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Originally Posted by Tina
Humor me for a minute please.... 
I was talking to someone the other day who mentioned having trouble finding gauchos for a grand-daughter to wear while riding horses. I will add that this person is 60+ raised old time pentecostal.
I asked them why wouldn't they just buy a pair of baggy fitting capris. There isn't much difference in the capris and gauchos except that the openings at the ends of the legs on gauchos are much more flared out. They quickly told me that capris are too much like pants. They said that gauchos are made more like a skirt due to the flaring at the ends. Both are divided between the thighs like pants, so honestly, if someone isn't going to wear one based on the similarity to pants--why would it be okay to wear the other? The grand-daughters are allowed to wear leggings (skin tight capri style) under shorter skirts....but pants/capris are wrong-- gauchos are okay.
I would honestly like to know what is the difference??? Why are gauchos okay-- and leggings under skirts are okay-- but capris aren't okay? |
Well, like I said, I wasn't allowed to wear any of the above.
But my point was that if the argument is that a woman's garment must be different than a man's.... well, gauchos should work. Capris, too, since men don't generally wear them. I was just at Target and saw the cutest pair of black and white flowered capris. Men's garment?
But in most traditional Pentecostal churches, gauchos and capris are forbidden. Why, if your standard is based on gender-different clothing?
(and maybe that's the basis for your friend's point of view?)
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