How to dress at a Traditional Latin Mass

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I thought I was dressed ok when I left the house last Sunday. I had a long sleeve shirt and a long (non form fitting) skirt with open toed dress shoes. I noticed I was the only one with open toed shoes. I don’t want to feel embarrassed again so can someone help? Is there a certain dress code that everyone knows but me?
 
I thought I was dressed ok when I left the house last Sunday. I had a long sleeve shirt and a long (non form fitting) skirt with open toed dress shoes. I noticed I was the only one with open toed shoes. I don’t want to feel embarrassed again so can someone help? Is there a certain dress code that everyone knows but me?
You’re fine. Last week I went to an EF Mass and wore dark blue jeans and nice black sneakers, although it was paired with a nice top and sweater over it in a cold church in a not-so-great neighborhood.
 
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I thought I was dressed ok when I left the house last Sunday. I had a long sleeve shirt and a long (non form fitting) skirt with open toed dress shoes. I noticed I was the only one with open toed shoes. I don’t want to feel embarrassed again so can someone help? Is there a certain dress code that everyone knows but me?
There is no universal dress code for all TLM locations. What you wore sounds fine to me. Open-toed shoes for women are neither immodest nor inappropriate. In choosing how to dress for the TLM, I would err on the conservative side. Diocesan and priestly societies (FSSP, ICKSP, etc.) that have the full approbation of Rome tend to be fairly lenient as long as it’s modest. The SSPX, whose status within the Church is complicated but becoming more clear with time, would probably be a bit stricter. Some TLM locations that act without any official status or permission can be fairly strict — some are, some aren’t.

I do not recommend TLM locations that have no status within the Church — the SSPX recognizes a few as “recommended non-SSPX chapels”, but they do not have faculties for confession, etc. The Vatican’s recent guarded permissions for SSPX chapels do not extend to any non-SSPX chapels as far as I am aware.
 
Fits the bill perfectly!

My own personal preference is for shoes that are not open toed simply because I don’t think my toes are pretty - toe next to big toe is longer than big toe 😦

I’ve noticed ladies wearing sandals, open toe shoes, 3 inch high heels, boots (under dresses/skirts so can’t say if they were ankle or knee high etc), and even sneakers each week on one certain lady.

I have on occasion worn dress slacks to the EF Mass and last Sunday noticed a young lady wearing jeans. But we are the odd ones out - 99% wear dresses\skirts below the knees or long dresses/skirts.
 
I recommend dressing before the Mass, not at the Mass…but that’s just me:rofl:
 
I do not recommend TLM locations that have no status within the Church — the SSPX recognizes a few as “recommended non-SSPX chapels”, but they do not have faculties for confession, etc. The Vatican’s recent guarded permissions for SSPX chapels do not extend to any non-SSPX chapels as far as I am aware.
There is an sspx church right around the corner (like a block away) but I have been going to the fssp church about 3 miles away. Am I able to go to the sspx for confession and for Mass today since I won’t have a car to get to my fssp church?
 
I noticed I was the only one with open toed shoes.
It’s October. Some people throw the open-toed shoes in the closet on the day after Labor Day. That isn’t a TLM thing.

Look at most of the statues of Our Lady, and her bare toes are sticking out! Showing your toes is not impure. It is fine. It isn’t fashionable in every place at every time of year, but it is not impure.
 
My own personal preference is for shoes that are not open toed simply because I don’t think my toes are pretty - toe next to big toe is longer than big toe 😦
In our area, it is not “dressy” to wear open-toed shoes without manicuring and painting your toenails. You’ll hardly see a woman in open-toed shoes unless she’s done her toenails. I think it is because the “acceptable” alternative is to wear sheer* hose, and those are too warm in the summer when women want to wear their open-toed shoes.
(Only guys from Europe can get away with wearing opaque socks with sandals, and even they get teased about it. Oh, wait–old priests wearing Birkenstocks and black socks with their clerical garb can pull it off. I don’t think I’ve seen anybody else manage it.)

I’m sure there are plenty who never wear open-toed shoes to church because they don’t like their toenails or don’t want to mess with them, not because they think open-toed shoes are disrepectful.
 
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I never show up to TLM without my pants that say “PINK” across the behind, and my veil that has “Sassy” spelled out in bling.
 
Rule of thumb: What would you wear in court? (Oh drat: Now I’ll have the image of Joe Pesci vs Fred Gwynne haunting me for the rest of the day).
FWIW: There is a dress code for Wal-mart employees. Jeans are expressly forbidden. But I guess when you’re in the Presence of the King of Kings, we can be more casual.
 
I do not recommend TLM locations that have no status within the Church — the SSPX recognizes a few as “recommended non-SSPX chapels”, but they do not have faculties for confession, etc. The Vatican’s recent guarded permissions for SSPX chapels do not extend to any non-SSPX chapels as far as I am aware.
The Church does permit this.
 
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