# When getting dressed, what do you put on first? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 6, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083 "2017-10-06T04:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/1 "2017-10-06T04:08:12Z")
As my outrage/horror/sadness meter at the state of the world has pegged and broken, I present to the Teeming Millions a silly poll. When getting dressed, what do you put on first? Pants or socks? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/2 "2017-10-06T04:13:28Z")
Underwear. Then socks. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/3 "2017-10-06T04:30:41Z")
What do you mean by “pants”? I never wear socks so I can’t vote. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/4 "2017-10-06T04:33:50Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > What do you mean by “pants”? > > I never wear socks so I can’t vote. Long things you put on your legs. 😃 Slacks, pants, jeans - things like that. No, I do not mean condoms. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/5 "2017-10-06T04:38:16Z")
Socks are the work of the Small-Footed Devil. I never wear them! Sandals Rule!!! Except just after a snow storm. F#$%ing socks… ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/6 "2017-10-06T04:42:17Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Underwear. Then socks. ^ this ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/7 "2017-10-06T04:52:55Z")
I disagree with my esteemed colleagues above. Always socks first. You don’t want to transfer anything, like some undetected athlete’s foot, to more sensitive areas. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/8 "2017-10-06T04:54:10Z")
Moisturizer ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/9 "2017-10-06T05:01:50Z")
A Hissy Fit. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/10 "2017-10-06T05:25:14Z")
Underwear before socks. Socks before pants. Mainly because my ex wife trained me to never be naked while wearing socks. Apparently women hate this for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/11 "2017-10-06T05:31:43Z")
I selected pants, but yeah, underwear before pants. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/12 "2017-10-06T06:25:30Z")
Briefs, then socks, then shirt, then pants. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/13 "2017-10-06T06:54:06Z")
Shirt first, those toe-shoes, then the utilikilt. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/14 "2017-10-06T08:25:38Z")
My usual order: boxers, shirt, socks, pants ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/15 "2017-10-06T09:08:02Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > F#$%ing socks… How do they work? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/16 "2017-10-06T11:32:27Z")
I put on my socks before I put on my pants. And I don my undergarments before that. Shoes are usually last. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/17 "2017-10-06T11:38:28Z")
If I’m wearing socks, then I put them on before pants, because it’s more difficult to scrunch the pants up enough to put on socks to their full length. But when the weather is warm enough, I’m not wearing socks at all. And in any event, I always put on underpants (and undershirt, if applicable) before either pants or socks. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/18 "2017-10-06T12:24:10Z")
Shirt first, usually a tee. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/19 "2017-10-06T13:59:30Z")
I voted third party, but not jokingly. Here’s why: Non-workday: underpants, pants (99% shorts, 1% long pants), shirt. Then a couple hours later in-shoe sock liners (AKA mini socks) and shoes before going out. Today I did the first part 3 hours ago and will probably do socks 2 hours from now. Workday: underpants, undershirt, socks, shirt, pants, tie, boots. Socks come earlier in this flow because they go all the way up to the knee and are hard to put on after pants. An occupational hazard of both pilots and software devs is carefully analyzing any group of events to determine the optimal sequence, then building the habits to perform the optimal sequence every time. I’m **LSLGuy** and I admit I’ve got a problem. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083/20 "2017-10-06T14:33:47Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I voted third party, but not jokingly. Here’s why: > > Non-workday: underpants, pants (99% shorts, 1% long pants), shirt. Then a couple hours later in-shoe sock liners (AKA mini socks) and shoes before going out. Today I did the first part 3 hours ago and will probably do socks 2 hours from now. > > Workday: underpants, undershirt, socks, shirt, pants, tie, boots. Socks come earlier in this flow because they go all the way up to the knee and are hard to put on after pants. > An occupational hazard of both pilots and software devs is carefully analyzing any group of events to determine the optimal sequence, then building the habits to perform the optimal sequence every time. I’m **LSLGuy** and I admit I’ve got a problem. 😃 I’m a BA, not a code monkey, but I agree with you, socks before pants but shorts before socks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-dressed-what-do-you-put-on-first/798083.md?page=2)