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Is this dress appropriate for school pick up?

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Collard · 03/07/2024 13:48

I’m 5 ft 3. Hair as long as models so back is typically covered. Worn with flat nude sandals so very casual.

Is this dress appropriate for school pick up?
Is this dress appropriate for school pick up?
OP posts:
Epicaricacy · 03/07/2024 16:54

Viviennemary · 03/07/2024 16:46

Not suitable. It looks ridiculous.

on you? If you say so, wear something else then.

Epicaricacy · 03/07/2024 16:53

NeverDropYourMooncup · 03/07/2024 16:34

Depends on whether you've got small children you'd be bending over to speak to/pick up/strap into a car seat, really - as that is going to show everybody behind what underwear you've got on and with the car seat, whether you're up to date on waxing appointments.

You sound like a perv. Please tell me you are not female, that would be embarrassing for us all.

DickJagger · 03/07/2024 16:52

Viviennemary · 03/07/2024 16:46

Not suitable. It looks ridiculous.

Do you not ever take a day off?

godmum56 · 03/07/2024 16:48

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 03/07/2024 15:54

I have voted YABU because you’ve started a thread about what to wear on the school run. You are overthinking it. It is not a catwalk. Wear clothes.

Did you actually read the OP's post? She just put on some clothes. Her dh challenged what she was wearing. OP, you have a dh problem, not a wardrobe problem.

yup, if he doesn't like your school pickup choices, he can do the pick ups and drop offs himself. All of them

Viviennemary · 03/07/2024 16:46

Not suitable. It looks ridiculous.

DGPP · 03/07/2024 16:45

Actually the mums on our school run are half and half stylish and old fashioned. This would be fine though

Riversideandrelax · 03/07/2024 16:44

ByCupidStunt · 03/07/2024 14:09

You'd get a few funny looks if you wore it to a catholic school but other schools should be ok.

My DD goes to a Catholic school. This wouldn't get a funny look at all. Just because it's a Catholic school doesn't mean all the parents are shallow and judgemental!

SiobhanSharpe · 03/07/2024 16:42

Lampzade · 03/07/2024 14:33

My mum wore micro minis in the 1960s

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Me too. The comments you would get, though, 'That's not a skirt, it's a belt. '
Actually those times could be bad for blokes too. 'Is it a boy or a girl?' was a very common question. '

Riversideandrelax · 03/07/2024 16:39

It's completely fine. What on earth was your DH thinking with commenting on it? Is he usually controlling about what you wear?

The dress is lovely, by the way.

CaptainMyCaptain · 03/07/2024 16:39

Better than the parent who picked up a child wearing white leggings and no pants - true story.

Lifeomars · 03/07/2024 16:38

shellyleppard · 03/07/2024 13:54

I've seen mum's doing the pick up in pyjamas and dressing gowns before now 🤣🤣

There is an Infants, a nursery and a primary all within 5 minutes or so from my house so I see all sorts of outfits worn by parents on the way to drop off and pick up. I have noticed onesies and pyjamas topped off with a fleece. I was always wearing whatever I had on to go to work in and never gave it a second thought

tennesseewhiskey1 · 03/07/2024 16:36

wtf? of course its ok to wear?

NeverDropYourMooncup · 03/07/2024 16:34

Depends on whether you've got small children you'd be bending over to speak to/pick up/strap into a car seat, really - as that is going to show everybody behind what underwear you've got on and with the car seat, whether you're up to date on waxing appointments.

CloudywMeatballs · 03/07/2024 16:33

I voted YABU to even give this any thought!

Do you pick up on foot? No one ever saw anything I was wearing to pick my kids up from school because I drove (schools too far away to walk). But even if I had been walking so people could see, as long as it wasn't anything indecent I wouldn't care what anyone thought about what I might be wearing!

LookAtThatCritter · 03/07/2024 16:30

Looks more appropriate than the pyjamas I see half the parents wearing 😂

RampantIvy · 03/07/2024 16:27

Where is it 26 degrees in the UK today?
(Jealous)

Epicaricacy · 03/07/2024 16:27

Hobbesmanc · 03/07/2024 16:22

Honestly. It's one of those attention seeking posts. Of course there's nothing wrong with that look. No one is going to say otherwise. But hey here's validation and social media hits op. 😘

meow

On an anonymous forum, with 0 idea of what the OP looks like, how heavy or skinny she might be, HOW is that attention seeking exactly 😂

Your post on the other hand tells us a lot about you

Iaskedyouthrice · 03/07/2024 16:24

I love the dress. Perfect for warm weather with some nice flip-flops or sandals. I'd put my hair up too to show off the back!

Hobbesmanc · 03/07/2024 16:22

Honestly. It's one of those attention seeking posts. Of course there's nothing wrong with that look. No one is going to say otherwise. But hey here's validation and social media hits op. 😘

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 03/07/2024 16:21

ByCupidStunt · 03/07/2024 14:09

You'd get a few funny looks if you wore it to a catholic school but other schools should be ok.

My kids go to catholic school and I’ve never heard a peep from anyone about what anyone wears.

Theres nothing in the Catholic religion about what people should wear, if that helps.

If it matters, I really like the dress! Wouldn’t suit me but I like it.

InTheRainOnATrain · 03/07/2024 16:19

It’s a nice dress. The only issue I could think of is if it’s unlined and therefore see through from the back when the sun hits it?

Summerose · 03/07/2024 16:16

HouseRoadhouse · 03/07/2024 13:51

Yes, it's fine. We have a mum who is about 40yo (same as I am), really tall who frequently wears booty shorts and a crop top to pick up. Nobody cares 🤷‍♀️

You obviously care, seeing as you have made a note of what she wears 🤣.

MollyRover · 03/07/2024 16:07

Lovehaterelationshipwiththeschoolholidays · 03/07/2024 16:00

Where is it from please? Really like it

That was my first thought too Grin

Lovehaterelationshipwiththeschoolholidays · 03/07/2024 16:00

Where is it from please? Really like it