dresses are Back hurray hurray

Like our national office holders who talk to God?

Aye, this I know.

Nevertheless, all these years later, we've become closer since she's become a grandma, and my daughter, who had previously considered human infants to be some sort of repulsive over-sized hairless gerbil spawn, has bonded with her granddaughter.

Ak , my xuriousity arose , about this remark Christian , ie not wearing the garments of man .. Now please note this is a TEXTILE related curiousity !!

In Biblical times, there weren`t any pants, there were invented or developed many generations later. Joseph wore a Kutonet =3Dwhich translates as a Long Dress [ tunic ] . All over the east Many men Used to [and many still do] Were Jalabhas and Kaftans [ as did many men in Europe Before pants were there. Thus i am curious who decided and whoi or when were clothes defined as Male or Female???? mirjam

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you can find my article about VESTs developments in this way ,,,, mooving from his closet to her closet !!!! mirjam

What women did when I was growing up was to have special dresses that were worn *only* for housework and gardening. "House dresses" were made of cotton print, and were *very* washable.

Joy Beeson

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mirjam

If you visit me in my house, you will find me in a 'house dress' and most likely of a cotton print. Pants are too binding IMHO for home chores, and especially sitting at the computer or sewing machine. I do wear them sometimes when running errands or shopping, so I am definitely not anti-pants on women. Emily

:-)) You've just brought back fond memories of my childhood.

My mother had a very Vitorian stule upbringing and was taught to recite all those long ballads loved during the era of her own mother. One poem she used to recite as we did the washing up was called "A Bush Christening" by a bloke called Banjo Paterson. It's about a family (of Irish origins) who live waaaay out in the sticks near a river called the Barcoo. The son of the household has not been Christened. A section of it goes as follows:

Now the arful young rogue, while they held their collogue, With his ear to the keyhole was listenin': And he muttered in fright, while his features turned white. "What the divil and all is this chritenin'?"

He was none of your dolts - he had seen them brand colts. And it seemed to his small understanding, If the man in the frock made him one of the flock, It must mean something very like branding.

Drat! I wish I'd done the practical rather than the academic stream at school! I'll never make a typist's boot straps! That was meant to be "Victorian style upbringing".

I'm very much a pants person. I always found them easier for me to work in. When I returned to hospital work after many years at home, nurses were permitted to wear pants. When your lifting, turning and working with patients it's a lot more modest to have a p air of pants on. When I worked as a school nurse, pants were the best thing that ever happened. I can't tell you how many times I had to sit on the floor on a playground to tend to an injured child.I didn't have to worry about pulling my dress down or trying to keep my self covered, in order to do my job.

Juno

Yes, pantsuits were about the only thing I wore when teaching; reaching up to write on the chalkboard, bending over a child's desk, etc. they were better. But when I got home in the evening and weekends, I wore dresses to be comfortable. When I retired from teaching, I gave away almost all my pantsuits, because I knew I would not wear them often. I think I kept three and they are still good after some 13 years, a good indication of how often I wear them. Emily

I belong to the age group that changed from under/over knee length to mini [ well mine was never Mini mini , only midi mini !!] hemline . At sometimes 6-7 years later pants were added to mini dresses that became overshirts ,,,, When i wore pants i preffered the overall type that hang on my shoulderstraps, and when i was Macroni sized i like whole body suits Pant+Shirt types [ not easy at certain times ] .... but skirts mostly dresses sometimes are my Preffered clothes , It suits the climate , my figure, my abilities to sew . mirjam

I wear slightly-below-mid-calf-length skirts/jumpers at home and for me it's a lot easier than wearing slacks, and it's cooler in the summer. Of course, that wouldn't work for a nurse's job, but my best friend always wore culottes as a nurse and that worked for her.

I didn't even wear pants at all for about 20 years because I didn't know how to make any that didn't keep need> I'm very much a pants person. I always found them easier for me to work