The JW Dress Code

by sacolton 33 Replies latest jw friends

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  Quirky1

  Blondie,

  Your highlighted points exclude half of all the witless that I knew in the KH.
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  Farkel

  :Suit jacket and pants must always match as part of a complete suit.
  :Sport jacket and slacks not permitted.
  :Shoes must be polished (I had to go home and change shoes once).
  :Shirt should be white or close to white (i.e. no dark colored dress shirts).
  :Do not wear bright colored suits or suits with more than one color (not including pin stripes).
  :Tie should not be bright colored or have too many colors.
  :Pants should have cuffs (this was recommended, not a rule).
  :Suit jacket must be buttoned up at all times (although you may wait until you begin speaking to button up your jacket).
  :Never put your hand in your pocket, even for one second.
  :Legs must be close together (his exact words were "do not have a HORSE stance").
  :Heels must be together but toes should be slightly apart
  :If you are holding a microphone, the microphone must be point just above the chin, not at the mouth.
  :If you are holding a microphone, do NOT put the other hand in your pocket (I cannot stress this enough, they WILL get you for this).
  :Do not lean on the lectern (podium, pulpit).
  
  There is a term for this. It is called "True Christian Freedom(tm)."
  
  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
  
  Farkel
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  Quentin

  Don't remember any kind of dress code as that....spot jackets and slacks were ok...colored shirts as well...of course I'm pre 1972 with regular meeting attendence...how things change...
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  Homerovah the Almighty

  Dress code 105 b : and woman should wear crotchless panties when giving talks and up on stage
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  undercover

• Suit jacket and pants must always match as part of a complete suit.

Only for the Public Talk speaker and WT conductor.

• Sport jacket and slacks not permitted.

See above.

• Shoes must be polished (I had to go home and change shoes once).

I never saw anyone counseled one-on-one about this though I do remember them reminding us from time to time from the platform

• Shirt should be white or close to white (i.e. no dark colored dress shirts).

This wasn't a problem in my area. I wore dark shirts all the time, even black. Well, the last few years anyway. It was a rule in the 70s in one congregation

• Do not wear bright colored suits or suits with more than one color (not including pin stripes).

What about seersucker suits. I knew some old brothers who loved their blue seersucker suits in the summer. I remember seeing godawful ugly plaid jackets back in the 70s. Doesn't semm to have been an issue in my area

• Tie should not be bright colored or have too many colors.

I did counseled a few times on my ties...but I did push the boundries. I figured if I had to wear the damn thing, I was gonna have fun with it.

• Pants should have cuffs (this was recommended, not a rule).

Never heard that one. I had some that were cuffed, some that weren't

• Suit jacket must be buttoned up at all times (although you may wait until you begin speaking to button up your jacket).

Never heard that one either. I never buttoned my jacket, even during talks

• Never put your hand in your pocket, even for one second.

I'm assuming that this is during the talk. It seems that the school guidebook counseled against hands in pockets

• Legs must be close together (his exact words were "do not have a HORSE stance").

Never heard that one

• Heels must be together but toes should be slightly apart

Never heard that one either

• If you are holding a microphone, the microphone must be point just above the chin, not at the mouth.

Every congregation had it's own microphone nazi...

• If you are holding a microphone, do NOT put the other hand in your pocket (I cannot stress this enough, they WILL get you for this).

I used to do it, never got called on it

• Do not lean on the lectern (podium, pulpit).

I know that it would probably bring counsel to us younger guys, but I knew some old time elders that leaned on it all the time and no one dared tell them not to