Dungarees are WRONG...aren't they?

[Snafu]

Tell me they are.

I've seen a pair on the Next Directory site...and they've stirred something within me. I've never worn dungarees. I've never even worn Next. But I think I want them. They look so comfy and free and happy.

Tell me I'm wrong and I need to go and have a nice lie down.

Actually, I did find that even when I had a fairly flat stomach, people did assume you were pregnant. If you are a bit thick waisted anyway (like me) or with a round stomach, you would be done for.

at least they aren't maternity ones......! On your experience LGJ why on earth would a pregnant woman want to wear the things...

I thought they looked great on dd until someone said to 'oh she looks positively alpine' in withering tones. She hasn't worn them since.

Yeah, I probably would look like Bob the Builder in them. Still, ds would be pleased.

ahte them on older boys

ds has the loveliest pair for cord ones from Osh Kosh......sigh.....only work on boys up to about 2.5.....

i had some great gap ones when i was pg, but it was 12 years ago and grunge was in!

They are wrong Snafu. Unless this is the 70s and you're a feminist and we're in a time warp.

lol at alpine!

they are wrong

unless you are tall and thin

in which case they are quite nice.

otherwise, no, makes you look like a box.

WWW has it right on the nail.

I had some lovely white painters' dungarees in 1983 which I painted all over with various colourful designs. If any MNers is the evil person who nicked them out of the St John's College Oxford launderette, can I please have them back?

Not that you aren't 6' tall and stick thin, Snafu. Obviously. As am I.

You are all right, of course.

Look awful on anyone with hips!

ooh, River Island has dungaree-looking dresses too (white or denim), but they are short.

no no no not even if youre young and thin

the only girls who were them near me, wear them with the top down with playboy tshirts and matching babies called ikea

i've been given a maternity pair and was v surprised that they fit.

i am 6 foot and pregnant so i suspect they make me look like the side of a house.

can't quite bring myself to wear them.

dh wasn't convinced. politely said (when I pressed him for an opinion) that they weren't very flattering which I spspect translates that I looked like the side of a house.

snafu I quite understand the "they've stirred something in me"... i keep wanted to try them on again...

wear them! its a good excuse to wear whatever you like when pg (when else can you, blame hormones!)

MI - mine were pinched from Lancaster Uni - so I'm not the culprit! I still do use them for painting...
WWW - spot on!

oh dear god NO Snafu.
a thousand times NO.
my friend wears them, even little shorty ones in pink. She thinks she looks cute, I imagine.
She is mistaken.

LOL harpsi - shortie ones in pink completely miss the point, imo

Alright, you lot, I get the message. That audition for the Dexy's tribute band will just have to wait. Spoilsports.

I would have worn them to the MN summer meet, y'know...

Vintage ones are ok!!
I have had a couple of pairs!!

dungarees are great.

In fact, my second thought on learning I was pregnant was "great, I'll be able to wear dungas without being stared at".

ooh, I used to love my denim dungers at university, lived in them. was thinking about them the other day. am liking the Next ones, must admit.....

I've always had a soft spot for dungarees - wore them a lot when I was a student (with my big old DM boots and stripey socks...) And I wore maternity ones in my first pregnancy.

But even though I think those look great, Snafu - I have to concur with the zeitgeist: unless you're 6 foot tall and have a supermodel type physique (no boobs permissable) you will look like Andrea Dworkin.

Damn it, I've stayed away for two weeks and it takes a thread on dungarees to make me crack.