https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 05 May 2026 12:36:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes/page/2#post-183960 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:09:38 +0000 Scarlet 183960@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, I can't imagine not being allowed to bring my own fan. The heat can really affect your health. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes/page/2#post-183612 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:17:21 +0000 RoseandJoan 183612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah bermudas to work and a fan sounds like a great plan of action </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-183596 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:55:12 +0000 biscuitsmom 183596@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Im glad they let you bring a fan in...where I used to work we were told 'no personal items' and 1 lady fainted from the heat....another has heart trouble and she was even told not to use one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-183580 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:34:32 +0000 Scarlet 183580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>RoseandJoan, today I finally did bring a fan and suddenly my desk was a VERY popular place to be. Unfortunately I have to move around a lot, but at least I can sit down and recover once in awhile. </p> <p>A couple of days ago I would have said I would never wear shorts to work, but today I did, and it felt goooood! They were a long haul from hot pants territory though If this weather keeps up there is no telling what we will all be wearing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-183196 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:18:11 +0000 RoseandJoan 183196@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Scarlet, are you able to take your own fan into work. Northern Europe is simply not used to these temperatures so it is hard to prepare. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-183152 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:11:26 +0000 lynne 183152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Put me in the completely inappropriate camp. I mean the camp that feels hot pants in the workplace are imappropriate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182965 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:51:50 +0000 Scarlet 182965@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To answer why we are working under these crappy conditions, we work for the state, and the state is bankrupt. I complained about the curtains and was told, no problem, they are coming in November!? This statement tells you volumes. Under these conditions, obviously no one is following clothing safety guidelines either. </p> <p>The dress I wore was several inches above the knee, but otherwise basically like a short-sleeve oxford shirt with a drop waist and pleated skirt, i.e. loose and otherwise modest. In comparison to hot pants, I was positively dowdy. I was probably cooler too. And more hygienic.</p> <p>I was honestly wondering if I am just off in my expectations, but listening to you all I guess the answer is no. Even my blind (metaphorically speaking) husband noticed there was something "strange" about her outfit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182876 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:33:46 +0000 medusa 182876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Short shorts are OK in my book if one is (a) exercising (b) outside in (c) really really hot weather. Otherwise, I'd prefer that people not wear them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182863 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:25:05 +0000 Kristine 182863@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Scarlet, I see some crazy inappropriate things at work too. But I know what you mean. When I look at the Ann Taylor site and think the dresses are too short, I start to think I need to loosen up!</p> <p>I guess the general guideline is a few inches above or below, and the trend happens to be at the upper end (or lower in the case of mid calf)! I've seen one of the better dressed women at work in a shirtdress a few inches above the knee, so maybe you have something there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182835 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:15:52 +0000 Maya 182835@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Exactly what Steph said... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182831 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:03:52 +0000 crazyone 182831@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not sure a light, breezy airy cotton dress would be any less cool than hot pants...in fact, to be rather frank, hot pants might be rather...hot in the crotch/butt area...also, if it's really 99 outside, I (and other people) am sweating all over...and I'd rather have people with their bottoms/underthighs mostly covered if they're going to sit on buses etc. and sweat...and like April said, would you want the same area to be exposed to a seat on a public bus? Ick. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182827 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:55:22 +0000 Debora 182827@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep, have to agree with Taylor! They were all the rage in high school in the early 1970's, but have no place in the workplace. I can't believe my parents even let me out of the house back then! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182824 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:50:38 +0000 Tara 182824@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with the majority view. While it's great that some people have the lovely figure to pull it off, it's definitely not appropriate for the office and I don't want to see any person's bumcheeks, not matter how hot those bumcheeks happen to be! I don't need to know that much information about someone's body! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182781 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:54:00 +0000 taylor 182781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yes, I loved hot pants ...in 1972 when I was a in high school...good grief what on earth are~ women ~thinking running around with their cheeks hanging out in this day and age...anyone over high school age should not be wearing these period. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182767 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:40:35 +0000 Debbie 182767@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm in charge of our office and I have to say I would have sent her home. Hot pants are totally inappropriate in the office and that image is not one the company wishes to project to customers. If she had on Bermuda's totally OK.</p> <p>I live in Tx and the air has been out at the office for 4 days now. We have fans everywhere and I'm being as lenient as possible about the dress code.The AC people have been her 3 times and its still not working right. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182758 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:02:40 +0000 Steph 182758@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that hot pants are inappropriate in a professional workplace. However, I am actually more disturbed that you work in an office that doesn't have air conditioning or even a rotating fan in 99 degree weather! Why can't they put some curtains on the windows and buy a few fans at Target? Is there a valid reason for the lack of consideration shown to the employees working there in almost 100 degree heat? I know someone suggested talking with your boss about the dress code, but I would be far more likely to talk with my boss about making the office a little cooler. I can't imagine people are very productive in that kind of heat. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182740 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:20:36 +0000 crwilson 182740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like short shorts on some people in some situations, but not hot pants. There's no reason for cheeks to be hanging out, ever. As for toddlers and preschoolers...I could rant for days about this topic, but will spare everyone my soapbox monologues. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182721 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:41:12 +0000 Sihaya 182721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am in the camp that wuold say these are inappropriate to wear to work no matter the weather. I would choose a short dress over hot pants any day if those were my two choices. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182690 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:43:40 +0000 chewyspaghetti 182690@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Short shorts are not appropriate for work no matter where you work (Hooters take note!). But then if you watch The Hills- look what Heidi get away with wearing at work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182686 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:42:28 +0000 Isabel 182686@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Scarlet, I may be wrong person to answer, because right now, where I live that is singularly the thing that bothers me most !!!!!!!! It is HUGE out here. Pre-schoolers to women in their 60's seem to be wearing these things. Not just the shorts, but skirts, especially the multi-tiered ones. I CAN"T STAND IT !!! Seeing little girls and young teenagers dressed this way particularly bothers me because they look so sexualized and INAPPROPRIATE. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182684 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:41:27 +0000 Jonesy 182684@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL--I've never heard that expression. I'm not sure which image is more off-putting: Someone in short shorts at the office, or a "hairy canary"! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182683 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:41:24 +0000 biscuitsmom 182683@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree....even if you are thin, it is NOT the best look- Ive seen lots that border on/are trashy. Queenie, I just got a postcard from CC that shows a sale that starts 7/16 (10 days only) up to 70% off....maybe you can pick up a few dresses and save the money needed for alteration with this sale! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182682 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:38:21 +0000 RoseandJoan 182682@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My boss is quite generous, in situations of extreme hot or cold weather the office dress code is relaxed for comfort BUT he would have a hairy canary if someone turned up in hot pants. Could you speak to your boss about company policy during the heatwave? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182677 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:31:36 +0000 Scarlet 182677@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hee hee, no I don't work at Hooters! I am really enjoying everyone's perspectives so far. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182666 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:24:55 +0000 Anonymous 182666@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just because a woman could wear coconuts and a fig leaf and still look good doesn't mean she should.</p> <p>Do you work at Hooters? Otherwise, I don't think her outfit sounds appropriate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182658 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:01:40 +0000 Rosie 182658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yes...hot pants. Not really a fan. I think they sort of have a bad connotation, whether it's fair or not. I don't mind sort of voluminous shorter shorts, though - I think those can be really cool if done right and on the right legs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182656 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:56:20 +0000 Jonesy 182656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't like the look of super short shorts on anyone--not even little kids! Walking around this weekend, I saw plenty of very short shorts on women, and they were invariably "riding up" in a most uncomfortable-looking, even gross, sort of way, no matter how slender the wearer. I certainly don't think this look is office-appropriate, in response to your initial post, Scarlet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182655 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:55:20 +0000 Rosie 182655@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have no problem with things a couple inches above the knee. The sit-down test is a must, though. I think it generally has to do with personal comfort, as mentioned above. I also think ti depends on the style and modesty of the dress in other areas. I just got a dress at Kohls over the weekend that is awesome but a bit short; however, it is totally covered elsewhere. I will probably wear it with cropped leggings or without them, depending. </p> <p>If you feel comfortable, then there is nothing wrong with a shorter hemline! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182652 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:47:55 +0000 chewyspaghetti 182652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isn't super short always fashionable for the high school/college age crowd?<br /> For me, it isn't so much about age appropriateness as it is about what you personally are comfortable with, and what looks good on you. I have cellulite on my thighs- I'm not comfortable exposing it to the general public. My preference is for a length that covers the cellulite, not for modesty's sake. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-we-all-just-being-prudes#post-182649 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:47:30 +0000 April 182649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For me, that trend would last until the first time I had to sit down anywhere other than in my own home. I find that much skin-to-public-surface contact to be deeply unpleasant. </p>