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Selfies at funerals
bainidhe_dub:
My grandma died when I was in 8th grade. At the funeral, I wore a too-short black skirt and a purple velvet t-shirt and suntan-color stockings, and probably open-toe black sandals with the chunky heel. In March. In Pennsylvania. Giving a little consideration that it was, I believe, 1999, those were the most appropriate clothes I had.
Welu:
It's hard to know what's appropriate for funeral wear, because what's appropriate can change depending on how close you were to the person. It's possible these are their first funerals. Without any guidance other than knowing they should dress nice, it's easy to see why they go for similar things they might wear to a party or when they dress up for other occasions. That said I'm still surprised at the bright colours, although they probably have limited choice.
GarandMarine:
This is one nice thing about being a dude. When you hit your middle teens buy a cheap suit. That should hold you over for a few years, when you hit 18, buy another, slightly nicer, cheap black suit. That'll hold you till you're ready to start job hunting, then you get a good black suit. Ideally that suit should last for almost all formal occasions till they bury you in it.
Metope:
I actually had it easier than my brothers clothing-wise, since they kept growing out of everything, and even cheap suits are expensive to replace as often as they needed new ones. For me no one cared if the dress that hit me right below the knee at 14 reached me above the knee at 15. Too short trousers are pretty visible.
GarandMarine:
Yeah growth spurts dependent there. Though Good Will helps. I had three or four Italian suits for a while there. $25 a pop and another $15 to get'em tailored up.
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