This Just In. From a new reader. Harken, ye:
Dear PeaceBang, I found your blog via Courtney Wilder’s piece in Sightings, and find your musings absolutely delightful! As a young Episcopal priest, I have been complaining for some time about clergy women’s frumpy clothing. Frumpy does not equal professional, nor does it in any way help our cause as women clergy. I do love your blog, and also must comment on one subject on which we may not agree. It seems to me that jeans may not go well with a clergy shirt, regardless of how nice those jeans may be. Far too often I see women clergy wearing “mom” style (high waisted, tapered leg) acid wash jeans (as though those aren’t bad enough on their own) with those horribly baggy black ALMY clergy shirts tucked in. But perhaps even nice jeans are a no-no? At any rate, thanks for your blog, and your wider ministry, too.
Welcome to BTFM, my dear woman, and thank you for your honest words about the hideousness of jeans with clerical collars. ACID WASHED JEANS? EVER? With collar or no, those bad boys need to make it into the Goodwill bag pronto. Don’t drive me to drink, darlings. Really. Have some mercy. Don’t make me envision clergy colleagues in acid washed, tapered jeans.
Mom jeans? Ew — just ew. I can’t take a professional person seriously if they don’t have any more sense than to wear something so unprofessional. Attractive and well fitted black jeans are a much better choice. Don’t get me started on tacky clergy shirts.
As a mom, I am offended by the term “mom jeans” 😀 I have style! LOL