Ladies, Do You Like to Wear Dresses or Pants?

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I only wear a dress when I absolutely have to, so I rarely wear them at all. Even when I was young, I preferred to wear pants and dress very casually...usually just jeans.

Some women like the freedom of the feel of a dress, even as casual everyday. I remember my mother used to wear shifts a lot, and rarely saw her in slacks. What's your preference, dresses or pants?
 

In winter months the only time you will see me in a skirt and top is at a dance ,in summer I wear a skirt and top as we have fairly hot summers, last summer we had daytime temps up to 47c . During this last winter it was so cold in South Aus I was wearing hubbies long johns he used when he rode a motor bike under my fleecy pants I wear around the house.
 
My job can be physically demanding so dress code is jeans every day. I wear dresses when me and hubby go out alone or on holidays. Mini or maxi I feel I dunno...special, if you're wearing a stylish dress people tend to be more courtly. At work I'm just one of the guys, it's fun to go full on fem sometimes. I changed clothes before I left work one day. A mini and black tights...the paint guys pacemaker almost blew a fuse;)
 

I seldom go anywhere dressy, so it's usually shorts or jeans. In Florida, the definition of dressy is "clean" shorts without too many wrinkles. If you want to go all-out, you can wear your Sunday jeans.

I did get a couple of va-va-voom dresses for my 50th high school reunion and my mom's birthday party. It was nice dressing up.
 
I wear shorts or long pants, all the time, even to weddings. I still own a dress or two and a nice suit I wore to my daughter's 1st wedding, but they are packed away in a plastic storage container in my shed, which is behind my house. I would like to wear those long light summer dresses but I feel like I'm too short to look good in one.
 
I'm more of a pants person. For my work, pants are more practical but I can make pants look dressy enough for special events too, depending on the cut and fabric.
 
I sometimes wear a casual dress or skirt and I have a very pretty dress that I wear to weddings. But my preference is trousers. Pants are underwear in the UK. :D
 
I wear trousers or jeans most of the time..

I have lots of pretty dresses but I rarely get the chance to wear them except when I'm on holiday..but for every day wear?..Nope no dresses ( and the last time I wore a skirt was at my wedding 15 years ago) ...too impractical for my lifestyle
 
hollydolly said:
I wear trousers or jeans most of the time..

I have lots of pretty dresses but I rarely get the chance to wear them except when I'm on holiday..but for every day wear?..Nope no dresses ( and the last time I wore a skirt was at my wedding 15 years ago) ...too impractical for my lifestyle
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I usually wear capris when on holiday to where it's warm or hot, like Thailand. But actually I find a dress or skirt much cooler. I had a favourite cotton skirt I wore in Uganda when we lived there.
 
Mostly pants now except on special occasion. When I was working in offices it was 50/50 skirts (or 2 piece suit)/pants. I don't have many dresses...never really did.
 
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Over here we expect decent women to wear both (pants has a different connotation here!).

It is normally only the men who do not wear pants, except when dancing.
 
Ameriscot said:
I usually wear capris when on holiday to where it's warm or hot, like Thailand. But actually I find a dress or skirt much cooler. I had a favourite cotton skirt I wore in Uganda when we lived there.
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Shorts (knee length) and dresses for me when I'm in a hot climate...otherwise it's trouser suits for work Trousers, tops and cropped jackets......and jeans the rest of the time mostly..
 
I'm in pants most of the time, only wear skirts/dresses on special occasions. And yes, I do call them pants even though I am English. In my town and some other parts of the north of England trousers are referred to as pants. :)
 
I'm never comfortable being dressed up in a skirt and having bare legs. I feel I have to wear pantihose and I find them uncomfortable so most of the time I choose to wear slacks and trouser socks - I also have a thing about not putting my bare feet into closed shoes.

On the other hand I love wearing a kaftan with sandals - bare legs are covered up, the breeze under the kaftan keeps me cool and the sandals suit the summer weather.

For formal occasions I like a long skirt with knee highs underneath.

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I love wearing ethnic clothes, particularly embroidered Sikh suits. Comfortable, but elegantly suitable for most venues. I also love skinny jeans, boho tops and my metallic gold cowboy boots, or Doc Martens. For special occasions, or hot summer days, love the long floaty dresses, sandals or heels. I am unashamedly girly.
 
Pam said:
I'm in pants most of the time, only wear skirts/dresses on special occasions. And yes, I do call them pants even though I am English. In my town and some other parts of the north of England trousers are referred to as pants. :)
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My sister gets in trouble when visiting here as she insists on saying pants. But she's gotten some funny look when she's called them pants here, especially when she called her fast drying trousers waterproof pants! :rolleyes:
 
Ameriscot said:
My sister gets in trouble when visiting here as she insists on saying pants. But she's gotten some funny look when she's called them pants here, especially when she called her fast drying trousers waterproof pants! :rolleyes:
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:D

It's strange that this little corner of England uses the American term 'pants'. Don't know how that has come about, just one of those quirks.
 
Warri, A very lovely picture of a nice looking couple.

I wear pants or a dress depending on the occasion. My dresses and skirts are usually mid-length.
Always below the knee several inches and sometimes ankle length.

Pants for women here are often called slacks.
It's interesting how language can be different from place to place.
 
Pam said:
:D

It's strange that this little corner of England uses the American term 'pants'. Don't know how that has come about, just one of those quirks.
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Very curious. Someone said on here that they say pop for soda in England - can't recall if it was you?
 
Raven said:
Warri, A very lovely picture of a nice looking couple.

I wear pants or a dress depending on the occasion. My dresses and skirts are usually mid-length.
Always below the knee several inches and sometimes ankle length.

Pants for women here are often called slacks.
It's interesting how language can be different from place to place.
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My mother said slacks and many people did when I was a kid. But that changed to pants.
 
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