johnart said:

NDRU said:

I dress pretty casually, but it's out of control here in CA.

I was at a WEDDING and one guy had a tie & dress shirt that was not tucked into his pants (and this was not at the end of the night, it was by design) and wearing flip flops.

I am going to be hosting an event for my job in may. I will be wearing a suit & tie, but there will be some people there with alligator shirts & jeans because they don't even own suits

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It's funny you say this because when we were in Denver we were waiting for our cab outside the Botanic Gardens. They host events after hours and were hosting some sort of Save The Children fundraiser or something and I turned and said to Ron "I wanna know what the dress code on the invite was" because there were folk showing up very chic-ly and sharply dressed (from biz cas to cocktail) and then other folk in jeans and flip flops or sneakers...even shorts ). Now, if it was me...even no dress had been scpecified in the invite, I would assume (or at least want to) that an event being held at a Botanic Garden (just as if it were at a museum or something) would be something you dress for.

But then, I won't wear anything less than biz-casual to go see a play. Because it's the theatre, not the cinema at the mall.

See, we bitches have class!

Shyra said:

Do men wear linen? I've always found a pair of smart linen slacks attractive on a man. How about a linen sport coat and slacks with a nice shirt, like a dark "dressy" T shit. You know, nice collarless shirts that men wear under sport coats. Just a thought.

I love the feel of linen. But whether it's appropriate here is way far afield from my fashion-etiquette know-how, though, so I think I'd better steer clear. I'm having a hard enough time as it is.

Shyra said:

johnart said:

It's funny you say this because when we were in Denver we were waiting for our cab outside the Botanic Gardens. They host events after hours and were hosting some sort of Save The Children fundraiser or something and I turned and said to Ron "I wanna know what the dress code on the invite was" because there were folk showing up very chic-ly and sharply dressed (from biz cas to cocktail) and then other folk in jeans and flip flops or sneakers...even shorts ). Now, if it was me...even no dress had been scpecified in the invite, I would assume (or at least want to) that an event being held at a Botanic Garden (just as if it were at a museum or something) would be something you dress for.

But then, I won't wear anything less than biz-casual to go see a play. Because it's the theatre, not the cinema at the mall.

See, we bitches have class!

Classy bitches thru and thru.

Efan said:

Shyra said:

Do men wear linen? I've always found a pair of smart linen slacks attractive on a man. How about a linen sport coat and slacks with a nice shirt, like a dark "dressy" T shit. You know, nice collarless shirts that men wear under sport coats. Just a thought.

I love the feel of linen. But whether it's appropriate here is way far afield from my fashion-etiquette know-how, though, so I think I'd better steer clear. I'm having a hard enough time as it is.

May is early for linen. Memorial Day weekend is about the earliest you can get away with it.

And johnart is absolutely right about dress chinos. Surely no one would suggest that a twill suit would be too casual for a late afternoon wedding - so why would tailored trousers in twill be too casual when worn with a sport coat?

I guess we're now splitting hairs as to the starting time of the event.

Genesia said:

Efan said:

I love the feel of linen. But whether it's appropriate here is way far afield from my fashion-etiquette know-how, though, so I think I'd better steer clear. I'm having a hard enough time as it is.

May is early for linen. Memorial Day weekend is about the earliest you can get away with it.

I'm kind of fascinated by all of these rules about dress codes. Why is May too early for linen, out of curiosity? I've heard of that thing about no white before.... Labor Day? Or something? I really need a dragmother.

Spinlight said:

Genesia said:

May is early for linen. Memorial Day weekend is about the earliest you can get away with it.

I'm kind of fascinated by all of these rules about dress codes. Why is May too early for linen, out of curiosity? I've heard of that thing about no white before.... Labor Day? Or something? I really need a dragmother.

Because linen is the ultimate warm-weather fabric. Wearing it before it's actually summer is just...silly.

You can definitely wear white before Memorial Day and after Labor Day. (I just bought a pair of white jeans today and ain't no way in hell I'm waiting another month to wear them.)

Genesia said:

Spinlight said:

I'm kind of fascinated by all of these rules about dress codes. Why is May too early for linen, out of curiosity? I've heard of that thing about no white before.... Labor Day? Or something? I really need a dragmother.

Because linen is the ultimate warm-weather fabric. Wearing it before it's actually summer is just...silly.

You can definitely wear white before Memorial Day and after Labor Day. (I just bought a pair of white jeans today and ain't no way in hell I'm waiting another month to wear them.)

Interesting, yeah. Linen being warm is not something I even thought of.

However, sometimes you gotta sweat to stay fly.

Spinlight said:

Genesia said:

Because linen is the ultimate warm-weather fabric. Wearing it before it's actually summer is just...silly.

You can definitely wear white before Memorial Day and after Labor Day. (I just bought a pair of white jeans today and ain't no way in hell I'm waiting another month to wear them.)

Interesting, yeah. Linen being warm is not something I even thought of.

However, sometimes you gotta sweat to stay fly.

No, no, no. Linen is a warm-weather fabric. In other words, it keeps you cool.

Interesting thing about linen - it is (probably) the most hydrophilic of the natural fibers. It actually draws moisture away from your body and can absorb many times its own weight in water, while remaining dry to the touch.

Spinlight said:

Genesia said:

Because linen is the ultimate warm-weather fabric. Wearing it before it's actually summer is just...silly.

You can definitely wear white before Memorial Day and after Labor Day. (I just bought a pair of white jeans today and ain't no way in hell I'm waiting another month to wear them.)

Interesting, yeah. Linen being warm is not something I even thought of.

However, sometimes you gotta sweat to stay fly.

No, the opposite. You do need a drag mother.

Gen-Gen look at the time of our posts.

johnart said:

Spinlight said:

Interesting, yeah. Linen being warm is not something I even thought of.

However, sometimes you gotta sweat to stay fly.

No, the opposite. You do need a drag mother.

O.M.G! Can you imagine a re-write of Cinderella with a Fairy Dragmother!

johnart said:

Gen-Gen look at the time of our posts.

We are soulmates.

Genesia said:

johnart said:

No, the opposite. You do need a drag mother.

O.M.G! Can you imagine a re-write of Cinderella with a Fairy Dragmother!

Faaaaaabulous! Like "Sassy Gay Friend" to the umpteenth power!

johnart said:

Genesia said:

O.M.G! Can you imagine a re-write of Cinderella with a Fairy Dragmother!

Faaaaaabulous! Like "Sassy Gay Friend" to the umpteenth power!

Genesia said:

johnart said:

No, the opposite. You do need a drag mother.

O.M.G! Can you imagine a re-write of Cinderella with a Fairy Dragmother!

Cue Cinderella (1977)....

Not exactly a Fairy Dragmother, but defintely a Fairy (gay male) godmother. No major fashion tips from him, but let's just say he knew what would get a straight guy to scour an entire village to find someone again.

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Lammastide said:

Genesia said:

O.M.G! Can you imagine a re-write of Cinderella with a Fairy Dragmother!

Cue Cinderella (1977)....

Not exactly a Fairy Dragmother, but defintely a Fairy (gay male) godmother. No major fashion tips, but let's just say he knew what would get a straight guy to scour an entire village to find someone again.

It should be called "Cinderfella."

And now forgive me for invoking softcore naughtiness from my '80s childhood.