Whatever happened to dressing up on Easter Sunday?

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Saturday, April 10, 2004 | Alyson Walls

[Willie Green]

Although famed musical composer Irving Berlin thought them lovely enough to write a sonnet, nowadays few women are donning Easter bonnets.

In fact, you're more apt to see wrinkled khakis and rumpled polo shirts than pressed suits and pastel pumps at church on Sunday.

While Easter Sunday has traditionally been the day to show off your new spring finery, America has become a nation that dresses down, and not just on "casual Fridays" in the office.

[threat matrix]

Note to self, showing your belly button ring is not appropriate in any formal situation except if you are going on the Super Bowl halftime with Janet Jackson..

[janette]

!!!!!!!!!!
That's so true

[janette]

!!!!!!!!!!
That's so true

[Willie Green]

While I've come to accept women wearing pantsuits as proper business attire,
I'm afraid I'm still too old-fashioned and conservative to consider it appropriate for Easter.
IMHO, oughta be a dress or skirt.

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This belly button ring trend needs to be stopped pronto.

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5th Avenue NYC Easter Parade warming up!

[Willie Green]

This belly button ring trend needs to be stopped pronto.

???
That's gotta be something for people with "outies"
I can't see how it would work with an "innie".

[cyborg]

wow lol

[avenir]

Delilah attends Sunday Service at the Church of What's Happenin' Now.

[kenth]

She always looks to pained...

[threat matrix]

Very cute...

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I thought it was J-Lo in a hat at first..

[going hot]

Well, people will dress up nicely to see the Pres or to out to a party but, they won't dress up nicely to see Our Lord.

Well, I am so....bummed!

(smacks forehead with palm of hand) And all those prayers I have thought and spoke over the last fifty three years on behalf of my family and friends were of no mind, because I was not in formal wear.

I guess I will have to buy a suit to wear each and every time I offer prayers, for whatever reason, and especially when I am in the great outdoors, His domain. But then, he really would never listen if I said or did anything, that was not in the physical confines of a church, with my siut on. </ sarcasm >

[going hot]

ps, gotta go now. must change out of my outfit into something more presentable, prior to departing for Easter Mass.

[Romish_Papist]

With all due respect, and I mean that sincerely, to look down on someone because of how they dress is arrogance plain and simple, and more than a little bit of casting judgement. I never once said I was a slob, nor did I use anything as an excuse for laziness. All I said was that I don't really think God would be angry with someone because they didn't wear a suit. I stand by my assertion that God cares about what is in our hearts, not what we wear on our bodies. I never said God changed, but didn't Jesus even point out where the priests of the Temple had it wrong? These are cltohes, nothing more.

You will not dissuade me from saying that if a man or woman goes to church out of seincere devotion to God, with their mind so fixed on God that clothing becomes the materialistic thing that it is and of little importance regarding some foolish notion of stature as regards the wearer, that they will be in God's graces. I am amazed at the amount of judging going on here. Someone didn't wear a three-piece suit to church, the horror! Nevermind that the person in question may be more devout than those who dressed to the nines to look good.

If my Lord, King, and Savior can wear humble roughspun robes and be the Light of the World, who am I to try and impress Him with snazzy clothing?

Don't take me wrong here, I have no problem with people dressing well for church, indeed, more power to them, but I will not castigate someone who is sincere about their desire to come to God because of how they dress.

I agree to an extent with those who say you dress your best when you're in the presence of a King, but He is not some simple earthly King, and nothing we can do (or certainly nothing we can wear) makes one iota of difference regarding our devotion to Him. He sees what is in our hearts and that is what matters.

You tell me my ideas on how you dress at church are born of laziness, I tell you your ideas on how to dress are materialistic and caught up in this world, which will, with everything on it, pass away while the Word of God remains.

You say He desires the best we can offer in our worship, and I agree, but what do suits have to do with worship? Worship is not born of material goods. The poorest, dirt-floored, dilapidated chapel is as much the House of God as the grandest cathedral.

What of the saints who swore off these things? Remained humble in life and dress? They could have gotten work to afforded better clothing, but they knew God cared not about this, He cared, and continues to this day to care about your immortal soul, not some rags you wear.

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[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Call me crazy, but I'm much more certain that the Lord would rather see you at a church praising his resurection than showing off your new 3 piece armani.

While that is well and good, I see people wearing clothes to church they would not wear to a nice restaurant. I guess they hold their food in higher honor.

[mlmr]

Americans are a bunch of slobs. I went to a tradtional Easter servce this morning and there was a girl their in white jeans, a red tight tank top and a four inch belt. My children are all dressed modestly and it really is sad to see the disparity.