Skirts and Habits.

[runfan]

Do habits (that is, the ones that monks wear, not the bad ones that everyone tells us we've got) count as skirts for discussion in this forum? I wear skirts of varying lengths according to the weather, but for the coldest weather, like a few months ago, I like to wear a monk's habit. It is warm even in the snow - the monks certainly knew ( and know - there are still a few around) how to keep themselves comfortable.

[ethelthefrog]

If you're aiming to categorise, I'd say that a habit is more of a dress than a skirt, what with it covering the body from neck to ankles.

Franciscans

Paul.

[RichardA]

" I'd say that a habit is more of a dress than a skirt"
"a robe" what about Arabic Islamic/ Moroccan clothes

http://www.shukr.co.uk/Men-C34.aspx
http://www.desertstore.com/arabic-clothes-men-clothing
http://www.maroque.co.uk/catalog.aspx?p=00922

[couyalair]

I wore Moroccan jellabas for many years to keep out the cold.
First in Morocco itself, where it can be very cold in winter -- houses usually have no heating! Also on winter visits to France and Britain, since I had no other overcoat.
Later, when I went to study in US, I started putting on layers of fat, which meant that the tight trousers of the time were excruciatingly uncomfortable, so I was very glad to be able to do without under my thick wooly jellabas.
Having been used to these robes as menswear in Morocco, I never thought of them as feminine or odd, just a little exotic.

Excellent garments they are too. The slits at the sides mean you can put your hands throough and reach whatever you may need in the pockets of whatever you waer underneath, and the hood protects from draughts and rain.

Martin

[Since1982]

Monk's Habit = Extended HOODIE!!

[runfan]

Monk's Habit = Extended HOODIE!!

I guess it is, though I hadnt thought of it that way.. But I'm a very peaceful hoodie. Anyway a monk's hood is far too loose for urban battles.

[crfriend]

Anyway a monk's hood is far too loose for urban battles.

That all depends on how serene the monk in question is, how attuned to his surroundings he is, and how accurately he places his first shot. (With apologies to the Jedi, blasters do have their place.)

The "modern" monk's robe is an almost perfect throwback to medieval robes designed for routine wear in harsher northern climates, so it's not surprising at all that they can be confortable in the cold -- and recall that the planet went through a "mini Ice Age" in the 1600s. However, I'd opt for decent boots instead of sandals when there's snow on the ground.

[Grok]

Do habits (that is, the ones that monks wear, not the bad ones that everyone tells us we've got) count as skirts for discussion in this forum? I wear skirts of varying lengths according to the weather, but for the coldest weather, like a few months ago, I like to wear a monk's habit. It is warm even in the snow - the monks certainly knew ( and know - there are still a few around) how to keep themselves comfortable.

This forum has included considerable discussion about garments that hang from the shoulders rather than the waist.

[Grok]

dresses

[Uncle Al]

..........Skirts and Habits.............

I try to make a Habit of wearing Skirts/Kilts as much as possible

Uncle Al


Sorry - Couldn't resist the play on words.

[Grok]

"Trousers tyranny" is a rigid rule, but it has a few cracks. In recent years, with the appearance of nontraditional kilts, I have seen one of these cracks widened. (I believe that traditional kilts have lent a legitamacy to nontraditional kilts).

Robes/Habits may perhaps prove to be another crack that can be widened.

Of course, there are hardy individuals who are willing to experiment, but this is a small group. Most follow the herd.

[Grok]

I wore Moroccan jellabas for many years to keep out the cold.
First in Morocco itself, where it can be very cold in winter -- houses usually have no heating! Also on winter visits to France and Britain, since I had no other overcoat.
Later, when I went to study in US, I started putting on layers of fat, which meant that the tight trousers of the time were excruciatingly uncomfortable, so I was very glad to be able to do without under my thick wooly jellabas.
Having been used to these robes as menswear in Morocco, I never thought of them as feminine or odd, just a little exotic.

Excellent garments they are too. The slits at the sides mean you can put your hands throough and reach whatever you may need in the pockets of whatever you waer underneath, and the hood protects from draughts and rain.

Martin

It has occurred to me that the next stage (in promoting MUGs) may be experimentation with imported garments.

That would avoid one potential problem with a new design - would there be enough demand to justify/support production?

[Since1982]

urban battles

??? First time I ever saw the word Hoodie to describe a hooded jacket I was in Las Vegas watching the 2006 World Series of Poker live in the conference room where they hold it at the Rio Hotel and Casino. The announcers were discussing Jennifer Tilly and her boyfriend Phil Laak, a professional poker player with the nickname "The UnaBomber" because he always wears a hoodie to play. Until I just saw the reference of the jacket to "Urban Battles", I've never heard of or thought of it as anything having anything to do with "The Hood". Maybe I'm just tooooo WHITE for thinking like that. Or just too OLD.

[Grok]

Just stumbled across FreeBeneath. Something along these lines would be a valuable addition to the wardrobe.

[Sarongman]

I would have bought a "Shoreline" straight away, until-----that price. No way Jose.