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Nice jeans. But should you really wear them to the opera?
The Christian Science Monitor ^ | 3/9/05 | Kim Campell

Posted on 03/09/2005 9:47:25 AM PST by qam1

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1 posted on 03/09/2005 9:47:26 AM PST by qam1
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2 posted on 03/09/2005 9:49:17 AM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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Jeans. No longer the wear of the Lunch Bucket 9-5 Crowd.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
3 posted on 03/09/2005 9:49:21 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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Real. Comfortable. Bump.


4 posted on 03/09/2005 9:49:33 AM PST by foreverfree
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5 posted on 03/09/2005 9:50:05 AM PST by OPS4 (worth repeating)
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Reminds of that Seinfeld episode.....Kramer says "people dress up to go to the Opera", so Jerry and George do and then Kramer shows up in jeans and Jerry says, "I thought people dress up for the Opera", and Kramer says, "Well, other people do, I don't". Very Funny episode.

I prefer my jeans over dressing up anyday.


6 posted on 03/09/2005 9:50:45 AM PST by yellowdoghunter (Liberals should be seen and not heard.)
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HA! Even jeans aren't what they used to be. Just take a look around next time you're in public. The world is crawling with teens wearing "jeans" that expose their Archie Bunker bellies to the world. Indeed, when paired with the "crop tops" now popular, their ensembles make them look more like a can of biscuits that blew up than little girls. They could ban the vulgar things all together and I'd applause. I don't even own a pair of jeans - neither does my wife.
7 posted on 03/09/2005 9:54:54 AM PST by Jaysun (Ask me for a free "Insomnia for Beginners" guide.)
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Jeans are never dressy for church.
Jeans are never dressy for men.
Jeans are only dressy for women in a dark wash, worn with an extra fancy top (but not dressy enough for church or the opera).

IMHO :)


8 posted on 03/09/2005 9:55:32 AM PST by Eepsy
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There is nothing more comfortable than a good set of broken in 501's. Gotta love 'em.


9 posted on 03/09/2005 9:57:29 AM PST by SouthernBoyupNorth ("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
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... it's inappropriate to wear jeans to theater and other cultural performances out of respect for the performers ...

I think paying money for the ticket - and then sitting through the performance without loudly talking, snoring, or throwing things - shows all the respect the performers are entitled to.

10 posted on 03/09/2005 9:59:33 AM PST by Tax-chick (Donate to FRIENDS OF SCOUTING and ruin a liberal's day!)
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I HATE JEANS. In 100% humidity (S. FL) it's like wearing burlap. I don't even know why I keep a pair (down in the corner of my closet floor). Probably for that cold winter day we occasionally get down here.


11 posted on 03/09/2005 10:02:29 AM PST by bicyclerepair (Help I'm surrounded by RATS (South. Florida))
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I don't like jeans much, either, but I have a denim nursing jumper!


12 posted on 03/09/2005 10:03:42 AM PST by Tax-chick (Donate to FRIENDS OF SCOUTING and ruin a liberal's day!)
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Lisa Kerson, a jewelry designer in her early 30s, whose parents insisted that she look nice when going to a play or traveling on a plane.

Huh?

BTW, I have worn jeans to both weddings and funerals.

13 posted on 03/09/2005 10:03:59 AM PST by Sloth (I don't post a lot of the threads you read; I make a lot of the threads you read better.)
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I don't wear jeans at all because the fabric isn't comfortable to me. Besides, it seems strange to me that people started wearing jeans to show their "nonconformity" with the "establishment", and now wearing dress slacks is a way to be a nonconformist. If I want to go casual, I'll put on Dockers or Dockers copies. I also find a nice pair of loafers much more comfortable than sneakers (yet another way to be a nonconformist).


14 posted on 03/09/2005 10:04:49 AM PST by NRA1995 ("Yew jes' go and lay yore hand on a Pittsburgh Steelers fan & Ah think yer gonna fin'lly understand")
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Designer jeans - that's sooo '80's.


15 posted on 03/09/2005 10:04:54 AM PST by Last Dakotan
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Figures in NY...here in TX, jeans are acceptable anywhere, including funerals. We wore jeans (new ones) and matching western shirts to Hubby's mother's funeral recently. He doesn't even own any dress pants and I haven't worn a dress in years.

Even with the dress code here at work, they have accepted that I will only wear jeans, although I wear black Rockies, which are the equivalent of dress slacks in TX. I do wear nice western or dress shirts and of course, my favorite Durango wing-tip boots. I spend alot of my time in the back room researching archives (mostly stacked on shelves in boxes) and I refuse to buy dress pants just to have them snagged or otherwise ruined.

16 posted on 03/09/2005 10:05:55 AM PST by ravingnutter
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Lisa Kerson, a jewelry designer in her early 30s, whose parents insisted that she look nice when going to a play or traveling on a plane.

Huh?

Her parents apparently are throwbacks to the 50s and 60s when air travel was something actually special. "Jet set" and all that.

17 posted on 03/09/2005 10:12:45 AM PST by Kretek
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A few years ago, my wife and I attended a wedding. The bride wore a white wedding dress; the groom wore a tux. Their parents were similarly dressed. My wife and I wore our Sunday best.

In contrast, the friends of the couple came dressed for a heavy-metal concert or hog roast. A young man sitting behind me wore a black tee-shirt emblazoned with a garish picture of a grinning skull, with a spike through one eye socket and dripping blood. (I surmised it was his formal tee-shirt because it was not as dirty as his jeans.)

Jeans and tee-shirts have their place, but they are not appropriate for weddings or funerals. It is a shame that so many people have never been taught that.

19 posted on 03/09/2005 10:14:22 AM PST by Logophile
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wear black Rockies, which are the equivalent of dress slacks in TX.

With all due respect, black Rockies are not the equivalent of dress slacks in ALL of Texas. Maybe in your neck-of-the-woods, but not in any city larger than San Angelo...
20 posted on 03/09/2005 10:14:40 AM PST by StrictTime (Since FR, my life is as good as an Abba song. It's as good as "Dancing Queen".)
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