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Help a socialist dress

Allen

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Hi. I'm a socialist and I need help on picking an outfit for an evening event I'll be attending about a month from now. I usually wear a suit and tie when everyone else does, but a suit is really a right-wing institution and this time I actually want to make a political statement(and clothes are useful at sending messages :p ).
There is no dress code per-se, although I'm expecting most people will be wearing suits and I don't actually want to offend. I was perhaps thinking of wearing a sport coat of some sort, dark blue cords and a light purple OCBD. But would a sportcoat actually be more leftist than a suit? Any ideas? Since it's a month from now, I still have time to place an order with my tailor, so feel free to suggest anything I might buy(no Mao suits).
 

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Do as Gandhi did.
 

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Red socks are generally viewed as right wing in an individualistic and "I'm a special butterfly" kind of way.
As far as denim goes, I would rather wear jeans than a SC.
 

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Just to clarify, my tailor is a local tailor and also a friend of mine, so no "man oppressing man" here :D
Again, this event is more political in nature than, shall we say, a wedding(at which I usually wear a suit, if that's the dress code) and that explains me not wanting to wear a suit.
 

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"man on man" here
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We don't need to know about your personal life. Just tell us what type of suit you want.
 

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Buy something vintage and have it altered. Thus you are recycling and providing the opportunity for work. Wear a red tie, or a rose lapel pin.
 
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