who the FUCK wears skirts with WELLIES

[hassledmom]

because according to all the catalogues its the norm!

is this some kind of overall fetish I'm missing?
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I do if its wet or snowy

Come to think of it, the farmer's wife who lived opposite us when I was growing up always wore skirts and wellies (and still does), I have never seen her in a pair of trousers, and the only time AFAIK she wears shoes is on Sunday to go to church.

Farmer's wife here who does this. It is haute couture round these parts.
Are you saying that it is not archie ?

I do! to go and get some milk/ get the horses in/ round the kids up!

but I do live on a farm

I do in summer if I'm walking in the woods
The nettles are huuuuuge

And yes I do look all carefree and joyful (but minus the lab and kooky cardigan)

(They hide my crankles)

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Ah yes .. see takver said it as well (I do not wear overalls though unless I'm spray painting.. and then only in a cute 70's Felicity Kendall ironic way)

Me. I wear skirts most of the time and if it's snowy, muddy or very wet, I'm not going to ruin my normal boots, am I? That's what wellies are for, I thought. What do YOU use them for??

Well, I do sometimes. I'm not going to get changed out of a skirt just because I need to put on wellies. And it means I don't have to faff around tucking in trousers...

I do, why not? it's quite usual round here, though the men tend to stick to trousers

Me, because I own lots of skirts and no decent trousers because my various physical (ahem) anomalies make it almost impossible to find trousers that fit. And because I have groovy wellies and like to show them off.

I dug a hole today and planted a blackberry sapling - whilst wearing skirt and wellies!!!

Trousers look shit tucked into wellies, and when you take the boots off your trews are all crumpled and your legs are all hot, sweaty and red.

I look fab in skirts and wellies.

But do you remember that "slap" of wellie on bare calf from your childhood? And the angry red line where the wellie top rubs?

okay, apparently we are all missing the point somewhat ...

read the bit about the Garbo knit coat - I mean, WHAT?????

and I usually use Sheerluxe as my style& shopping bible!!

Well, if it's good enough for her...

I'm going to a wedding in April on a farm, they asked us to bring our wellies. Should I take some jeans too then?

I wear skirts with wellies all the time when gardening

perfectly ok

Ah but do you wear stockings and skirts and wellies like Keira?

I have done. But they rub my legs too much, so short stints in garden only!

they aren't stockings, they are over-knee socks

I am wearing some RIGHT NOW but that's because I went for a fanjo exam earlier with a GP I am in love with and didn't want to shave my legs

perfectly reasonable