# What should I wear on my date? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 29, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948 "2006-12-29T02:42:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/41 "2006-12-29T17:26:25Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Um. What’s a wrap dress? [/QUOTE] [Wrap Dress Example](\\“Photobucket\) ---
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/42 "2006-12-29T17:27:57Z")
[QUOTE=Mint Julep] [Wrap Dress Example](\\“Photobucket\) [/QUOTE] [Wrap Dress Example that works?](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/paigewatson/wrap.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 29, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/43 "2006-12-29T17:53:42Z")
Backless blouse and tight fit’n jeans with some cool black boots. Oh and be sure and post pics. I like to see what my own personal Barbie doll looks like after I’ve dressed her. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/44 "2006-12-29T18:09:56Z")
I agree with the dress idea and a wrap dress does wonderful things for my body and most womens’. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/45 "2006-12-29T20:39:19Z")
[QUOTE=CanvasShoes] 🙂 Sorry, it was a semi-smartassed answer to **Oakminster’s** rather cold-blooded post. As he answered you in a later post, if he doesn’t “get it” by date one, he’s out of there anyway. Not all men, but there are a lot of “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” kinda men out there. [/QUOTE] More cynical than cold blooded, I think. Still, quite a few of my first date adventures turn into relationships that last for months. Some have gone even longer. Looking for Ms. Right can take a lifetime. These days, finding Ms. Right Now is good enough for me…good enough for me and my Bobbi McGee…yeah… Oops. Went away for a little while. Back now. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/46 "2006-12-29T21:00:23Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] (BTW, before someone upbraids me, it’s a literary reference - for heaven’s sake _don’t_ wear _either_ silk _or_ yellow to anything involving molten chocolate.) [/QUOTE] I recognize the phrase - but can’t place it… what is it from? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/47 "2006-12-29T21:32:53Z")
[QUOTE=Mint Julep] [Wrap Dress Example that works?](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/paigewatson/wrap.jpg) [/QUOTE] Hm. Not so bad. It makes it more like a present when it comes off. Yeesh, where’s MY mind? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/48 "2006-12-29T21:51:34Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Glad to know I’m not the only one who thought of this when reading the thread title. [/QUOTE] Thought of it? [Hell, I decided to link to it!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=371065) And that wrap dress? Forgive me, but ugh! I’m far from being anything remotely fashionable, but it looks like some kind of retro 70’s thing. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/49 "2006-12-29T23:27:58Z")
Ok, at the last minute the swingy Audrey Hepburn dress won. Wish me luck. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/50 "2006-12-30T00:05:30Z")
Good choice! And, good luck! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/51 "2006-12-30T00:27:05Z")
I was going to say “Whatever makes you _feel_ good”. I think women are most attractive when they’re most confident. We hold ourselves better, we move better, we’re more…powerful. Except that unfortunate and very large woman at work who is built like a neolithic fertility goddess. You know the stone icons that have those little head, big bosoms, hugh hips and tiny little peg legs? Yep. Just like that. Wearing skin tight jeans tucked into knee-high patent-leather lace-up boots and a tight T-shirt that read: 2 hot + 2 be = 4 gotten. Casual Day gone mad. StG ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/52 "2006-12-30T15:48:36Z")
Sure to make an impression… Torn and filthy denim jacket Sweat stained grey T-shirt, ripped Kilt with sporran also ripped Scuffed engineers boots. Bright orange socks. So let us know how it went ---
**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:** [December 30, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/53 "2006-12-30T16:43:20Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Sure to make an impression… Torn and filthy denim jacket Sweat stained grey T-shirt, ripped Kilt with sporran also ripped Scuffed engineers boots. Bright orange socks. \ [/QUOTE] I see you’ve heard of [Ashley MacIsaac.](http://www.bobsnider.ca/am2.jpg) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/54 "2006-12-30T18:12:36Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] I see you’ve heard of [Ashley MacIsaac.](http://www.bobsnider.ca/am2.jpg) 😃 [/QUOTE] Hey!!! I said make an impression not scare him off ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/55 "2006-12-30T18:55:47Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] So let us know how it went [/QUOTE] Probably pretty good if she’s not back yet. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/56 "2006-12-30T21:13:58Z")
[QUOTE=Red Barchetta] Probably pretty good if she’s not back yet. [/QUOTE] Well, I think it went pretty well. I went with the Audrey Hepburn dress and cute shoes which he noticed and commented on (the shoes) - bonus points for him. We left a bit early (10:00PM) because he said he had to work early today, which I took his word for. Then as I was sitting in my car I wondered if I’d been Mirandaed - you know “He’s just not that into you.” But, we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/57 "2006-12-30T21:15:03Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Hey!!! I said make an impression not scare him off [/QUOTE] FWIW, my facial hair is much thicker than his. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/58 "2006-12-31T01:36:59Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] Ok, at the last minute the swingy Audrey Hepburn dress won. Wish me luck. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Yay! You can’t go wrong with Audrey. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/59 "2006-12-31T19:21:31Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] Well, I think it went pretty well. I went with the Audrey Hepburn dress and cute shoes which he noticed and commented on (the shoes) - bonus points for him. We left a bit early (10:00PM) because he said he had to work early today, which I took his word for. Then as I was sitting in my car I wondered if I’d been Mirandaed - you know “He’s just not that into you.” But, we’ll see. [/QUOTE] Now if you’d worn the engineers boots as I suggested… ---
**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:** [December 31, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948/60 "2006-12-31T19:46:52Z")
Do you have any second date plans yet? Has he called? We’re all living vicariously through you and the rest of the Doper Singles, you know. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-on-my-date/385948.md?page=4)