Skirts and Habits.

[Grok]

Regarding crfriend's robe-was the garment intended for a Jedi knight, or a very tall Jawa?

[Grok]

Perhaps we could use a new term-Men In Robes. Abbreviate the term as MIR. MIR would be a topic to be considered along with MIS (Men In Skirts).

[couyalair]

Perhaps we could use a new term-Men In Robes. Abbreviate the term as MIR. MIR would be a topic to be considered along with MIS (Men In Skirts).

Except that, whereas most of the members here prefer to be completely unbifurcated, robe-wearers all seem to keep there trousers on under their long skirts. This has the drawback of making the robe a nuisance when walking, the cloth of the robe getting in the way of the trousers. I used to wear a jellaba and the only way to be comfortable when walking was with hands in pockets to hold it away from the legs. Sometimes, I'd hitch it up to free my legs.
I don't know how monks (used to) dress themselves (ie : what was under their robes?), but since trousers had not been invented in the middle ages, I suppose they would be unbifurcated.

I feel that MIR (adding a layer of cloth) and MIS (substituting one garment for another) are two quite different things.


Martin

[Grok]

I didn't realize that. Why wear a robe if you are going to wear trousers underneath? What's the point?

[crfriend]

Why wear a robe if you are going to wear trousers underneath? What's the point?

In my case, it was down to local convention. The robe I had wasn't floor-length and to not be wearing trousers would have been jarring to the onlookers and I wasn't interested in that sort of thing at the time.

Nice quip about the Jawas. That's a term I still use to describe scrap-dealers who have no idea about the history of what they're melting down. I most definitely use it as a pejorative, however I did not take the above comment so. (In fact, I actually got a laugh out of it.)

[Grok]

I'm glad that my Jawa joke was entertaining. "Convention"? Well, that sort of explains it. A convention-such as Trousers Tyrany-may be deeply entrenched, even if it doesn't make sense.

[Grok]

If the Space Rug is a new product, then there should be no established rules/conventions. No requirement to wear trousers if you are relaxing at home.

[Finnkilt]

When I was visiting a monastery not so long ago, one of the brothers asked for a photo to be taken of him in his habit with me in my 'mini-habit' (Elkommando hiking kilt).