https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-gear-mean Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:53:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-gear-mean#post-360109 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:07:16 +0000 Marigold 360109@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL @ April: so true: with flip flops or Uggs, depending on the season. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-gear-mean#post-360105 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:46:12 +0000 April 360105@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fruitful, if you live in the U.S., just go to any ordinary public location such as a supermarket or shopping mall and have a look around. Probably 75% of the people you see will be wearing the YLF definition of "gear."</p> <p>And the rest will be wearing leggings as pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-gear-mean#post-360099 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:57:41 +0000 mechelle 360099@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>1. a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion<br /> 2. wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed<br /> 3. a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)<br /> 4. equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-gear-mean#post-358880 Tue, 31 May 2011 08:22:14 +0000 Fruitful 358880@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thankyou! And thankyou for explaining the cultural context of "gear" as well. I like that different opinions on wearing it are equally entertained within this forum. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-gear-mean#post-358864 Tue, 31 May 2011 06:13:18 +0000 MsMary 358864@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Around here we use "gear" to mean athletic clothes like sweats, gym shoes, yoga pants, and things of that nature. Angie's position is that gear should ONLY be worn for sporting activities. Others of us think it's fine to drop into the supermarket clad in gear on the way home from the gym, and still others of us think gear can be fine for casual occasions not involving athletics at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-does-gear-mean#post-358863 Tue, 31 May 2011 06:01:12 +0000 Fruitful 358863@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>People are talking about gear as something they want to avoid. I thought gear meant equipment.</p> <p>The other use of gear I know is as an adjective. I'm sure the young John Lennon denoted coolness by saying something was "really gear". I rather like that, I don't want to use it as a pejorative! ^_^ </p>