Do you wear jeans to Mass?

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The only time I wear jeans is when I’m catching a weekday service in the evening on my way home from school. On Sundays, it’s a nice button up shirt and slacks.
 
thechrismyster said:
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so if i get dress slacks the same color as blue jeans they are OK. but if i get blue jeans the color of slacks, they are not dressy enough. but if i get blue jeans in black that LOOK like slacks, that might be ok. but if i get blue jeans, they are not appropriate for Mass depending on the day of the week!?!?!?! of course, blue slacks and black slacks are ok at all times.

Do any of you see how absurd this discussion is? or is this post falling on slack loving/ denim hating deaf ears.
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And I still don’t hink anyone has addressed my question about denim skirts. And what about chambray? Chambray is awfully close to denim IMO, just less rugged.
 
chicago said:
Not to mention important tennis matches!

Are Keds ok BTW?
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Lol, that is onl a question you can answer. Again, I am not promoting or condoning any form of dress. I am just staying true to the purpose of this thread, opinions.
Go Saints!!!
 
jmcrae said:
If not the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass or a formal meal with your parents (family), what would you consider to be a formal enough occasion to dress for?
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I would probably try to wear what others are wearing to say a wedding or something. I usually ask what others are wearing so I don’t over or under dress. And I think the next formal meal (a meal I would dress up for) with my family will be my mom’s funeral. We don’t have formal meals in my family. Not even at…Christmas!

You acknowledged that you were not left to play in a barn when you were growing up, but, see, I was. No lie. Grew up on a farm. But I’m scared of wolves. Always thought they were on my heels as I ran from my grandparents house to mine in the dark.
 
Bruised_Reed said:
I would probably try to wear what others are wearing to say a wedding or something. I usually ask what others are wearing so I don’t over or under dress. And I think the next formal meal (a meal I would dress up for) with my family will be my mom’s funeral. We don’t have formal meals in my family. Not even at…Christmas!

You acknowledged that you were not left to play in a barn when you were growing up, but, see, I was. No lie. Grew up on a farm. But I’m scared of wolves. Always thought they were on my heels as I ran from my grandparents house to mine in the dark.
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I follow a general rule. One can never overdress, but you can easily underdress. So, when you are not sure, always dress nice. You definately won’t stick out as much as if you, I don’t know, let’s say, WORE JEANS TO CHURCH!!! :eek: Just joking, a joke, all in good humor…do not take that last sentence seriously, please.😃 😃 😃 😃
 
Bruised_Reed said:
I would probably try to wear what others are wearing to say a wedding or something. I usually ask what others are wearing so I don’t over or under dress. And I think the next formal meal (a meal I would dress up for) with my family will be my mom’s funeral. We don’t have formal meals in my family. Not even at…Christmas!
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Christmas at my Dad’s place can be like that, but it’s mostly because he hates the season. New Year, on the other hand, is a big deal for him.
You acknowledged that you were not left to play in a barn when you were growing up, but, see, I was. No lie. Grew up on a farm. But I’m scared of wolves. Always thought they were on my heels as I ran from my grandparents house to mine in the dark.
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Sorry, it wasn’t meant as a slam against farm people; it was supposed to be a joke.

They did let you into the house at night, I see; they didn’t leave you out there for the barn cats to raise. 😉

I am a city kid, but most of the farm people I know are very traditional, and have a really strong sense of the sacred.
 
jmcrae said:
They did let you into the house at night, I see; they didn’t leave you out there for the barn cats to raise. 😉
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Or for me to raise them. Not that I tried or anything:whistle:

And I know it was a joke…which I tacitly tried to acknowledge by sharing an inside joke about the wolves. Not many people know that about me. Make it “knew that”. Hola, Internet:wave:
 
chicago said:
I don’t play tennis. But I do frequently wear running shoes to Mass. Why? A couple of reasons. One is that I have a bad back. The “gym shoes” support me better, particularly considering that I am typically doing some walking to get to and from Mass. The other reason is that my “dress shoes” are (like my “gym shoes” quality shoes. But the nature of their materials (all leather) are such that I don’t want to get them wet if at all possible. So if there is the threat of rain or if there is snow on the ground, I’m not wearing them out. Nor am I going to go through the trouble of carrying them with me in a plastic bag or something just to change into and back out of when at Church.
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Maybe it is just me, but i find myself curiously offended by this post. Specifically when you mention this bit on, not wearing your best, or the nature of the material, which I assume by common opinion is prbably a nice pair of feetwear because you are afraid of what the elements are going to do. Instead of saying “y’know what God, I dress up for you, and If that means I risk causing slight damage to a piece of material, on your account, I offer that up.” I would think God is good enough to chance it wouldn’t you?
 
Sean.McKenzie said:
Maybe it is just me, but i find myself curiously offended by this post. Specifically when you mention this bit on, not wearing your best, or the nature of the material, which I assume by common opinion is prbably a nice pair of feetwear because you are afraid of what the elements are going to do. Instead of saying “y’know what God, I dress up for you, and If that means I risk causing slight damage to a piece of material, on your account, I offer that up.” I would think God is good enough to chance it wouldn’t you?
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I think it would be more than “slight damage”. You get good leather like this wet and it gets really messed up. But if you think that maybe God is going to miraculously keep the shoes dry or maybe hand me enough money for a new pair every time it rains or snows, well then perhaps I ought to start playing the lotto too!

Again, realize that I’m not just walking a few steps from the car to the Church door, I’m doing 2-4 blocks if not a mile each way and often a stint on public transit (if I don’t make Mass at the neighborhood parish) with it’s soaking wet floors and salt on the platforms during winter. I don’t own boots. Don’t like them.

And, frankly, my New Balance sneakers aren’t exactly cheap Payless quality materials, either. They’re nice, good shoes.
 
chicago said:
And, frankly, my New Balance sneakers aren’t exactly cheap Payless quality materials, either. They’re nice, good shoes.
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Actually, since I named the gym shoes, let me go ahead and name the dress shoes too. They’re Bostonian loafers. Last pair I bought I managed to score for a steal of a price, around 80 bucks. Saved me having to buy Allen Edmonds at triple the price or Johnston Murphy’s at double such as even my next eventual pair - though hopefully not for a couple more years - of Bostonian’s will certainly cost. I buy good shoes because of my back problems and because they last. Then I take good care of them to make sure that they last. It’s cost effective.

Now my flashy stylin’ shoes are a pair of white wingtips. They aren’t really the most comfortable but only set me back 45 dollars with tax. Yet they’re basically irreplaceable as I got them from some ethnicly owned little storefront shoe store as an import from who knows where. And they don’t sell that shoe anymore. So it’s only for “looking sharp”/“see and be seen” events, or occasionally as part of a costume for a character part I sometimes play. Oh yeah, I’ve danced in them. Frankly, that’s not why I go to Mass. I’m not there to impress anyone, or play the austerely auguste British clown, or even liturgically lindyhop; but to humble myself before the Lord in prayer.

Hmmmmm… I wonder what people would think if I wore my red and white Bleyers to Church? They look cool. Especially with my bright red pants and yellow suspenders - add in the white dress shirt and red bow tie… now THERE’S an outfit!
 
Bruised_Reed said:
Why are khakis considered that much better than jeans? Are denim skirts in the same league as jeans?
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Khakis are considered a little less casual…they kind of fall in the range of dress-casual, I think. Not as casual as jeans, but more casual than dress pants. Denim skirts seem kind of casual but wearing a skirt seems much better than regular pants no matter what the material (if you’re a lady). I’m just a guy though so what do I know.
 
You know, come to think of it, I always do tend to leave my denim skirts in the closet when I’m going to Mass. I never thought about why I did that, but now I realize that I think of denim skirts in the same league as jeans. It’s the denim material itself I don’t wish to wear; although I’d wear a denim skirt before I wore jeans.
 
chicago said:
Actually, since I named the gym shoes, let me go ahead and name the dress shoes too. They’re Bostonian loafers. Last pair I bought I managed to score for a steal of a price, around 80 bucks. Saved me having to buy Allen Edmonds at triple the price or Johnston Murphy’s at double such as even my next eventual pair - though hopefully not for a couple more years - of Bostonian’s will certainly cost. I buy good shoes because of my back problems and because they last. Then I take good care of them to make sure that they last. It’s cost effective.

Now my flashy stylin’ shoes are a pair of white wingtips. They aren’t really the most comfortable but only set me back 45 dollars with tax. Yet they’re basically irreplaceable as I got them from some ethnicly owned little storefront shoe store as an import from who knows where. And they don’t sell that shoe anymore. So it’s only for “looking sharp”/“see and be seen” events, or occasionally as part of a costume for a character part I sometimes play. Oh yeah, I’ve danced in them. Frankly, that’s not why I go to Mass. I’m not there to impress anyone, or play the austerely auguste British clown, or even liturgically lindyhop; but to humble myself before the Lord in prayer.

Hmmmmm… I wonder what people would think if I wore my red and white Bleyers to Church? They look cool. Especially with my bright red pants and yellow suspenders - add in the white dress shirt and red bow tie… now THERE’S an outfit!
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That was funny.

I do know an old guy that comes in now and then and he has red suspenders and a flannel shirt and a penprotector in his pocket, various keys suspended off his beltloop of his levis and more often than not a baseball cap he takes off before he sits down and puts back on when the Mass is over.

He is the nicest guy you would ever be lucky enough to know.
 
chicago said:
Actually, since I named the gym shoes, let me go ahead and name the dress shoes too. They’re Bostonian loafers. Last pair I bought I managed to score for a steal of a price, around 80 bucks. Saved me having to buy Allen Edmonds at triple the price or Johnston Murphy’s at double such as even my next eventual pair - though hopefully not for a couple more years - of Bostonian’s will certainly cost. I buy good shoes because of my back problems and because they last. Then I take good care of them to make sure that they last. It’s cost effective.

Now my flashy stylin’ shoes are a pair of white wingtips. They aren’t really the most comfortable but only set me back 45 dollars with tax. Yet they’re basically irreplaceable as I got them from some ethnicly owned little storefront shoe store as an import from who knows where. And they don’t sell that shoe anymore. So it’s only for “looking sharp”/“see and be seen” events, or occasionally as part of a costume for a character part I sometimes play. Oh yeah, I’ve danced in them. Frankly, that’s not why I go to Mass. I’m not there to impress anyone, or play the austerely auguste British clown, or even liturgically lindyhop; but to humble myself before the Lord in prayer.

Hmmmmm… I wonder what people would think if I wore my red and white Bleyers to Church? They look cool. Especially with my bright red pants and yellow suspenders - add in the white dress shirt and red bow tie… now THERE’S an outfit!
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Frankly, I am amazed at this post. You really cannot be serious, to go on at lenght about those shoes…it was almost maddening reading it. It sounds a little like you are teetering a bit on the vain side. You are willing to spend bookoo cash on a pair of designer shoes to “see and be seen” and yet when it comes to God we just tell him…“eh, oh well, it’s just mass after all” or make excuses.
 
Damascus said:
That was funny.

I do know an old guy that comes in now and then and he has red suspenders and a flannel shirt and a penprotector in his pocket, various keys suspended off his beltloop of his levis and more often than not a baseball cap he takes off before he sits down and puts back on when the Mass is over.

He is the nicest guy you would ever be lucky enough to know.
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I do the baseball cap myself.

I like unique forms of dressing. It expresses something about your personality, I think. There’s an old guy at my parish, for instance, who has this powder blue suit which he has often worn (for years) when he lectors. It’s swell! Probably what he’ll get buried in some day, too.
 
Sean.McKenzie said:
Frankly, I am amazed at this post. You really cannot be serious, to go on at lenght about those shoes…it was almost maddening reading it. It sounds a little like you are teetering a bit on the vain side. You are willing to spend bookoo cash on a pair of designer shoes to “see and be seen” and yet when it comes to God we just tell him…“eh, oh well, it’s just mass after all” or make excuses.
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Hmmm… my cheapest pair of shoes (for styling) is bookoo cash? You must not live in Chicago where 45 bucks (including tax) doesn’t go very far.

Also, the other shoes which I wear aren’t exactly “designer”. I’m not particularly hip like that. I’d almost consider them stale and boring. (Well save the red and white Bleyers). They’re just quality made. And that carries a cost. It would be more expensive to buy cheaper shoes, have my feet hurt constantly, and have to replace them more often in the long run. I consider this genuine thriftiness and prudence in spending. It’s farsighted. Or maybe just far out, man.

And, hey, it’s not like I own all kinds of shoes. Pretty much just the pairs I told ya about. Each has it’s own proper purpose, as I outlined. I don’t consider my white wingtips as much a fine sign of respect or much anything more than an “attract attention and look slick” kind of thing. Which is exactly what they do. When that is the purpose of my dress for the occasion, I wear them. But, like I said, I’m not going to Mass to attract attention and show off. The focus isn’t me, it’s God. I don’t necessarily even consider that pair to be my “best”. It just serves it’s proper purpose.

“Wouldn’'t you wear that pair to see Liz (the queen),” you ask, however? No, really, I probably wouldn’t. As I’m not the center of attention, she is. Now if I were meeting the President and hoping to attract a compliment, (“Nice shoes!”) that I could brag about for the rest of my life, maybe.

But I’m glad that you’re offended, at least!

I like being amazing. See, it’s the shoes!
 
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