Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Jan 23, 2007 11:59:15 GMT -5
Business casual is an evil oxymoron.
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thebin
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Post by thebin on Jan 24, 2007 21:40:19 GMT -5
Some people can pull off business casual, others can't without proper guidance. This latter catagory includes the jerks who despite being middle aged, show up to the theatre in shorts and sneakers and wear t-hirts and baseball hats to restaurants. As a general rule of thumb, Americans are a poorly dressed lot. You can spot them from 100 yards in any part of Europe, and that's not a good thing.
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vagrant
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Post by vagrant on Jan 26, 2007 9:23:33 GMT -5
Around here in SoCal, a "suit" is not to be trusted. It symbolizes stifled imagination, adherence to set protocols, and loyalty to his employer, not to his client. It is a symbol of exhausting obstacles and endless beaurocracy. I'd rather hire the exciting young mind with a delightful view of what can be. I am old, not a member of Generation Burton, more like Generation McGee. And thebin, if American dress is so poorly respected in Europe, why are our fashions and lifestyles so ardently copied there?
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tgo
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Post by tgo on Jan 26, 2007 11:30:51 GMT -5
the jerks who despite being middle aged, show up to the theatre in shorts and sneakers and wear t-hirts and baseball hats to restaurants. so when i become middle aged i cant wear shorts, sneakers, t-shirts or baseball hats anymore? first i had heard, i guess i am not close enough to middel aged yet to have been let in on any of the secret protocals. at what age does this go into affect? it is going to be expensive to replace my entire wardrobe not to mention a drag everytime i want to go to restaurant to have to get dressed up. my wife will like me getting rid of my t-shirts though
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thebin
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Post by thebin on Jan 31, 2007 20:01:22 GMT -5
tgo-Please read what I said. These things should not be worn to restaurants and theatres (I am thinking stage- not film) and the like. Wearing them to the supermarket or a sporting event is fine IMO. I regret that somewhere between everyone having to wear a suit anywhere, we moved into "normal" being a middle aged guy who should know better wearing a t-shirt of his favorite team, neglecting to take his baseball hat off indoors, and talking on the cell phone at the table of an expensive restaurant. There is a time and place for just about anything, but many otherwise-educated people don't know where those times and places are anymore. That's probably why everyone had to wear suits all the time before.
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Feb 1, 2007 0:29:36 GMT -5
Why doesn't Georgetown alumnus The Style Guy read this board? I'm sure he'd have some knowledge on this topic.
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