Demon Denim - Down With Denim

[ali8780]

Now, I know it was a non-professional dance company and all, but most of the people were in jeans and sweatshirts or similar clothes. I feel that by looking nice, I was showing respect to my wife and to the performers (and also to myself.) Plus, it's fun to have an occasion to wear nicer clothing than my everyday wear.

David

I totally agree, and you two make a very handsome couple!

[wvpiper]

establishments can no longer enforce dress codes. Why? Because it's against the law. Discrimination. They can only "recommend". Although I'm a firm believer in wearing jeans, it's always "where appropriate". Wearing jeans to Easter Sunday brunch is NOT appropriate IMHO.

Maybe in Canada-but in the states you can be turned away from an establishment, even state run establishments like schools, for not conforming to dress codes. They're perfectly legal.

I like George Will-but he loses me here(that is to say I was sort of agreeing with him, to a point)
"Denim is the carefully calculated costume of people eager to communicate indifference to appearances. But the appearances that people choose to present in public are cues from which we make inferences about their maturity and respect for those to whom they are presenting themselves. "

Something about not judging a book by it's cover comes to mind. That, and saying that men should use Fred Astaire as a role model to follow while choosing a wardrobe-hello, George, it's 50+ years since the man left the public consciousness. The culture has changed, greatly. I bet George Will's own father wore a suit to ballgames, I doubt that he does, unless of course he's in an air conditioned suite...........

[Larry124]

One of the things that I’ve read about opinion journalism is that you must gain and hold attention
If you can’t do that by being informative alone, then do it by being well written and/or entertaining. Or just as effective; be provocative.

From a professional opinion columnist no one expects or wants something halfhearted.

There is a similar guideline for graphic design: Don’t be a wimp! Bold contrast is better than mild contrast.


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Criticism is prejudice made plausible. --H. L. Mencken

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them. --George Bernard Shaw

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad. --George Bernard Shaw

I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people. -- Mark Twain

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[Kiltman]

Dressing in a proper, respectful manner is a lost art in the USA. Jeans are only the symptom of a much deeper malaise. Jeans are for the barnyard and they should stay there.