People Are Dressing More Casually Than Formally

The point being those people you see in old photos mostly weren t dressed formally by the standard of the day.

People are dressing more casually than formally. People will one day dress very conservatively and then the next day wear something much more dramatic much less formal. With a higher tolerance for different genres of dress and a newfound appreciation for non constraining garments americans moved into the 1950s with more options to self create than ever before. My 98 year old grandfather often remarks upon how much more formally people used to dress.

While decades ago people s dress code vocabulary was limited to white tie black tie formal strict formal casual and business attire today we have many dress codes in need of decoding like business. Now someone wouldn t think anything of wearing a tuxedo for a daytime wedding but in the past this would have been abhorrent as a tuxedo was strictly evening wear and daytime formal dress consisted of morning dress. I and the other passengers were dressed about five degrees more casually than my grandparents and the.

There s a clear trend toward individualization as opposed to homogenization. If someone is dressed more than just formal in an office where most of the employees are dressed casually it might looks like a show off or the over possesiveness of the employee. More casual dress codes seem to be the trend when economic times are good and it s an employee driven market.

People wearing suits and more formal attire seem to return in tougher economic times. When i got married granted it was in a pretty casual setting but i thought people would dress up some. And yes weddings and funerals come to mind.

I have always been in the camp to dress appropriately for the occassion. Dressing matters according the environment. There is a difference in both the points.

I used to tell my sons you wouldn t wear a suit to a baseball game why wear shorts and a t shirt to a wedding funeral etc. Casual dress is more comfortable. Instead i am saying that dressing more formally than what the dress code allows.