating-warm-weather/390966/43 "2010-02-08T22:21:00Z")
The colder the winter, the more welcome a sundress filled spring. Downtown Chicago on the first warm days finds the sidewalks filled with beautiful women in sundresses. Thanks **Ogre** for your post. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-sun-dress-blatantly-lascivious-anticipating-warm-weather/390966/44 "2010-02-08T22:27:13Z")
Once I noticed the YEAR of the OP, I started picturing zombies in sundresses . . . That said, I can’t wait for sundress weather either! Can’t come too soon . . . especially since I’m 60 pounds lighter than last spring and (apart from some sarongs and T-shirts) have almost no summer clothes that fit. That’ll be some fun shopping! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-sun-dress-blatantly-lascivious-anticipating-warm-weather/390966/45 "2010-02-08T23:36:33Z")
I used to have a GF that would not wear panties _ever_. (Not sure why) Whenever we used to go out in public and she would be wearing one of those sun dresses; it would drive me crazy. Mainly because I knew a sexy little secret that others were not privy to. (or at least I don’t think they were but ya’ never know.) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-sun-dress-blatantly-lascivious-anticipating-warm-weather/390966/46 "2010-02-09T16:54:23Z")
Then there’s The Shift: [http://www.songlyrics.com/beach-boys/the-shift-lyrics/](http://www.songlyrics.com/beach-boys/the-shift-lyrics/) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-sun-dress-blatantly-lascivious-anticipating-warm-weather/390966/47 "2010-02-09T18:56:05Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > Once I noticed the YEAR of the OP, I started picturing zombies in sundresses . . . Sometines having a visual imagination is a curse. > [@Scarlett67](#): > > That said, I can’t wait for sundress weather either! Can’t come too soon . . . especially since I’m 60 pounds lighter than last spring and (apart from some sarongs and T-shirts) have almost no summer clothes that fit. That’ll be some fun shopping! You’re just taunting us here in the Frozen North. ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-sun-dress-blatantly-lascivious-anticipating-warm-weather/390966/48 "2010-02-09T19:13:24Z")
I was just going through my closet this past weekend figuring out which dresses I want to wear first! I LOVE sundresses during the summer. I will wear them to work with heels and maybe a light jacket then take the jacket off for things after work. Sadly today in AL it is cold and rainy and nasty out and spring feels like a long, long time away. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-sun-dress-blatantly-lascivious-anticipating-warm-weather/390966/49 "2010-02-09T19:53:53Z")
Sundresses are just fine and dandy, but the problem is that in the last few years they have morphed…_mutated_, if you will, into the atrocious babydoll dresses. They make every woman who wears them look they are oddly pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-sun-dress-blatantly-lascivious-anticipating-warm-weather/390966/50 "2010-02-09T22:17:42Z")
True story: Last week my wife and I were on the bus to work, and there was a certain amount of tension, 'cuz we were relying on transit to get baby to daycare and our asses in to work. Having a little disagreement about how to handle this. Cue beautiful girl in a sundress appearing immediately in front of me. I turned my head away to take in the sight of my wife catching sight of me taking in the sight of the beautiful girl in the sundress. Ah, well. When I face forward again, the girl is out of sight. My wife, under her breath, says “And you… looking at skanks on the bus.” I mount my best defense: “Aw, I was just shocked by the incongruity of it – who wears a floral sun dress in _February?_ It’s weird!” This is about when I realized that the reason the girl was out of my line of sight was because she had sat down next to me. :o Girl, wherever you are, rock that sundress whenever you feel like it. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-sun-dress-blatantly-lascivious-anticipating-warm-weather/390966/51 "2010-02-10T01:42:56Z")
After reading this, I feel like slipping into my favorite sundress and having an indoor picnic with my husband. Not tonight… but maybe surprising him some night… ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-sun-dress-blatantly-lascivious-anticipating-warm-weather/390966/52 "2010-02-10T03:47:58Z")
I remember seeing a woman on a nearly deserted beach playing with her young son. They were running around in the sand, laughing. She had long, dark brown hair and a nice tan and was wearing a white sundress. I remember it as if it were yesterday. It was around 15 years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-the-sun-dress-blatantly-lascivious-anticipating-warm-weather/390966.md?page=2)