Girls wearing boys cloths?

If it is for style ,or posing as a man I believe one cannot(Yorah De’ah 182) ,but there is a difference if one is cold or wears it for comfort(wife is cold husband gives her his jacket I believe this is fine).This is not psak this is just a quick overview.

I have been told that Brooks Brothers sells women’s clothes. Some women also buy the Brachsoni chassidishe mens shirt (that button the “girls” way).

I think that Brooks Brothers does sell some women’s items.

See the following:

http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5770/purim.html

Brooks Brothers has a whole line of womens clothing.

What makes it mens clothing if you can’t tell the difference? The obvious answer is that there is a difference.

I was once running late and none of my shirts were ironed so I took one of my brothers shirts that had just come from the cleaners. I didn’t even think this might be a prob. Is it really bad?

I wear the Ralph Lauren button down mens shirts because they are more tznius than the really fitted girls ones.

I think the only issur to wear a man/woman clothing is for the sake of mingling with the opposite gender.

Ask ur local orthodox Rabbi for a psak

Lo Tilbash is an issur Dioraysa……….. don’t play games and don’t look for loopholes. Let’s show Hashem we care about His word

RABBAIM: When I was in high school, this issue came up (in reference to a school play), and the psak the school got was not quite as black-and-white as you make it out to be.

it costs less at the cleaners to have a men’s shirt cleaned.

The major difference between a man’s shirt and a woman’s man-tailored (not fitted) shirt is the direction from which it is buttoned. The question then is, what’s the difference between a woman’s man-tailored shirt and a chassidishe shirt. It seems to me that the chassidim are the ones who are over lo silbash.

I dont think that it has anything to do with Satmar. more like a Rebbishe thing.

The prohibition is that of a man dressing up in order to look like a woman , or vice versa. The reasons are that they would use this tactic to purposely mingle for unkosher purposes (Bach et al.). Some say (Rambam sefer hamitzvos) that there are prohibited magical connotations to this cross-dressing. There are also other issues here, see Nazir 59a and Tur/SA YD 182.

Therefore, it is permissible to wear men’s clothing when it is clear that the purpose is benign. This includes (but is not limited to) such things as staying warm or cool, unisex articles of clothing, simple articles of clothing that are not jewelry, or when the purpose does not indicate a desire to appear like the other gender. It would be permitted to wear a man’s shirt for painting the house, or if one is “running late” and just grabbed something to wear. These are clearly benign actions.

When the purpose is davka to look like the other gender, but the intent is for fun or entertainment, the opinions are divided (see Sefer Yereim, Bach, Rama). This includes cross-dressing for “shtick” at weddings and on Purim, which was common as long ago as seven-eight hundred years.

Wearing a man’s shirt for tznius would certainly be permitted, although I think that one should be able to find tznius clothes designed for women. After all, proper women’s attire designed and manufactured for women is not a new phenomenon.

I find it implausable that button position and the like can be included in this prohibition, and one can safely ignore “the button thing”.

I’m curious what some would say about a women wearing mens undershirts- like the ribbed ones- that are called ‘wifebeaters’?

I wear them if I am wearing a white kiki riki (which is see through) so I can be more tznius. I like wearing them over just another regular shell underneath because these are very lightweight and are sleeveless so I don’t feel like I am wearing 2 shirts.