Jean Skirts on Dates

It depends who you are and who you’re dating.

Or acceptable?

Troll. (you guys really fooled?)

Hi DenimGirl.

You bring up a good point about what the issue is. I guess it is a very special event and it shows you recognize it is not an ordinary thing. I would say by the second or so date, one can begin to show their preferred style of dress.

I am not a suit guy. I prefer denim, a nice shirt, leather jacket (not anymore), a bandana reppin’ my gang affiliation (not anymore) ..lol. But when my Rabbi said there is someone he wants me to meet, he kinda nudged me and said I should wear a suit and a hat. The irony is the lady I was meeting told me she told him I dont have to dress up. lol Ultimately, who knows? Take in the advice and come to your own consensus, and have a fantastic time on the date. It is exciting!!

And most days, I don’t wear a suit. And most evenings, I don’t shave. And I don’t usually shower in the afternoon either.

Maybe I should just show up like I usually look at 7:00 PM, since that is me.

Going further, most nights, I don’t go to a lounge in Manhattan, I go to the yeshiva dining room. So I’ll take her there.

And most nights, I don’t pick up a girl at all. So I won’t go to her house.

I want to be me. So tell the girl she can come to yeshiva and eat supper across the table from me. Unless it is turkey legs- then I’m going for pizza. But my chavrusa is coming, I hope that’s ok?

And I can stay out 10 minutes into night seder, but any later than that and my chavrusah gets cranky. (You can date him instead, but then he will need to be at night seder 10 minutes early.)

Do you wear denim even on Shabbos or for a chassanah? I would say that Shabbos clothes for a first date is the most appropriate.

I take it you don’t want to date me?

No, pba, I don’t even think she wants to date your chavrusa!

IMO– if the guy’s wearing jeans, then you can wear a jeans skirt.

otherwise, very definitely not appropriate.

& I wear (long) denim skirts almost all the time. (just so you know where I’m coming from).

I personally don’t think I’d have a problem with it. I can definitely see why certain people would. It depends on who you’re dating.

On a first date – no, in my opinion, but that’s because I like girls to look more formally put-together for a first meeting, though not too pitzy, either. But for other casual dates, why not?

BTguy were you really once a gang member? WHich gang?

Denim is from the same material as jeans.

‘Many consumers in Western societies are willing to pay extra for jeans that have the appearance of being used. To give the fabrics the right worn look sandblasting is used’ ( from jeans Wikipedia).

Now as i said before, to dress like a tramp, it affects who you are.

‘I was reading Rav Mendle Kaplan’s Torah thoughts, he wrote that when non Jewish men in the olden days would dress neat, wear a suit, a hat, they would dresss menchlitkiet they would behave better, but now as clothing became more casual, they would wear shorts, jeans ect, their behavior became worse, turning to the Jewish men he said, when they dress like a yeshiva boy should look (the Alter’s gadlus haodom’s Derech), they behave better.

In conclusion how you dress, can affect how you behave.’

Wooh! hold on there. The way we speak also effects who we are as a person. I am sure DenimGirl and all the other people out there wearing denim skirts are nice fine bas torahs. How can you possibly call them a tramp. And since when does wearing jeans, even if they are “sand blasted” a sign of a tramp? What does that quote have to do with anything?

Denim was originally made popular during the gold rush because it was cheap for Levi and Strauss to make and it didn’t show dirt as well.

While I agree that how one carries himself does have an effect on behavior, it is far from the determining factor. We should be much more concerned about whats on the inside than whats on the outside (insert colored shirt and kipa sruga comments here).

Gold and silver haven’t been money since 1971. It’s a lot harder to inflate your way out of debt when it’s based on actual precious metal than fiat currency. The Eurozone is having a similar issue- the unified currency means individual countries like Italy and Greece can’t inflate their way out of the crushing debt load since the supply has to be coordinated with fiscally responsible countries like Germany, making their Eurozone membership less and less likely.

As a husband, I am actually happy for the gold mines. By increasing supply they lower the price. And when the gold price collapses due to oversupply and the usual bubble bursting, gold will get even cheaper.

i personally love my denim skirts and there are some very nice ones out there that if it was a different material u could wear them for shabbos but i would never wear a denim skirt on a date!it all depends where u are going and what type of guy you are going out with- is he wearing jeans??? if not then u prob should not wear a denim skirt. what impression do u want to give???

I would never wear a denim skirt on any date. In fact, I would never wear one period, even to take out the garbage. They are assur d’oraisa!

squeak made me laugh

is it an asei to only wear one type of fabric or a lo sasei not to wear denim?

someone i know wheres some denim skirts everyday but usually on dates she dresses a little fancier, like a nice sweater and skirt (not a very fancy shabbat outfit..but sm that could be both for a restaurant or to the park)