# Sexier: dresses or jeans? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 20, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588 "2017-03-20T03:18:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/1 "2017-03-20T03:18:53Z")
Putting this in IMHO cause it’s clearly not mundane:) What kind of lower body covering, for lack of a better word, do you think looks sexiest on a woman? A short dress or skirt? Tight jeans? Or something else? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/2 "2017-03-20T03:42:19Z")
Dresses. No real reason why other than I’ve always thought so. ---
**Author:** ![Hector\_St\_Clare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Hector\_St\_Clare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hector_St_Clare)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/3 "2017-03-20T04:09:40Z")
Pants. Not a dress fan, personally. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/4 "2017-03-20T04:16:44Z")
Jeans. Nothing is sexier than jeans. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/5 "2017-03-20T04:18:45Z")
You need another option: _I’s all good!_ ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/6 "2017-03-20T04:21:30Z")
I’ve seen sexy jeans, but I’ve seen a whole lot more sexy dresses. Generally it’s a sundress that I really like. They don’t even depend on having a super-sexy body shape, like the jeans do. (Or just being on someone I was already crushing on. Tends to make everything they wear look sexy.) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/7 "2017-03-20T04:25:18Z")
All depends on the dress or jeans in question, and how it fits on the particular woman. A “little black dress” is likely to be sexier than a Laura Ashley dress, just as tight, low jeans are likely to be sexier than “mom jeans.” If a woman has an athletic build, yoga pants are damned sexy, too. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/8 "2017-03-20T04:37:05Z")
It depends on a woman’s size and proportions. With most ladies who are more slim and not particularly curvy, I think jeans is a more attractive look. I like women with wide hips/small waist-to-hip ratio and I’d say those types to me often are showstopper material in a dress…They look good in mostly anything though especially dress pants. I’d go with dress pants as the ideal look of my ideal. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/9 "2017-03-20T05:02:35Z")
Jeans. IMHO, formal = not sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/10 "2017-03-20T05:08:42Z")
For me it’s too broad a question; it depends what kind of dress / jeans / other we’re talking about, and what kind of body shape. About all I can say is that I am someone who is turned on by feminine legs and/or a round butt, so anything that hides those features is inherently less sexy. Baggy jeans would be up there as one of the least sexy things a woman could wear. (And of course I’m just saying what I find more sexy as per the OP, _not_ saying it should be women’s goal to look maximum sexy at all times). ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/11 "2017-03-20T09:31:36Z")
Dresses or skirts. Mini-skirts are hot of course but for some reason, I also find long dresses with ankle hemlines very sexy. Not floor-length, but the feet and ankles showing ? Yeah ! ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/12 "2017-03-20T09:33:29Z")
Jeans Baby got her blue jeans on Forever in blue jeans ---
**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:** [March 20, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/13 "2017-03-20T09:53:00Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > All depends on the dress or jeans in question, and how it fits on the particular woman. A “little black dress” is likely to be sexier than a Laura Ashley dress, just as tight, low jeans are likely to be sexier than “mom jeans.”… That’s a pretty bold and edgy stance you’re taking there, **kenobi**. In other word: Duh. mmm ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/14 "2017-03-20T12:22:26Z")
Nothing better than the swish of a dress. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/15 "2017-03-20T13:16:51Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Nothing is sexier than jeans. Well, duh. But I think we’re talking about the kind of thing a woman could wear in public. ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/16 "2017-03-20T13:42:28Z")
I’m going with dress/skirt because it provides more avenues of expression. With pants they do nothing more than cover the legs-it is all up to the legs to be “sexy” or not. With dresses, the form, movement, way in which it is worn, and material of the dress can all contribute. A woman with less than perfectly sexy legs can still look way hot in a dress. She can still look way hot in pants, but she has fewer ways to express herself. It is not just the physical body-it is the attitude and taste that defines sexy. With a dress there is more room to express oneself. IMHO as a man of course. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/17 "2017-03-20T14:56:59Z")
Shopping at WalMart or the supermarket, I pay no attention to the squadrons of women in jeans or slacks or shorts, unless they have some other outstanding characteristic. But if I see one in a dress, I triangulate her trajectory and make sure my cart meets hers again in the next aisle and plan what I’m going to say… It costs more to look sexy in a dress, so a woman who sets out to look sexy is more likely to go with jeans, and “looking sexy” is usually a function of intent. A $20 par of WalMart jeans will make you look sexy if you want to, but a $20 dress will more likely make you look like one of the cleaning staff. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/18 "2017-03-20T15:32:09Z")
It depends on the woman. Some women can make one hotter than the black-tip of the flame of an arc-welding torch. Others can make the other as hot as the surface of the sun. If you are lucky enough to have a woman that hot in your life, pardon me but wtf are you doing here? Did you need a condom or something? ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/19 "2017-03-20T15:38:22Z")
I _feel_ better in a dress, if it’s the right style. So that’s what I usually wear. Next choice after that is slacks, after that jeans. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588/20 "2017-03-20T15:48:57Z")
The jeans my gf wore on Sunday, hands down. They are (were) extremely form-fitting. She went out horseback riding and when she dismounted she tore open the crotch. The jeans are (were) too snug to wear panties. She walked into the house in crotch-less jeans, laughing so hard she was crying. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexier-dresses-or-jeans/782588.md?page=2)