Are yeshivish wearing denim skirts?

amother

Lily

Mon, Jun 17 2024, 7:42 pm

After reading this thread I’m questioning how yeshivish I am lol.
OOT, dh learned in kollel a few year, we send to the more yeshivish school …
Love denim. Wear it basically everyday …

amother

Freesia

Mon, Jun 17 2024, 7:43 pm

Chayalle wrote:

This to me is actual denim, not a look-alike.

No itsnot. I’m wearing it now it’s a very lightweight thin fabric.

amother

↑ Apricot

Mon, Jun 17 2024, 7:44 pm

Chayalle wrote:

This to me is actual denim, not a look-alike.

It might look that way online but not in person. It’s a very light thin material, not clingy but nothing like real denim/jean it’s just denim color.

amother

Midnight

Mon, Jun 17 2024, 8:02 pm

I’m surprised, I went to camp bais yaakov (yeshivish), we all wore denim! When did it become not yeshivish?
I’m still wearing it and never stopped. No back pockets or slits though.
Also I live in Monsey, we were always pretty casual here compared to Brooklyn/ Lakewood.

zaq

Mon, Jun 17 2024, 8:56 pm

amother Saddlebrown wrote:

Not sure what you mean by "new" I'm 30 and have been wearing denim since I was a kid.
It might be new for jewish stores, but I've been wearing for a while from anthropologie, gap, and random other places

Everything old becomes new when new people discover it. I had a tiny little denim skirt back around 1960, and have been practically living in denim skirts since at least 1970. I'm never without one: as soon as one wears out, I get another.

amother

Aster

Mon, Jun 17 2024, 9:05 pm

I am JPF but raised yeshivish and I don't wear denim as a personal thing, don't have any judgment on those who do

amother

Geranium

Mon, Jun 17 2024, 9:39 pm

Pretty much every girl I knew growing up wore a denim skirt with keds and either a sweatshirt or a Benetton sweater. It was practically a uniform from high school through early 20s.

amother

Orange

Mon, Jun 17 2024, 9:53 pm

Considered not yeshivish in my circles but I still wear it. I didn’t see a problem with it. But I’m not that yeshivish because I also think the boys black and white dress code is ridiculous.

amother

Ecru

Mon, Jun 17 2024, 11:17 pm

chanatron1000 wrote:

Denim is a durable fabric intended for physical labor. If you see physical labor as unrefined, you probably don't want to wear denim. If you have no problem being associated with it, there's no issue with denim.

My husband does plumbing and neither he nor I wear denim. What in the world …

amother

Clematis

Mon, Jun 17 2024, 11:24 pm

yeshivish, Im 28 and dont wear denim or denim look alikes.
My husband does manual labor and doesnt wear jeans either. Just not in our wardrobe

amother

Strawberry

Mon, Jun 17 2024, 11:58 pm

From what I can tell, yeshivish people that wouldn't have been caught dead in denim five years ago are now all wearing denim. Most common is a solid white or black t shirt (often ribbed) tucked into a denim skirt. Usually a dark denim, and definitely not stone washed or with pockets or the like. It's a more formal and less casual look than the denim we wore years ago (very loose, shirts tucked out...)
This applies to (yeshivish) people in their teens-twenties. I think the older (40s?) still has it in their head that denim is "bummy"

logical

Tue, Jun 18 2024, 2:17 am

im yeshivish and I would wear the denim look but I live in israel now so im holding back out of respect for the yeshivish israeli culture.

OP if you want to wear it, keep an eye out with neighbors, coworkers, that kind of thing....

amother

Lightyellow

Tue, Jun 18 2024, 3:38 am

In my days every BY girl owned a Bis denim skirt. Then I moved to EY and stopped wearing denim. When I moved back I still didn't put it on. My yeshivish siblings don't wear denim.

DrMom

Tue, Jun 18 2024, 3:45 am

amother Ecru wrote:

My husband does plumbing and neither he nor I wear denim. What in the world …

I don't think she was implying that everyone who does manual labor wears denim.

But it is true that denim jeans were first developed for manual laborers (farmers, ranchers, miners, etc). The stiff fabric and riveted stress points made for durable clothing.

(I don't have any problem with denim -- it's been worn as acceptable casual everyday clothing for decades)

↑ Ruchel

Tue, Jun 18 2024, 6:43 am

amother Orange wrote:

Considered not yeshivish in my circles but I still wear it. I didn’t see a problem with it. But I’m not that yeshivish because I also think the boys black and white dress code is ridiculous.

depending on time and place not all modern yeshivish keep this. Black and white. When I grew up definitely not. Also I was told Doc Martens isn't yeshivish
It's all over I Gateshead

mochamix18

Tue, Jun 18 2024, 7:22 am

amother Tomato wrote:

Yeshivish, would wear only very dark denim pleated or A line.

This is also my preference. You can get some very stylish adorable denim pleated skirts on aliexpress. For reference I’m 41 and raising my kids in an Israeli chareidi community.