Women dressing up | Imamother

amother

Firebrick

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 12:35 pm

Do you as an adult female dress up on Purim?

Do you wear a full costume or just funky accessories?

Does location and neighborhoods play a role??

amother

Navy

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 4:37 pm

Me and dh always dress up as famous fictional couples. Sometimes the kids join in on the theme, sometimes not. It's a bit unusual in our community, but not taboo and we don't care anyway. Purim simcha isn't just for kids!

penguin

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 4:49 pm

I'm thinking of gluing a bead on my nose....

amother

Papaya

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 4:51 pm

We have friends that dress as a Yerushalmi couple. He has a shtreimel, gold bekishe and tucks his pants into his socks. I think she just does a tichel over a fake shpitzle.

I thought it was a very cute idea for women that don't want to stand out too much, to dress as another culture's frum women dress. Of course now we know that could include many different communities' standards.

33055

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 4:52 pm

I dress up with an accessory to match my theme. Very few to woman or older girls do. I do out because the kids get so delighted

flowerpower

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 5:01 pm

I wear accessories to match the family theme. I don't dress fully because it's too much of a hassle plus I don't need my kids teachers to see me that way....

dee's mommy

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 5:09 pm

I don't, but if I did, I would dress in a period costume, or something very princessy (or like a queen.) Or, some sort of fairy tale character.

shabbatiscoming

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 5:13 pm

Sometimes I proper dress up and other times I just get dressed funny/silly. I love wearing funny wigs and funny socks with mismatched clothing, different lengths, just all around funny looking.
This year I am dressing up dressing up Smile

thunderstorm

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 5:19 pm

Yes. I gets dressed up. Never mattered about neighborhood. I make sure it's not too outrageous so that I don't attract attention. I make sure I'm fully dressed tzniusdig

Iymnok

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 5:33 pm

I knew two friends of a similar build who switched sheitels and clothes. They also switched seats in Shul for Megillah.

I dressed up as a chef.

Now I just wear shabbos clothes. If I could get ahold of a long formal skirt, I’d wear that. With my petticoat.

bigsis144

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 6:03 pm

My husband and kids don’t like dressing up (who ever heard of kids not dressing up? They’re 5 and 8, way too young to think it’s babyish...) so I davka make sure to dress up and show Purim Spirit in the hopes that one day they’ll deign to join me...

amother

Jade

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 6:29 pm

Sure! Sometimes I wear a full costume, other times I wear random accessories. So much fun!
(Live in monsey)

fmt4

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 6:33 pm

Full costume. Disney characters, famous ppl, that kind of thing.

dancingqueen

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 6:55 pm

Before kids, for sure. Now more of my energy goes into planning costumes for them; dh and I will maybe wear some type of accessory or hat to fit the theme.

BrachaBatya

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 9:49 pm

I dress up in a full costume and it varies year to year by theme. Last year was the '80s - tacky and fun.

amother

Tangerine

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 10:01 pm

dee's mommy wrote:

I don't, but if I did, I would dress in a period costume, or something very princessy (or like a queen.) Or, some sort of fairy tale character.

I did this once. I rented a huge dress with the big hoop skirts and it was really really fun.

amother

Copper

Thu, Feb 22 2018, 10:03 pm

I don't, but nothing to do with being a woman or an adult. I've never like dressing up - haven't done it since I was about 14.

sirel

Fri, Feb 23 2018, 5:45 am

No, But I usually wear a funny hat on my sheitel or some kind of funny accessory, like a big bowtie or necklace