mkarim
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What a snobbish thread. You people make me sick.
Yes but you secretly love it and keep looking at it...
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What a snobbish thread. You people make me sick.
What a snobbish thread. You people make me sick.
well said
You guys make me look bad when I'm seated next to you and wearing my ratty old jeans.
But, this aside, I like the idea that there are places you can go, and count on some degree of formality or style. This said, I'm not sure a dress code is the way to enforce it - everyone has a tie somewhere, and unstylish people looking uncomfortable in ugly ties does not a classy joint make.
If you look at it a certain way, dressing well when you go to a restaurant creates a de facto dress code. Other patrons will certainly notice, and think about what they themselves are wearing and the impression they make, and maybe next time they will upgrade.
I am happy to say that I wore a coat to breakfast the other day. With shorts and espadrilles, no less.
Focusing _purely_ on style with no regard to 'appropriateness' is not democratizing, in fact I'd say it tends to lead to the opposite. Where the requirement of a 'suit' is realizable by most people, I'd say that many trendy places have now moved in a new direction - utterly any expensive outfit is deemed good. $400 jeans = no problem. I realize 'style' can be had at moderate expense by some, but for most people, we've dumped formality at the expense of pure brand whoring.
Who are the world's wealthiest guys and what's their daily office attire?
^^ great poster. a little autistic and one-dimensional, maybe, but he usually says the truth.
I was with a client at one of the nicer restaurants in Dallas tonight for dinner -- Abacus. Nothing outrageous, but definitely one of the better ones in town.