Today is international wear A dress Day (Observed) 2009! If you’re wearing a dress today, feel totally free to submit a picture either to Flickr or as a Twitpic on Twitter with the hashtag #iwadd.
If you’re not wearing a dress today, that’s your choice (and I fully support you in it), but I thought I’d post about some reasons I’ve heard people give for not wearing a dress on any day, and talk a bit about them.
“I can’t wear a dress to work, my co-workers will think I’m [too dressed up|snobby|looking for another job].” international wear A dress Day gives you the ideal excuse to wear a dress to work; you are celebrating the holiday! They wouldn’t give you sorrow about a Christmas sweater, would they? (Okay, maybe they would …) The bigger answer to this is: what do you care much more about? Their opinion? Or your happiness?
“I can’t wear a dress, [it’s too cold/I ride a bike to work/I have to relocation boxes].” I have done all these things in a dress. (Today I will ride my bike five miles in a dress.) If there’s a will, there’s a way. These last two excuses are really a coded “Oh noes! What if people see my UNDERWEAR?” excuse, which I believe I answered with this rant best here.
“I work in a male-dominated industry, and I don’t want to look too feminine.” Newsflash: I’m pretty sure they already know you’re a girl. If you treat femininity as something to apologize for, so will they. Do they worry that they are “too masculine”? I’m betting not. Acting like a man implies doing whatever the hell you want whenever the hell you want until stopped by force (as far as I can tell). So if you want to seem less feminine to fit in, try that first.
“I feel unpleasant in dresses.” That’s not the question. (Actually, that’s not a question at all.) The question is: do you *want* to feel comfortable in dresses? then you have to start wearing them, or start trying things on until you find dresses you DO feel comfortable in. If you don’t really care, then there’s no problem; IWADD is a completely optional event.
“I’m plus-size.” Yes, finding attractive clothes that fit well when you’re a plus size is not the easiest thing in the world. but if you are determined, it can be done, absolutely. I see plus-sized women in fantastic dresses every day, both in real life and on the internets. and there’s always sewing for yourself, your sewing device doesn’t care what size you are, and it never gives you a snooty look when you walk into the sewing room.
“I hate pantyhose.” I hear ya, sister. I don’t wear them either. I would say that unless you are a corporate lawyer or work in banking, bare legs or tights are acceptable in 90% of workplaces.
“Dresses are too expensive!” Sales. Ebay. and many of all: sewing. I’ve made dresses for $10, including the cost of the zipper & pattern. (And have you seen the price of jeans lately? Sheesh!)
“I work on an oil rig.” Okay, yeah, maybe you ought to wait until your day off.
Do you have other questions? Leave ’em in the comments, and I’ll do my best to answer them!
Happy IWADD!
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