Dressing up to travel: yea or nay? Also, how do you entertain yourself?

sarawifenow

@southernbelle0915--I can't see the pick on my work computer and it makes me sad. =(

southernbelle0915

SaraBrideSoon said:

@southernbelle0915--I can't see the pick on my work computer and it makes me sad. =(

It's the one of Brick from Anchorman where he introduces himself and says he enjoys a nice pair of slacks.

sarawifenow

southernbelle0915 said:

SaraBrideSoon said:

@southernbelle0915--I can't see the pick on my work computer and it makes me sad. =(

It's the one of Brick from Anchorman where he introduces himself and says he enjoys a nice pair of slacks.

Hahahahahaha I love it!

 

chibiyui

I find jeans to be comfy, so I generally wear them when I travel. A cute top or nice tshirt, and a cardigan because I am forever cold.

I do wear my not nice Adidas sandals at the airport, because nobody wants to be behind the person who takes forever to get their shoes off. And they are crazy comfy to me.

I am also a part of the no sweats in public crowd (exception for exercise)

I make it a point to be tipsy at take off, and then I read, play games or sketch on the plane.

FutureMrsN3312

Maggie0829 said:

If I have to sit in a crowded airport for an hour or more before my flight and then for however long on a cramped plane you can bet your ass that I am wearing comfy clothing, which means sweats/yoga pants and a hoodie or a t-shirt with a zip up.  I will say that the sweats I wear out aren't my "hey my puppy bite some holes in them and I also painted my house in these and accidentally dropped pasta sauce down one leg" sweats.  When I travel I am typically travelling for pleasure and I am really not trying to impress anyone.  If I travel for work (usually by myself) I typically travel a day early or arrive earlier in the day and then change into more appropriate work clothes if need be.

As for walking my dog, I walk her in my PJs or sweats all the time.  The only time I don't is when I take her out before I go to work because at that point I am dressed for the day.  But when I get home the first thing I do is get changed into something comfortable because work clothes for me are not comfortable.  I then walk her around in gym shorts and a tee or sweats and a tee.

Sorry not sorry but when I go out in sweats it is usually to run to Target or the food store.  I am in no way worried about impressing anyone and if you feel the need to judge me solely on what I am wearing when I am picking up a gallon of milk then that is your issue.

That is totally me.  I flew for the first time for our HM and wore yoga pants, flip flops, tank top with a zip up hoodie.  If I was traveling for business I would have dressed up more.  But thankfully no one was all decked out to fly to Aruba.

We've only had the dog a few months and I'd throw on real clothes before walking him at 5:30am.  That only lasted so long.  Now it's pjs.  If i'ts a comfy day of running errands it's yoga pants and a shirt.  But I make sure they are nice clean yoga pants.  Not the icky ones covered in bleach stains.

levioosa

I guess I'm in the minority here, but I have worn sweats before to the airport.  I've flown a lot, so I've just stopped giving a shit what people think.  I also usually try to wear some kind of slipper/boot that I can wear with socks, because going sockless and walking through security gives me the heebie-jeebies.  If it's winter I'm in boots for sure because they take up way too much freaking space in my luggage.  

It really depends on what time I'm flying, where I'm flying to, and what time I'm getting in.  I like red eyes, because it lands me with a fresh whole day to explore and get used to the time change.  So I'll wear comfy clothes to the airport, and in the last hour/1/2 hour before I land I'll change into jeans and better shoes and fix up my makeup.

Entertainment is a book, movie on my laptop, or (trying) to sleep.  I'll also write.  

As far as @Fran1085 says, I personally may wear sweats, but they are never stained or holey, or gross looking.  That's where I could see the line being drawn too.  Otherwise, I don't give a shit if someone travels in PJ's and a hoody.  

ETA: Words are hard without coffee

emmaaa

I've only flown once and I was in the eight grade. I'm pretty sure I wore jeans and a hoodie.

I had a bad experience flying so if I ever get on a plane again I will be comfortable and try to take medicine to knock myself out. I get extremely motion sick so reading isn't possible. I just need to be sedated. I couldn't imagine sedation would go well in a dress with my legs spread eagle.

lyndausvi

Something like this is okay to me

This:

or this... 

no so much

thisismynickname2

I read that. I get where the author is coming from. It's like going to a wedding dressed to the nines and seeing people wearing jeans! Hah! The truth, however, is that flying just isn't comfortable. When I travel for business I have two pairs of go-to dress pants that are very comfortable and don't wrinkle. I don't blame people for wearing sweats and the like. If people are clean, fine. I'd really prefer that people wear socks as I don't like looking at bare feet. Ew. My FI works for the airlines so when we pass-travel, we're required to dress decently. No sweats or similar, no sandals. We represent the airline and cannot look like slobs.

slothiegal

Yeah, this guy would not like me.  My favorite traveling outfit is a pair sweatpants that I call my "fat girl pants" because they're what I always slip into after a big meal and jeans are feeling a bit too restrictive.  I'll wear sneakers through the airport and then put on my slippers on the plane (my feet swell).  Zero fucks given.

DH and I bring nips to travel with because hell no I'm not paying ten dollars for a shot of vodka.

arrippa

Just a clarification on sweatpants. Are we talking yoga pants or these

Cause I will wear Yoga pants but not sweatpants. They are two separate clothing items.

thisismynickname2

You know what else cracks me up more than sloppy travelers? Travelers that are obviously completely clueless. You wore 5 inch heels and need to get to gate H18? Sucks to be you! Seriously, who are you trying to impress? There are the women wearing 15 heavy necklaces and bangles who have no idea whether or not to take them off for the metal detector, women wearing lace-up boots (not zippered, lace-up...) My goodness. Traveling is an art form.

JennyColada

The thing I don't get is: my jeans really aren't all that uncomfortable. So I don't see how not wearing jeans is a bonus. I mean, if they're so bad that you'd prefer sweats then I think you need new jeans!

I also don't understand the general "I want to be comfortable!" Thing. You're sitting. How is that not comfortable already? I see 0 comfort difference in sitting in "real" pants versus sitting in pajamas.

I enjoy putting forward a good image. That includes grocery shopping as well as traveling. I don't feel that putting on jeans is some huge mental feat so it's easy to do late at night or when I'm tired.

beethery

I am a regular wearer of yoga pants because I work with my parents. My dad wears a uniform every day, and the rule my mom and I made up and stick to is that nothing is allowed to have holes in it. We're usually the only ones in the office, so it's not a big deal. If we have appointments with the bookkeeper or whoever, I wear jeans.

I broke that rule yesterday without realizing it, because I ran out of the house at 5:30 and got dressed in my dark bedroom. I'd grabbed yoga pants that I meant to throw away, and they had holes in the inner thigh. Luckily no one noticed.

What I wear while flying really depends on where I'm going and if I'm getting picked up from the airport. I fly home to ATL, I wear leggings, a nice long nice but still casual tunic, my fancy Onitsuka Tigers (black with metallic gold), a cardigan, and then I keep any jewelry I plan to wear in my carry-on so that I can fancy up a little when we touch down. I also do a full face of makeup. I did the same thing in Vegas just because I didn't want to look like a mess.

When I come back to NH though, I wear yoga pants, a hoodie (if it's not hot out), flip flops, and I look like hell because I just plan to sleep on the plane.

I usually buy a book the day before the flight so I have something to read. I always sleep on the plane, especially if it's a long flight.

lyndausvi

JennyColada said:

The thing I don't get is: my jeans really aren't all that uncomfortable. So I don't see how not wearing jeans is a bonus. I mean, if they're so bad that you'd prefer sweats then I think you need new jeans! I also don't understand the general "I want to be comfortable!" Thing. You're sitting. How is that not comfortable already? I see 0 comfort difference in sitting in "real" pants versus sitting in pajamas. I enjoy putting forward a good image. That includes grocery shopping as well as traveling. I don't feel that putting on jeans is some huge mental feat so it's easy to do late at night or when I'm tired.

I tend to swell when flying.  Yoga pants or even nice sweatpants are more comfortable for me than jeans on long flights.   Short flights I wear jeans most of the time, but they start to get a little snug.

beethery

JennyColada said:

The thing I don't get is: my jeans really aren't all that uncomfortable. So I don't see how not wearing jeans is a bonus. I mean, if they're so bad that you'd prefer sweats then I think you need new jeans! I also don't understand the general "I want to be comfortable!" Thing. You're sitting. How is that not comfortable already? I see 0 comfort difference in sitting in "real" pants versus sitting in pajamas. I enjoy putting forward a good image. That includes grocery shopping as well as traveling. I don't feel that putting on jeans is some huge mental feat so it's easy to do late at night or when I'm tired.

Even at my thinnest, sitting in loosest fitting jeans with the button and band digging into my stomach for a 7 hour flight to hawaii is not my jam. Yoga pants or leggings fo life.

ohannabelle

I never wear sweats or PJs in public, and never on a plane. 

Seriously, I want upgrades. You can miss out on upgrades by looking sloppy. Long flights? I throw a pair of yoga pants in my carryon so I can change for bedtime.

The exception to the no PJs is for British Air, Air France, Cathay Pacific, airlines that actually give complimentary PJs to their first class passengers. They're ugly, but hell yes, souvenir PJs! What a hoot. 

(No, I can't afford 1st class, typically. Worked for major airlines, and always deliberately choose flights with empty seats in 1st, and know how to work my air miles when I'm actually paying. I'm like a little kid about first class. Wooohooooo! Flat bed seats! Down comforters! Desert cart! Pajamas! Free wine! It was a great few years and the kids were spoiled. They thought that airport was their personal bus stop. First class to Disneyland, whenever. Sometimes, I miss the airline industry.)

SBmini

arrippa said:

Just a clarification on sweatpants. Are we talking yoga pants or these

Cause I will wear Yoga pants but not sweatpants. They are two separate clothing items.

I feel the same exact way! Yoga pants are the most amazing invention ever. I pretty much spend all weekend in them. Super comfortable for laying around the house or doing housework and I can run to the store without feeling the need to change. Sweatpants though don't leave the house, IMO.

missdelilah

To be honest, I wasn't entirely sure to what I was referring when I said sweats, as we have different names for those things at home. It's just what FI calls everything from athletic pants, to yoga pants, to velour. I'll leave it to you ladies to fill in the clueless Australian. 

In further defense of being comfortable, I wore jeans on the bus (Boston to NYC) and I'm such a fidgeter, the waist band decided to unscrew and remove my belly ring for me. It's not like they're too tight or anything, it's just what happens when you have bulky material hanging around your waist. 

I'm always cold as on the plane too! I have some socks that I purchased at VS that are really thick and have little bits of plastic grip on the bottom. I tend to keep those in my carry on, put my shoes under the chair and pop those on. I just have to be careful not to step in anything wet - gross!

Most of my flying involves a seven hour flight, followed by a twelve hour one, and sometimes a very long layover - often up to twelve or thirteen hours. If the plane gets in in the morning, I want to leave the airport and explore a new city. I've had a couple of great days in various European cities this way. I don't want to be wearing the same pair of jeans for that long, or the same socks, underwear, or shirt. I always have a second bag that's only full of clothing for this. Extra points if an airport has showers, otherwise I feel absolutely disgusting by the time I reach my destination, and terribly sorry for whoever (usually some family member or friend, but occasionally a taxi driver) has to pick me up from the airport.

ETA: paragraphs!  What is wrong with this site?

SBmini

Oh, and by the way- these are a thing! I think I'm going to get them and make them my new travel pants:

http://www.betabrand.com/womens-dress-pant-yoga-pants.html

daria24

Business or leisure travel, I wear yoga pants #sorrynotsorry. I am going to be stuck in 22 inches of space, I want an elastic waistband. I don't get the judgement. My clothes and body are clean. I've smelled some bad BO on people in suits. I think you'd rather sit next to the odorless girl in yoga pants and a hoodie than the dude in Hugo Boss who reeks. I mean doctors/people in the medical profession wear scrubs to work. Scrubs are basically pjs-most of the people I know in medicine sleep in them. IDGAF that the woman taking my X-Ray is basically in pjs. You are clean? Your private parts are covered? We're good.

missdelilah

Also, can I just state that I'd like to institute a no Ugg boots (or similar) in public rule? They are just overpriced house slippers. In Australia they're a generic item, that can be purchased from a variety of manufacturers, often for $50 a pair. Sweats, ugg boots; only acceptable in public if you're sick, going to the pharmacy, doctor, or a really quick supermarket run. And if you're walking the dog.

southernbelle0915

daria24 said:

Business or leisure travel, I wear yoga pants #sorrynotsorry. I am going to be stuck in 22 inches of space, I want an elastic waistband. I don't get the judgement. My clothes and body are clean. I've smelled some bad BO on people in suits. I think you'd rather sit next to the odorless girl in yoga pants and a hoodie than the dude in Hugo Boss who reeks. I mean doctors/people in the medical profession wear scrubs to work. Scrubs are basically pjs-most of the people I know in medicine sleep in them. IDGAF that the woman taking my X-Ray is basically in pjs. You are clean? Your private parts are covered? We're good.

This. 

I could not care less what people wear at all unless their clothes stink and they're sitting near me or their wardrobe choices are slowing me down (i.e. security or bathroom). If people want to spend their time and energy judging me for what I'm wearing while I ride a plane, judge on my friends. I give zero fucks.

beethery

missdelilah said:

Also, can I just state that I'd like to institute a no Ugg boots (or similar) in public rule? They are just overpriced house slippers. In Australia they're a generic item, that can be purchased from a variety of manufacturers, often for $50 a pair. Sweats, ugg boots; only acceptable in public if you're sick, going to the pharmacy, doctor, or a really quick supermarket run. And if you're walking the dog.

Heavy Ugg use for me in the winter. Like... daily for a couple months at a time. They're warm and I am very nearly always freezing my ass off and in a shit ton of snow from the house to the car, and the car to the office. Plus taking the dogs out at any given time.

It helps that I live in the middle of nowhere, so my ensemble choices get no second looks when I walk out of the house.

hellosweetie1015

Depends on the length of the trip, and whether we will be Doing Things on the trip. 

When FI and I drove to Universal, I knew that we would be stopping and then would also have time when we got there to do stuff other than just crash (even though we didn't go into the parks until the next day). 

When we drive to PCB with my family, FUCK NO I'm wearing damn pajamas. Yes, we stop (for fast food and then at the Waffle House for coffee) and we usually get there at 1-4 AM so yeah, no, pajamas. 

Flying to NYC - Real Clothes; it's a short flight. 

Flying to HI: PJs - long ass flight, and we went straight to the hotel from the airplane (plus the flight back was nighttime). 

Upcoming flight to London: I haven't decided yet. Probably will be that skank that changes once we get off, since I think it's a night time flight but we'll be arriving in the daytime with time to do shit. So I dunno what to do for that.

ETA: entertainment (until this past Christmas) involved a backpack crammed full of books, paper, pens, and a laptop. Now it involves a nook. It's so much easier.

Maggie0829

missdelilah said:

Also, can I just state that I'd like to institute a no Ugg boots (or similar) in public rule? They are just overpriced house slippers. In Australia they're a generic item, that can be purchased from a variety of manufacturers, often for $50 a pair. Sweats, ugg boots; only acceptable in public if you're sick, going to the pharmacy, doctor, or a really quick supermarket run. And if you're walking the dog.

No you may not.  I have Uggs and wear them a lot during the winter months.  They are water proof, warm and have a great rubber grip sole so I don't slip and fall on my ass when I have to trudge through the snow and ice.  Typically I wear them to work so that I can get to and from my car without my feet freezing or trying to maneuver in heels.

I'm sorry but I really can't believe that people are so judgmental about what other people wear, especially when we are talking about going to the food store, making an 8 hour plane ride, or taking the dog for a quick walk.  Now if we were talking about a wedding or a black tie event and someone showed up in yoga pants, a sweatshirt and Uggs I would be all "WTF?!"  But if I see the same outfit at the airport I wouldn't even question it.

Like another poster said, if you don't smell and all your privates are covered then I am cool with whatever you want to wear when you travel or are picking up a gallon of milk.

beethery

The only time I will judge an Ugg is if it's 65+ degrees out. If it's 80, I better not spot an Ugg in the club.

missdelilah

What kind of Uggs are people buying that are waterproof?  I've never had a pair (Ugg brand or otherwise, that were designed for snow wear).  I can spray waterproofer on mine every day, and they're still only good to a few minutes out in the snow.  I have never even found them particularly well suited to gripping snow and ice.  

And damn, I hate the internet.  I did make the Ugg comment partly in jest, and now I can't tell whether Maggie is also make a rude comment to me in jest, or in seriousness.  But fuck it.  People are free to voice their opinions, other people are free to disagree.  

Seriously, the only time I've side eyed anyone for wearing uggs in public is when people wear them to work and they're way too casual, or when I see girls wearing them with short skirts and tank tops, or t-shirts.  If you're wearing so little clothing, how do you need sheepskin boots?  I just don't understand it.  And I don't get people wearing them to the club.  I've just never understood that either.  Maybe it's because to me, and Australians my age or older, they generally look like glorified house slippers that have been very well marketed.

ETA:  Just adding a few more thoughts.

Swazzle

Eesh. Tough crowd! 

I wear yoga pants and a tank or tshirt to the airport and always have a zipper-up or hoodie and socks in my carry-on if I'm not already wearing them. 

I'll wear sweatpants if I'm running to Target, the grocery store, etc. 

And when I take out my dog in the winter, you're lucky if I even put on a bra. That also goes for the liquor store. 

No fucks are given.

missdelilah

winchestered said:

I could not fathom spending 88 bucks on a pair of glorified yoga pants. Dress pants are super comfy, and if I had pairs of those I would wear them flying.

I also can't justify spending the chunk of change that real UGG boots cost. Our country western stores have knockoffs for a quarter of the price that last forever. I've had a pair survive four Utah winters, which is really impressive.

And the problem is that the Uggs you buy here are made in China, and the last pair I purchased only lasted three winters, which I feel is an absolute fail at that price.  The made in Australia ones are better quality, but only available in Australia, or at even more extortionate rates here.  At home they're about the same price as the made in China ones are here.