Last time I went for a fancy dinner I wore jeans and a work shirt. And that was like a $350 dinner. I’m paying for the view not to be judged for my dress.
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heh@lemmy.world 12 hours agoIt is expected to dress up for high end dining…. Even when traveling.
That’s the point OP is making. Nobody is dressing up.
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
MightBeAlpharius@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Last time I went to a nice restaurant, my wife and I were the only ones dressed nicely.
She wore a nice dress, I wore a shirt & tie; the entire rest of the restaurant was enjoying $75 entrees in designer athlesiure outfits.
TipRing@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I think ties have fallen out of fashion. At least in business dress. Button up shirt, nice slacks and a sport coat, all tailored. You have to specify black tie if you want people in fancy dress.
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Only 75 dollars? Where did you go? Olive Garden?
terranoid@lemmy.cafe 8 hours ago
Designer clothes are designed clothes. The pretentiousness of looking like you have money was still there, just people do it differently now. You don’t scream “money” by wearing a suit you could’ve got tailored at Macy’s. There’s douchebag designer shit you can wear where it’s clear you spent a lot on it, and people recognize it.
Clothes and dressing nice has always had a pretentious side. Some people used to just be showing off they could afford a suit and nice clothes. Now it doesn’t mean as much. You show off you can afford to spend extra money on designer jeans.