I know this wasn't your main point, but I do appreciate your nuanced approach to jeans! I see so many young Catholic moms falling into two camps: the "pants-are-basically-sinful" camp and the "wears-casual-pants-to-Sunday-Mass-but-not-leggings-so-it's-almost-like-dressing-up" camp. Neither has it right IMHO. Like you say, pants have their uses (and *can* be part of a feminine outfit if styled the right way...thinking especially about Helen's corduroy pants and blouse from this week's episode of All Creatures Great and Small). I wouldn't ever wear them to Sunday Mass, but I do find them useful for chores on Saturday (and no, I'm not wearing leggings and a t-shirt even then!). Let's step outside of rigid categories and look deeper to principles (i.e. the way I dress radiates the truth that I am essentially feminine).
Won't give pause for excuse making here. Just now, ordered some reasonable skirts in my "actual" size for my now older body with a different silhouette so as to walk into reality with some feminine clothing options. And, yes, Leila, I totally get the top button issue! We are dynamic creatures living a timeless role for a beautiful purpose. That motivates me. Thank you again.
THANK YOU! I rarely wear pants or jeans anymore, almost 100% skirts and dresses, because... they are just more comfortable! After 7 babies and 2 of them c-sections, I just can't deal with pants anymore. I have a few pairs of jeans that I mostly wear with a tunic or shorter shirt-dress (think collared shirt with a belt that well covers the bottom) and usually for gardening or heavy cleaning days. And the jeans have the elastic waist. I like the Nine West skinny jeans with elastic waist because you can easily tuck skinny jeans into a pair of boots (nice ones or work boots) without all the extra material bunching around. And I think skinny jeans look better with a shirt dress. I mostly don't feel comfortable having my bottom exposed anymore, even in a pair of dress pants or sturdy structured jeans. It makes me feel, well, uncovered. I suppose it's because I have gotten so used to wearing skirts and dresses for the last few years. I just don't feel dressed in a pair of pants and t-shirt.
Three years ago I threw away all my pants/jeans and I never looked back. For me personally I can’t go back even in the slightest… I was so deeply infected with feminism that I emasculated my husband. My 100% wearing of dresses and skirts keep the symptoms of that disease from rearing its ugly head.
I know this wasn't your main point, but I do appreciate your nuanced approach to jeans! I see so many young Catholic moms falling into two camps: the "pants-are-basically-sinful" camp and the "wears-casual-pants-to-Sunday-Mass-but-not-leggings-so-it's-almost-like-dressing-up" camp. Neither has it right IMHO. Like you say, pants have their uses (and *can* be part of a feminine outfit if styled the right way...thinking especially about Helen's corduroy pants and blouse from this week's episode of All Creatures Great and Small). I wouldn't ever wear them to Sunday Mass, but I do find them useful for chores on Saturday (and no, I'm not wearing leggings and a t-shirt even then!). Let's step outside of rigid categories and look deeper to principles (i.e. the way I dress radiates the truth that I am essentially feminine).
You get me 🥰
Won't give pause for excuse making here. Just now, ordered some reasonable skirts in my "actual" size for my now older body with a different silhouette so as to walk into reality with some feminine clothing options. And, yes, Leila, I totally get the top button issue! We are dynamic creatures living a timeless role for a beautiful purpose. That motivates me. Thank you again.
THANK YOU! I rarely wear pants or jeans anymore, almost 100% skirts and dresses, because... they are just more comfortable! After 7 babies and 2 of them c-sections, I just can't deal with pants anymore. I have a few pairs of jeans that I mostly wear with a tunic or shorter shirt-dress (think collared shirt with a belt that well covers the bottom) and usually for gardening or heavy cleaning days. And the jeans have the elastic waist. I like the Nine West skinny jeans with elastic waist because you can easily tuck skinny jeans into a pair of boots (nice ones or work boots) without all the extra material bunching around. And I think skinny jeans look better with a shirt dress. I mostly don't feel comfortable having my bottom exposed anymore, even in a pair of dress pants or sturdy structured jeans. It makes me feel, well, uncovered. I suppose it's because I have gotten so used to wearing skirts and dresses for the last few years. I just don't feel dressed in a pair of pants and t-shirt.
This is an example of what I like to wear with jeans and a pair of shorter boots.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/94716398419575352/
And pockets...or lack of for functionality and the silhouette.
Three years ago I threw away all my pants/jeans and I never looked back. For me personally I can’t go back even in the slightest… I was so deeply infected with feminism that I emasculated my husband. My 100% wearing of dresses and skirts keep the symptoms of that disease from rearing its ugly head.