Quote Originally Posted by Scott Gilmore View Post
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The problems that arise really are attributable with the attrophy of western society's ability to dress well regardless of circumstances. I work for an outfit that employs seventeen thousand people in this area. Incredibly, a significant percentage of workers have NO clue how to dress for work. People seem to think it is perfectly appropriate to dress for work the same way they do for gardening! Wrinkled, unkempt clothes, poorly matched, unbuttoned and untucked in clashing colors and patterns are far too common.

Look. Work isn't an Abercrombie and Fitch catalog. Don't wear sandals, ratty-assed jeans, a wife beater and an unbuttoned garrish "dress" shirt and think you're dressed for work. A sporty-utility-kilt isn't appropriate for a professional environment. Sorry. It just doesn't work.

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I hate to break it to ya, but a billionaire from your great state is one of the reasons Americans feel they don't have to dress up... and I gotta say I agree with them... Steve Jobs, the public face of Apple Computing wears, almost without fail, a black turtleneck/mock turtleneck, ratty jeans, and old athletic shoes to every press conference he's ever seen at. If he can get away with such casual dress and make billions (as do his workers)... why should I have to dress up to make a small fraction of what he makes?

The world's changing and what's acceptable as work wear is changing... Less and less focus is given to what we wear, versus what we produce. I for one am glad that my neck is now no longer held prisoner by a tie... and that if I want to help minimize my gut by not tucking in my shirt, then I'm free to do that. On top of all that, if I get to look individual instead of just another one of the sheeple in my matching suit... BONUS!

This is, of course, just another man's opinion, but I feel wholeheartedly my Utilikilt should be more than acceptable at work (which is a professional job)... they let in those wearing flip-flops, t-shirts, etc so why not a casual kilt?