# My dress is inside out. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dress-is-inside-out/125447 "2002-08-25T03:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dress-is-inside-out/125447/1 "2002-08-25T03:02:06Z")
And I wore it like that all day. It buttons up the front, but it’s loose enough that I can take it off the hanger and put it on, still buttoned, then secure it with a belt. I just now looked down and realized the buttons are inside. They say if you wear your clothes inside out by accident (has to be by accident), you’ll have good luck. I wouldn’t say this was an unlucky day: for one thing, I got a burnt burger, and Ralphs didn’t have any crispers. But maybe I was saved from something I don’t know about. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dress-is-inside-out/125447/2 "2002-08-25T03:33:57Z")
If I see someone wearing an article of clothing inside-out, I assume they’ve been off having sex somewhere. But that’s probably just me. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dress-is-inside-out/125447/3 "2002-08-25T03:57:48Z")
You probably didn’t realize that you mistakenly posted this to the LeftBehind BB 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dress-is-inside-out/125447/4 "2002-08-25T06:25:02Z")
**jackelope** , you have a dirty mind… yes, you do. And never mind how I go about on some days… 😃 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dress-is-inside-out/125447/5 "2002-08-25T06:37:25Z")
I wouldn’t worry about your dress being inside out. If you start wearing your shoes to work inside out, though, then you’ve got problems. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dress-is-inside-out/125447/6 "2002-08-25T07:55:44Z")
I once watched a very drunken friend try unsuccesfully for about 10 minutes to get his sneakers on… the wrong feet. (Y’know, left one on the right foot, and widdershins) He finally turned 'em upside down, wrapped the laces back around foot and sneaker, tied a sloppy knot, and announced, “Awright, godammit, let’s go.” We decided maybe staying in and having a pizza delivered was a better idea than heading out. [sub]In retrospect, that was a bad idea, too; his pizza only stayed down for about 2 hours. At least it was his own apartment that got… soiled.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dress-is-inside-out/125447/7 "2002-08-25T07:56:43Z")
I’ve heard that if you put a piece of clothing on inside out, that it’s bad luck to take it off and put it on the right way. \ ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dress-is-inside-out/125447/8 "2002-08-25T10:29:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Squish \* > \*\*I’ve heard that if you put a piece of clothing on inside out, that it’s bad luck to take it off and put it on the right way. \ \*\* What if you find out that your shirt is inside out before a job interview? Can you change and still bypass the bad luck, or are you screwed either way? ---
**Author:** ![Texican](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@Texican](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Texican)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dress-is-inside-out/125447/9 "2002-08-25T12:36:13Z")
a girl i once knew came home from a date, somewhat tipsey. She was introduced to mom’s new boyfriend, and she stayed and talked for a while. afterwards when she went to get undressed for bed, her clothes were on inside out. now she knew the reason for mom’s look of perturbedness and boyfriend’s look of bemusement. and yep, it was a sex thing. ---
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dress-is-inside-out/125447/10 "2002-08-25T17:22:14Z")
I sneaked off during a party with a friend to…ummm…tear one off, and I put my shirt on inside-out. Oh, the horror. The snickers are still audible in my memory’s ear. ---
**Author:** ![Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dress-is-inside-out/125447/11 "2002-08-25T18:51:37Z")
At least most of the time it’s not too easy to tell… Boyfriend and I were umm… yeah… but we had to get back home in time to go to church with my parents for Easter Mass. Sometime halfway through the sermon I realized that the shorts I was wearing (yeah, yeah horribly casual for mass but whatever) were inside out. I am sooo damn lucky that no one noticed or commented on them before I could go to the car and fix them. Kitty ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dress-is-inside-out/125447/12 "2002-08-26T03:40:01Z")
Probably nobody broke into your house today and saw you naked. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dress-is-inside-out/125447/13 "2002-08-26T03:55:26Z")
I am definitely having problems with clothes, aren’t I? ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dress-is-inside-out/125447/14 "2002-08-26T12:55:46Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Skeezix:_ > (Y’know left one on the right foot, and **widdershins** ) Hey, don’t drag me into this. But I did know a guy in junior high who intentionally wore his shirts inside out because the tag and the seams rubbing his skin made him uncomfortable. He was strange.