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Is this dress appropriate for school pick up?

161 replies

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:
purplecorkheart · 03/07/2024 14:32

It looks fine to me. I am not sure what your husband and friends are thinking about. It does not need a jacket.

Lampzade · 03/07/2024 14:32

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.

Not true
My kids attended a Catholic primary school
and mini dresses, leggings and shorts were worn by many at pickup

kickerconspiracy · 03/07/2024 14:30

Are the commenters in your real life from the 1960s

If they were they’d probably be less shocked. Maybe they would be surprised at the back on show but it was the age of mini skirts. I was looking through my mil’s photo albums once and I have never seen so much legs! Even her sister who became a nun not long after had a mini skirt on.

FallingAngelRisingApe · 03/07/2024 14:29

Boring dress is boring.

BaronessBomburst · 03/07/2024 14:28

On a hot day I'd expect to see bikini tops with hot pants or a short wrap skirt. Or maybe even just a shirt over a bikini. No one cares. Nipples and bottoms are covered.

spikeandbuffy · 03/07/2024 14:27

It's fine
I would wear that to the supermarket/shops etc so to me anything you would wear in the supermarket is fine for school pick up

MrsTerryPratchett · 03/07/2024 14:24

mindutopia · 03/07/2024 13:56

I think it probably depends on the fit. It’s a perfectly fine casual dress for a hot day. It could fit quite short though (I realise you say 5’3 but it’s hard to know really how well it would fit from a random photo). The back is fine, but I wouldn’t want to see anyone’s bum cheeks.

I do think a lot depends on fit. A dress that looks great on a model looks borderline unacceptable on me because of big boobs. The number of arse cheeks on display in the recent weather is quite something.

But at 5' 3" with long hair, I can't imagine you are showing very much. And even if you are, it's your choice, not your DH's.

unospaghetto · 03/07/2024 14:24

Did you wear it back to front?

kickerconspiracy · 03/07/2024 14:22

It’s perfectly fine. I don’t know what your dh and friend are talking about.

Trinity65 · 03/07/2024 14:21

LOL
Are the commenters in your real life from the 1960s

Nothing wrong with it OP, at all.

Liripipe · 03/07/2024 14:18

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.

You really wouldn't. Are you confusing Catholic schools with the 'covering knees and shoulders' dress code of the Vatican or something? And I don't think any schools get to impose a dresscode on dropping-off parents.

Notthatcatagain · 03/07/2024 14:18

There are mums in the next street to me picking up in pyjamas and slippers. You'd look posh here

Springwatch123 · 03/07/2024 14:17

Yes, especially on warm day (and I wish I had a figure that would suit it!).

Zippyzooza · 03/07/2024 14:15

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.

You really wouldn’t…

MonsteraMama · 03/07/2024 14:11

Is school pick up an event? Since when did it have a dress code?

YourWinter · 03/07/2024 14:11

Better than wearing pyjamas and/or fluffy slippers.

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.

Apileofballyhoo · 03/07/2024 13:58

Does he normally comment on what you're wearing?

DappledThings · 03/07/2024 13:57

Other than pyjamas anything goes.

mindutopia · 03/07/2024 13:56

I think it probably depends on the fit. It’s a perfectly fine casual dress for a hot day. It could fit quite short though (I realise you say 5’3 but it’s hard to know really how well it would fit from a random photo). The back is fine, but I wouldn’t want to see anyone’s bum cheeks.

Bignanna · 03/07/2024 13:55

I wouldn’t even give it a thought! Sounds very superficial, who cares what you wear and what anyone else thinks?

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 03/07/2024 13:54

There’s no dress code afaik!

looks totally suitable for a hot day.
DH and friends are at fault

shellyleppard · 03/07/2024 13:54

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

Original poster
Collard · 03/07/2024 13:53

AmelieTaylor · 03/07/2024 13:52

Why not?

it's a dress not a bikini,

do women really put thought into 'school run' clothing?? I go as I am. I only change if I've realised I've slopped my coffee down my front or if the baby has puked on me.

Well no I didn’t put any thought into outfit hence why it didn’t cross my mind to consider this inappropriate

OP posts:
nonevernotever · 03/07/2024 13:53

Yeah you have a DH problem not a dress problem