# Time to start criticizing Jill Biden's wardrobe **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 6, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484 "2021-04-06T12:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/1 "2021-04-06T12:59:00Z")
> **[Is This a Photograph of Jill Biden in 'Fishnet Stockings'?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jill-biden-fishnet-stockings/)** > > A picture of 69-year-old First Lady Jill Biden deplaning while wearing 'fishnet stockings' touched off online debate over the appropriateness of her ensemble. Let me just say that if I EVER in my life had or could have legs like that I would totally wear that outfit. Who cares if she’s 69. She looks amazing! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/2 "2021-04-06T13:07:13Z")
Love that first comment quoted that Melania has more class in her little finger. You mean the Melania who posed nude and did a lesbian photoshoot? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/3 "2021-04-06T13:09:15Z")
Ha, that Snopes article had a screenshot of a tweet disparaging Jill Biden’s outfit that said “Melania had more class in her little finger”. Yeah, Melania who visited caged immigrant children wearing a jacket that said “I don’t care, do U?”. So classy. ETA: partially ninja’d by running\_coach! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/4 "2021-04-06T13:14:55Z")
I don’t know if there’s a term for hose that have a pattern in the weave, but I don’t consider those to be fishnets. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/5 "2021-04-06T13:17:02Z")
They are called patterned tights. To be more specific, sheer patterned tights. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/6 "2021-04-06T13:20:30Z")
At least she’s not wearing a tan suit. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/7 "2021-04-06T13:37:32Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > At least she’s not wearing a tan suit I think Joe Biden should put a nice tan suit in his weekly rotation to troll the right-wing echo chamber. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/8 "2021-04-06T13:42:08Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Love that first comment quoted that Melania has more class in her little finger. You mean the Melania who posed nude and did a lesbian photoshoot? Not that there’s anything wrong with that. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/9 "2021-04-06T13:42:43Z")
After Labor Day can you wear a tan suit with fishnets? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/10 "2021-04-06T13:54:26Z")
Ya know, that whole “no fishnet stockings after Labor Day” rule is just a remnant from an older, more repressed time. Like having a servant take a calling card to a neighbor before you texted them. These days you should be able to wear what you want\*, when you want. (\*) Just don’t wear a striped tie with the fishnet stockings - that would be tacky. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/11 "2021-04-06T13:58:08Z")
Tim Curry is 74 and I bet he could still get away with it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/12 "2021-04-06T14:05:23Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > Love that first comment quoted that Melania has more class in her little finger. You mean the Melania who posed nude and did a lesbian photoshoot? > > Not that there’s anything wrong with that. - I don’t think so, either. However, it’s not an indication of _class_. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/13 "2021-04-06T14:16:46Z")
It was classy 'cause Melania kept her pinky finger out. [![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uM9q4WpYhkY/VeP4cNV0cEI/AAAAAAAAGsE/NyHdcxJoch4/s1600/No%2Bpinky%2Bfinger%2Bthrust%2Bso.jpg) ](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uM9q4WpYhkY/VeP4cNV0cEI/AAAAAAAAGsE/NyHdcxJoch4/s1600/No%2Bpinky%2Bfinger%2Bthrust%2Bso.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/14 "2021-04-06T14:19:11Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > It was classy 'cause Melania kept her pinky finger out. - > [https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uM9q4WpYhkY/VeP4cNV0cEI/AAAAAAAAGsE/NyHdcxJoch4/s1600/No%2Bpinky%2Bfinger%2Bthrust%2Bso.jpg](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uM9q4WpYhkY/VeP4cNV0cEI/AAAAAAAAGsE/NyHdcxJoch4/s1600/No%2Bpinky%2Bfinger%2Bthrust%2Bso.jpg) Prevents fisting. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/15 "2021-04-06T14:19:17Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Not that there’s anything wrong with that. > [@running\_coach](#): > > I don’t think so, either. However, it’s not an indication of _class_ . Yes, as opposed to the “I don’t care, do U?” jacket she wore, which was both wrong AND showed a lack of class. There was also the ‘wearing a pith helmet on a trip to Africa’ incident, but I can charitably chalk that up to cultural tone-deafness. The “I don’t care, do U?” jacket, on the other hand, was clearly a big ‘F U’ to the world. There’s no way that was an innocent mistake. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/16 "2021-04-06T14:37:04Z")
She married Trump. Any pretense of “class” she might have aspired to project is ruined by that alone. She’s a caricature of a vapid and callous villain; a Cruela de Ville without the charisma. Her goal in life was to find somebody rich and spend her life contemplating her wardrobe closet and getting though public life as a life-like mannequin. When forced to be a real person, she became resentful and told everyone just what she thought about the world and everyone in it. She’s a sociopath with a great sense of fashion. Nothing more. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/17 "2021-04-06T15:24:38Z")
Man, those boots. I don’t know how women do it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/18 "2021-04-06T15:27:58Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Man, those boots. I don’t know how women do it. - 🎶 Those boots aren’t made for walkin’…🎶 ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/19 "2021-04-06T15:29:50Z")
**psychobunny** had it right. Those are patterned stockings. Fishnets are actual netting with bare skin exposed, if minimally. I think her outfit is stylish and appropriate. Putting Melania and class in the same sentence should cause some kind of cosmic catastrophe. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484/20 "2021-04-06T15:45:50Z")
A world in which fishnets (or whatever these are) are inappropriate at any time is not a world in which I care to live. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-start-criticizing-jill-bidens-wardrobe/939484.md?page=2)