# Made a skirt from husband's old shirt: cute or stupid-looking? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 2, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027 "2011-06-02T01:03:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/1 "2011-06-02T01:03:24Z")
I can’t decide. We’re talking running errands here, not job interview or date. Is [this](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-KT3URCqlX58/TeaKRP7l2WI/AAAAAAAAJiI/P-of-KHtfmM/s512/IMG_4680.JPG) [skirt](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RXM9syX_FSI/TeaKQYjUkFI/AAAAAAAAJiA/hkQ4tWYb4Cc/s512/IMG_4679.JPG) ridiculous, or cute? No big deal if it looks stupid, it took about 5 minutes to make. Edit: dammit! sorry about title typo. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/2 "2011-06-02T01:06:18Z")
I think it’s cute, but then I have been known to wear oversized button down shirts as dresses so my opinion may be skewed. 😛 But really, it’s not overly revealing, it’s different, I like it. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/3 "2011-06-02T01:06:35Z")
Looks like you’re wearing a pair of men’s 2xl boxer shorts. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/4 "2011-06-02T01:07:48Z")
As long as you’re excited to wear it, enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/5 "2011-06-02T01:08:45Z")
Super cute. Looks nice and cool for summer too. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/6 "2011-06-02T01:09:55Z")
Even though it looks like a cross between oversize boxers, or a men’s shirt that managed to disappear under your shirt, I can’t bring myself to hate it. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/7 "2011-06-02T01:10:52Z")
My vote is for cute. ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/8 "2011-06-02T01:11:22Z")
I love the actual style of it, and it does look very fresh and airy, but I do find the pattern on the particular shirt you used looks a tad pajama-y. I think with a different shirt, I would absolutely LOVE this. ---
**Author:** ![Sublata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Sublata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublata)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/9 "2011-06-02T01:13:03Z")
I vote cute. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/10 "2011-06-02T01:20:10Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Even though it looks like a cross between oversize boxers, or a men’s shirt that managed to disappear under your shirt, I can’t bring myself to hate it. That pretty much sums it up for me - I can see why you’re torn, too. What the hell - wear it in good health. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/11 "2011-06-02T01:24:53Z")
OK, so, consensus seems to be that it would not be a crime against humanity to wear this garment to Target. Good. I might do that once, as an experiment. If I get a zillion people staring at me trying to figure out if I’m wearing boxers in public, I’ll try my hand at making a cute little shirt thingie out of it. Sewing is fun! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/12 "2011-06-02T01:33:47Z")
So hot! If you wear that skirt he should bend you over the washing machine, and set it for a large load. Not so much because of the skirt itself, it’s cute, but more because you made it yourself. Crafty women should be loved as often as possible. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/13 "2011-06-02T01:48:40Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > Looks like you’re wearing a pair of men’s 2xl boxer shorts. Ditto. Looks like boxers that are too big for you. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/14 "2011-06-02T01:54:48Z")
I vote for both – cute _and_ ridiculous. I could never pull it off. If you can, though, awesome. Though it does look a bit like oversized boxers. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/15 "2011-06-02T02:21:07Z")
I vote cute! It looks like something you’d find on Etsy, “hand crafted from vintage Arrow shirts”. (I made little short-short pajama bottoms from a pink oxford cloth shirt last year, though I wouldn’t wear them outside the house.) ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/16 "2011-06-02T02:37:48Z")
Somewhere between cute and ridiculous. If you were my SO I don’t think I’d be super excited about you wearing it out to a social event, but for day to day stuff (Target) wouldn’t pipe up. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/17 "2011-06-02T02:41:25Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > Looks like you’re wearing a pair of men’s 2xl boxer shorts. Concur. Nice legs, though. ---
**Author:** ![drpepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@drpepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drpepper)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/18 "2011-06-02T02:55:27Z")
Your thread title sucked me in… I like the bluntness of the choice. I vote cute, and you can definitely pull it off with your body type. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/19 "2011-06-02T03:03:43Z")
> [@drpepper](#): > > I vote cute, and you can definitely pull it off with your body type. +1 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027/20 "2011-06-02T03:06:10Z")
Made me laugh. Cute and a bit silly. I’d wear it for my grocery outings. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-a-skirt-from-husbands-old-shirt-cute-or-stupid-looking/584027.md?page=2)