Strapples dress for school run - Tarty?

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I bought a dress and now I fear it is inappropriate for the school run. It is a maxi dress, with a side slit to the knee, jersey material, not stretch but kind of loose, the chest area and back are just straight.So it is not enphasizing the breasts... But still I'm thinking probably tarty.

Maybe just don't wear to drop off and collect kids?

Or put cardi/shrug/denim jacKet on top?

I've seen plenty of mums at school wearing similar. Not my cup of tea, but I am probably 20 years older than the ladies who are wearing them.

1. Why care?
2. As AuntySib says, a cropped cardigan or jacket would be fine.

OP it's not like your sporting a min skirt, boob tube an thigh high PVC boots!

It is summer.
It's a maxi dress.
Unless your DC goes to school at a nunnery I wouldn't worry

*Disclaimer no offence to anyone who chooses to wear a mini skirt, boob tube and thigh high PVC boots on the school run.

Oh god I have a ds starting next year - are they set rules ?!!!

I hate those dresses. Think they're a bit rough. But tbh the "school run" is just everyday life.

Think if you wear them you have to shout "geddere brannon do you want a slap?" A lot. #judgy

Karl this is yet another thread where you are unnecessary vile.

OP ignore Karl the rest of the world do hence why he/she has ishoos.

What does 'tarty' mean? Something a prostitute would wear?

It's hot outside.
It's a dress.
You're taking dc to school/picking up.
You're not going to a funeral.

Wear what you like as long as it is teemed with ballet flats, cropped denim jacket and statement necklace! Joke

Can you link to the kind of dress you mean? I have a very posh friend who wears what sounds very similar to this and couldn't look less 'tarty' if she tried.

delighted

you have to be overly tanned with a tattoo on your shoulder.

Well said dotty. So predictable.

Fwiw I think strapless maxi is fine, any other length and it could be a bit dubious though.

Just back from school run where I saw a mother in a dress exactly as described. It wasn't a great look, but I don't think it was the dress's fault.

Strapless maxi's should only be worn on the beach/holiday.

There a few mums who wear them at DS1's school and without exception they manage to look rough and try-hard at the same time.

OP where what you want. Your dress sounds absolutely fine.

After several years of school drop offs and pick ups I still don't understand why so many people stress about what to wear. Just wear your normal clothes. If that's what you'd usually wear during the day, wear it for the school run.

Sorry, "wear", not "where"

Wear what you want, I would just be worried about a young DC tugging on it and pulling it down to unseemly levels, or tripping over the front of it and the same happening!

I think maxi dresses can look perfectly fine...I see a lot of them around here. Usually the person in them has sandals, huge sunglasses, and a messy bun. :) It doesn't look tarty.

Although the slit...I'm not sure about that part. But it probably looks fine!

One of the mums at DS's school often wears a strapless maxi dress. She had a fabulous figure and is very elegant so we all look on with envy not disapproval!

Oh, who cares. If you like it and it's comfortable, wear it.

Thank you all! It's good to read everyone's opinions.

I wouldn't judge. I would be a little jealous if anything as my shoulders are far too bony to wear anything strapless.

Long strapless maxi dresses are very much beloved of the good ladies of Romford.
I DO worry if one of them trips on the hem.....we'd all cop an eyeful