When you were young, did you get a new outfit for Easter---dress, hat, gloves, shoes for girls, boys-suits, shirts ties

[debm55]

and shoes for guys. Worst part was you wore them all day.

[yankee87]

1. Every year

Got one every year.

[debm55]

3. Thank you yankee87, I hated those frilly dresses. the slips under them scratche. shoes were slippery. I even remember

Having a spring coat,

[yankee87]

4. Ripped or torn

God forbid you got these uncomfortable clothes damaged.

[debm55]

42. Agree. TY yankees87

[flor-de-jasmim]

56. You and me both!!! And hats!

[debm55]

60. TY flor-de-jasmin. Once a regular slip and Panty hose could be worn it was okay.

[homegirl]

54. Always, even

during WW2 rationing. Sometimes it was my older cousins hand me down coat, but always a new hat and shoes. And a chocolate Easter Rabbit.When we moved I remember my younger sister insisting on carrying her Easter basket and her Snow White doll to our new home.

[debm55]

61. Ty homegirl for the sweet story. I generally wore hand me downs and my mother sowed , But Christmas and Easter were for

new outfits and spring and summer shoes.

[yellowdogintexas]

2. of course we did. This was in the 1950s so we got these weird stiff nylon dresses

which scratched at the waist, those god awful "hats" that clamped on like a headband, new black patent Mary Janes, little white gloves and white anklets with lace around the cuff. Of course we had little straw purses too. We did NOT wear them all day though - we were out of them in a flash the minute we got home. (unless we were going somewhere for a big family lunch which we seldom did)

Why did everything we wore back then scratch? I was so happy when my mom discovered Pima cotton!!! When we were older our Easter outfits were much more normal. We lived in Kentucky where spring weather is very erratic; one year we had snow flurries. I think that was the year I had a pale yellow suit with white shoes.

[debm55]

5. Thank you yellowdogintexas. We always visted my grandmother for lunch/dinner and the clothes stayed on.

[Timeflyer]

48. Bringing back unpleasant memories of scratchy nylon and something else (barbed wire?) petticoats

under those damned stiff dresses. In all our dressed up family pictures sister and I look ready to cry or start slugging each other.

[debm55]

51. Ty Timeflyer. Yes they did scratch. I didn't like it either as it was right against our skin as we wore short white

socks.

[Lunabell]

6. Oh, yes!

Circa 1966 photo of Easter Sunday, Huntsville, AL. My dad, two sisters and me. The little one in the middle is me.

[debm55]

9. Thank you Lunabell, You and your family are dressed in all your Easter best, I noticed the little white socks with lace.

[Lunabell]

13. And Mary Janes.

I love my oldest sister's purse. So grown up. And my middle sister has a bag and is holding her white gloves.

[debm55]

14. Yes, the MaryJanes. We took them on the sidewalk and rubbed the bottom on the cement so we wouldn't slip. Love your

sister' s purse.

[LakeArenal]

35. Always a little purse! 💜🩷💚🐣🐰

[debm55]

43. TY :LakeArenal. Yes, the little purse for Kleenex and some coins.(and my troll doll)

[LakeArenal]

47. Mine hand the ironed lace trim hankie.

The one my mom would spit on to wipe my chocolate cheek.

My mom made the best Easter baskets as well. Always hid them for us to find. Cellophane paper and the whole works.

[debm55]

52. TY LakeArenal. you were lucky. I just had one of those little packs of Kleenex. We just had baskets --no cellophane.

[LakeArenal]

62. I still love those hankies I see at Goodwill.

[3catwoman3]

7. Once that I can remember for sure, around age 10.

This would have been 1961, or so, and I can still remember what the dress looked like. Lavender with white pin dots; sleeveless; full-skirted. There was a hat, with a thin elastic band to keep it on.

Probably white anklets. I never liked ankle sox, even as a little girl.

There may have been one other season. My parents were Depression era kids, and didn’t like spending money on things with limited use, like special occasion clothes.

[debm55]

11. Thank you 3catwoman3, your outfit sounds very much like mine. Still remember the elastic on the hat.

[10 Turtle Day]

12. I hated the hats with the thin elastic band!

The elastic dug into into my chin skin.

[debm55]

15. Ty, 10 Turtle Day. the hat and the gloves were the only things that came off at my grandmother's house. It was an all

day affair. I agree with the thin elastic band. It hurt.

[3catwoman3]

38. My mom would put the elastic band around the back...

…of my head instead of under my chin.

[Phoenix61]

8. Yep! I loved my frilly dress and hat.

Funny how those socks came back for women in the 70’s.

[debm55]

18. Thank you Phoenix61. Yes the socks did make a come back I liked the socks.

[woodsprite]

10. Yup! Squeaky white patent leather shoes,

Socks and gloves with lace edges, a dress with crinoline petticoats (at least until I was around 6 or 7). After that mom let me ditch the fluffy petticoats!

[debm55]

16. Thank you woodsprite. The crinoline slips were scratchy.. I did like my spring purse.

[MOMFUDSKI]

17. Yes.

My mom was a dress horse and one year I wore a skirt with matching cape lined in taffeta! Fancy lace-trimmed socks. And, of course, a hat to be worn in church. I had a great mom. I am lucky. Happy Easter, mom .

[debm55]

19. TY, MOMFUDSKI, your outfit sounds beautiful and classy.

[malaise]

20. New lilac dresses for all the girls

Same material - different styles. And new purple ribbons for our plaits.😀

[debm55]

24. Ty malaise. That sounds beautiful. I love the colors lilac and lavender for dresses. The purple ribbons make it sound so

springy. Love how your dresses were in different styles.

[SallyHemmings]

21. Every year!

It was a mission to find the perfect outfit.

[debm55]

25. I had a Lavender print dress with a lavender coat. loved it Yes, it was a mission as we got a little older. Ty,

[stopdiggin]

22. mostly no.

(first three in line were boys - probably made a difference?) I do remember little clip on ties - but that was more the general rule/convention that you 'dressed' to go to church ("What, you plan on showing up in your GD work boots and overalls?!" "Why the hell bother ..!".) - and I don't recall that Easter was singled out for special gear.
But then again - boys - and clothes didn't really clock real high on the radar of importance - or notice. Now perhaps a new pair of tennis shoes ..!

In fact - pretty sure Easter was much more about fun (and whatever chocolate we could squeeze out of the event) - Easter baskets and hidden treats (that Easter bunny was a heck of a good hider!) - and pretty light on the church and religion in our household. And that probably starts us off in the direction of another discussion ...

[debm55]

28. Ty stopdiggin. I remember the clip on ties.We generally got fancy outfits for Christmas and Easter. After Mass it was an

all day food feast at both grandmother's houses. so we stayed dressed.

[Deuxcents]

23. My mom made our dresses..same style but different colors

And we got shoes at Easter and Christmas. My mom made her own dresses..sometimes without a pattern, she was that good. I can’t even replace a button that won’t look distressed

[debm55]

31. Ty you Deuxcents. Your mom is/was very talented. Shoes we got were school shoes, church shoes, and play shoes.Church

shoes covered Fall and Winter, Easter shoes covered Spring and summer. My play shoes were Ke ds, That is all the shoes I had for the year.

[NorthCountryLib]

26. I was 8 in 1970

So I had the dress, coat, hat and white patent leather shoes. Oh, and some years I was lucky enough to have white gloves and a pocketbook! I remember my white patent leather pocketbook with a big daisy on it! LOL!! I loved dressing up when I was young!

[debm55]

33. TY, NorthCountryLib, I liked my outfits too. Christmas and Easter were the only time we wore something special.

[CrispyQ]

27. Every year. Hats went away when I was about seven.

Some years my mom would buy my dress & others she'd make them. My fave was a lilac floral dress that she made that almost floated the fabric was so light. I was about 14 that year.

[debm55]

44. Thank you CrispyQ, That sounds Beautiful.

[Trueblue Texan]

29. not even once. nt

[debm55]

45. Thank you Trueblue Texan.

[Ocelot II]

30. Sure did, and it continued into the '60s.

Here we are - Mom, Dad, me and my brothers. I was about 15 and clearly sick of the whole thing. Brothers and Dad looked like they'd rather be somewhere else, but Mom enjoyed looking elegant, as she always did.

[LakeArenal]

37. Your Dad is pretty dapper as well.

The stretchy head band too. I had all the colors!!!

[3catwoman3]

39. Elegant indeed!

Your mom had it together
.

[debm55]

46. Thank you Ocelot 11 Your family is very classy. You are your mom are beautiful.

[FalloutShelter]

32. Most definitely.

Hats and gloves, new spring coat. My mom was the queen of the Simplicity pattern, and so, she made my coat every year and I rocked some wild colors:
Lavender, lime green, pepto pink, lemon yellow…
Good times.

[debm55]

49. Ty FalloutShelter. We used the Simplicity patterns here too. Your coats sound wonderful.

[Attilatheblond]

34. A couple of years, yes. And I HATED it.

Nobody else in the family of 4 kids had to 'dress up'. Annoyed the daylights out of me that Mom did this to me.

[debm55]

50. Ty Attilatheblond. Were the other boys?

[Attilatheblond]

59. 2 brothers and one sister

[debm55]

64. TY, I wonder why she didn;t dress you other sister up?

[Attilatheblond]

70. Sister was 10 years older than I am and one stubborn individual

I was the 'quiet one'. Mom found out a few years later 'It's the quiet ones ya gotta worry about.'

[debm55]

73. Ty AttilatheBlond. Thank you for anwering my question. You are very kind.

[LakeArenal]

36. For years I also had a starched white pinafore.

My school always had us make Easter bonnets. Fake flowers and ribbons on a straw hat. A bonnet no mother would let go to church.

[debm55]

55. That is so funny. Ty LakeArenal.

[FloridaBlues]

40. Always got a new dress with all the fixings!

Than after dinner the family walked the board walk in Asbury Park NJ to show off new Easter hats. Along with many women in our area.

[debm55]

65. TY FloridaBlues. That sounds fun. I bet it was.

[kimbutgar]

41. Yes I got a new dress and shoes

I wore a uniform to school, so getting a new outfit to wear Easter Sunday was a big deal.

[debm55]

66. I bet it was. TY kimbutgar.

[Tree Lady]

53. Yep the whole thing

From hat, gloves, shoes dress. I think it was more for my mom than me.

I just finished Easter brunch let my hubby make pancakes with real syrup, strawberries, black berries, blueberries, bacon , chopped pecans, drizzled Nutella and fresh tangerine juice with brut champagne mimosas.

[debm55]

69. Ty Tree Lady. Your husband sounds like a catch.

[Tree Lady]

83. lol he is. We work together

A team. I cut up fruit, made the drinks, chopped nuts, set table and got syrup, Nutella ready. He cooked pancakes and bacon. He loves it and makes 2-3 times a week. It's rare for me. I would be a blimp. He is skinny no matter what he eats.

[debm55]

85. TY Tree Lady.

[Bayard]

57. Absolutely!

New frilly dress, little hat with fake flowers, white gloves, and white patent leather shoes. Same for my 2 older sisters. We were styling!

Except one year, they put the little kids in the choir, with heavy robes on over our Easter finery. The old Baptist church was not air conditioned, and it was really hot. I passed out cold about halfway through the service. The preacher pulled me out from under the half drapes by my feet, and my Dad was embarrassed to have to go down to the front, pick me up, and carry me out.

Ahh, good times!

[debm55]

74. I am so sorry for you Bayard.

[Bayard]

81. Oh, we laughed about it years later

[debm55]

86. Ty Bayard That's good.

[Conjuay]

58. Yeah, what fun.

Dress a kid in a Wool suit, a very itchy wool suit. If Robert Hall's still existed, boy, would they be getting a stern note!

[debm55]

89. Agree,

[haele]

63. My mom basically got us clothes we could wear later on.

Easter was when we got our spring and summer clothes (and shoes) for the year, mainly because of all the sales that were going on at the time, and my folks saved Christmas money for the before Easter sales shopping trip to "Monkey-Wards" or the Penneys Bargain bin. The clothes may have been a season out of date, but living in mostly Southern California coastal meant the stores tended to carry the same weight clothes for winter or summer, so seasons wouldn't really matter.
The one really good clothes set we got was what we wore for "visiting" or Sunday School.
But Mom and Dad always believed in comfort and wear being the first consideration. So the Easter clothes weren't really that special.

Haele

[debm55]

68. Thank you haele. Since I lived in western PA the clothing had different weight and colors. We generally had two sets of

clothing--Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer. Easter clother marked the day of ligher weight and lighter colored clothing.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

67. Yes. There's an uncomfortable memory.

I hated shopping for clothes.

Ever hide in the middle of a round rack while mom went looking at a few dozen different options and hear your name yelled?

[debm55]

71. TY discntnt_irny_srcsm. I liked going shopping. I have seen other kids (my brother) hide and my mother yelling his name

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

76. My wife does some theraputic shopping sometimes.

I prefer sleeping or maybe watching a movie.

[haele]

72. My little brother used to do that. And he was on leads half the time...

I might have also, but my memory has slipped from clarity of age 4/5 to clarity of 15/16, so I'm not quite sure if I may have done so.

Haele

[debm55]

75. Ty, haele. I would have done it too , just to see what it was like. but didn't.Didn't want the wrath of my mother in

front of everyone.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

77. Memory is like snow.

Makes the rough and muddy look a bit more pleasant.

[debm55]

78. Thank you.

[LoisB]

79. Yes. Not always store bought though.

[debm55]

80. TY LoisB. Sometimes the best things come from the heart

[Chainfire]

82. We did that up until I was about 10 years old.

What I remember the most was getting home from church to get out of those clothes as soon as possible. By Easter it was barefoot time down here.

[debm55]

84. You are lucky. There were years we didn't go to mass because of ice storms and snow. We stayed in our clothes all day as

we were having to visit Both sets of grandparents.

[Mr.Bill]

87. Yes. And then, as George Carlin used to say,

we all went to a big building to compare clothing.

[debm55]

88. Agree. Carlin knew what he was talking about. And that was every Sunday not just Easter.

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[MFM008]

90. Yup

A white hat and shoes.
Panty hose and a wide floral skirt with a white top dress and white gloves .
My brother in his plaid jacket , tie and shorts and My baby sister in a ruffly polka dot dress.
1967.
Ages 9 me..5 ..him and 1 sister.

[Wicked Blue]

91. Parents couldn't afford it

I mostly wore hand-me-downs.

[debm55]

94. Wicked Blue. but they gave you love which to a child is important.

[AllaN01Bear]

92. yesterday when i was in churh, i saw a small young man in da da dadyos arms and was all

decked out in a nice suit along with a tie , very handsome .

[debm55]

93. TY AllaN01Bear , they are cute when they are young and decked out.

[Hikerchick57]

95. Oh yes, but this year a winter beanie with flowers, boiled wool handbag with flowers, and wool fingerless

gloves with flowers…lol

[debm55]

97. TY Hickerchick57

[ProfessorGAC]

96. Yes

My parents were big on sportcoats for me, so they could buy 2 pair of pants (different colors) and make 2 outfits put of 1 jacket.
I probably didn't get my first full suit until around 12 years old.
But, new dress clothes & shoes every Easter. Had to wear dress shoes for school (plus the uniform, black psnts, white shirt, red tie, black sweater) so got a lot of use out of them.

[debm55]

98. Thank you ProfessorGAC, That's we did with my son also. It made it seem like he had more clothing then he had.