Hate It, Or Love It: Dress Pants

When I was a teenager, there was nothing you could do to get me into dress pants. I was always a jeans kind of girl, and I hated anything that was not made of denim. You would have an easier time getting me into a dress back then, and I would quite often get into fights with my mother over this issue. I was always self-conscious, and I always thought they made me look horrible. At least with jeans my small stomach could be held in, but that was never the case with dress pants, especially when my mom insisted I tuck in my shirt.

My mother always had many old fashioned ideas about dressing and how to wear your hair. She said if you aren’t slender, you should always have very short hair. I disagreed with this just as much as I disagreed with her about wearing dress pants. Though my weight problem at the time was very minor, there were other girls I knew who had a bit more to carry around. I always thought that hair should go with the face, not the body, and people should wear what they want. You couldn’t get me into dress pants and you couldn’t change my mind about hairstyles either.

It’s a good thing that I don’t have to dress up very often today, as I still can’t stand dress pants. They always look awkward on me and I am never comfortable. Though I know many would argue with me, I do think comfort should be number one. If you feel stupid in something it is going to show in your demeanor. Why would I want to wear dress pants if I feel like a frump in them? I’d much rather be a little under dressed than to spend the whole day wishing I could just go home and put on my jeans.

My daughter, on the other hand, doesn’t seem to mind dress pants. Maybe that is because they have come a long way since I was a kid, and she seems to not mind them. This is a girl that insisted on wearing a tutu to the grocery store, so perhaps I am jumping ahead of myself a bit. She may not have had time yet to decide if she likes dress pants, and perhaps sometime soon she’ll make up her mind for herself. They do look good if you are comfortable in them, but I do know that I will allow her to make up her own mind.