There is the possibility that this girl is just a terrible packer - many people are. She threw things together in a carry on at the last minute and didn’t think to vary her wardrobe.
@saintfan Post #96. It’s far worse than I thought.
For next time it might be good to remember that the scale of dressiness is only fixed at the “white tie” end and where the other common descriptive benchmarks fall is very subjective depending on region, age, SES, season and probably other things. If you said a person needed a sundress of slacks I would call that “nice casual” when describing the code to DS or DH. Regular old casual I also call “clean casual” when telling the kid what the appropriate level is. In other words, look like you changed your clothes and made a bit of effort. To me “really casual” would mean come as you are.
I wonder if there’s a girl’s version of Menswear Dog. Our dog got DS a copy for graduation and he loves it! :o3
What to wear for every occasion and clothing care too!
I don’t think anyone said it was a federal crime. I probably wouldn’t have even noticed.
Yes, that was hyperbole for sure but they did downgrade their dinner location from really casual Thai to burgers over it.
“oh puhleez” @pizzagirl I can think of any number of places where bermuda shorts in DTLA (Echo Park et al)would look entirely out of place. They are hardly a “timeless” look. Contemporary fashion is anything but universal. I’m not arguing the relative appropriateness of bermuda short vs nike shorts vs lululemon shorts. But I am arguing that whats casual and appropriate in one place, is not in another.
It does appear that gym or running shorts for women generally tend to be shorter than those for men.
Guess I should be happy that my daughter wanted to go shopping today for orientation clothes at a nice department store. Not a Nike logo on any of them 
Just because you think it is cold in the airplane does not mean that everyone else does.
Yes, there are some people (generally men) who seemingly wear the same clothes every day (when not constrained by uniform, functional, or strict dress code requirements). Not just the same general type of clothes (which is fairly common among men), but it is as if their entire wardrobe consists of many copies of the same clothes.
My husband wears suits/ties/etc. to work every day. Any time he is not at work he is in soccer shorts and shirts (yes, he does play soccer). He might throw a hooded sweatshirt on if it is cold. And he always wears shorts on planes if he is not traveling for business.
I’m definitely wearing shorts tomorrow to fly to London, and then on Sunday to fly to Johannesburg! Of course, it’s “winter” in South Africa, which means the temperatures are almost identical to those here in Maine right now.
“can think of any number of places where bermuda shorts in DTLA (Echo Park et al)would look entirely out of place”
This may absolutely shock you, because there tends to be a pattern on this board where CA residents mistakenly think we all know your cultural references because we care so much about LA, but I haven’t a clue what you mean by DTLA (is that what the cool kids call downtown LA?) or Echo Park. Sorry to disappoint!
Oh - I guess it’s some kind of hipster neighborhood. Whatever. I still stand by my assertion that it would not be inappropriate for a woman to wear Bermudas with wedges. It might not be what the hipsters consider fashionable or cutting edge enough but it would hardly be inappropriate.
“Yes, there are some people (generally men) who seemingly wear the same clothes every day (when not constrained by uniform, functional, or strict dress code requirements). Not just the same general type of clothes (which is fairly common among men), but it is as if their entire wardrobe consists of many copies of the same clothes.”
I’m betting you’re one of them. Am I right?
I can’t test your hypothesis using the two photos of the people from the Silicon Valley startup. One photo includes both male and female employees, but the people in the other photo are all men.
Having a “narrow” wardrobe or wearing a uniform of sorts is a whole different discussion from appropriateness / inappropriateness for a given situation.
It also has nothing to do with style / fashion, as one could be either breathtakingly chic or frumpy mc frump in a “narrow” wardrobe.
Last summer DS went to a program at a Boston conservatory. I expected the need for at least “nicer casual” attire and was pressing to pack a polo, a couple other short sleeved collared shirts, some khaki shorts (as opposed to basketball) and some nicer canvas tennis shoes. I ended up emailing the director about dress code and he said that everyone would be in shorts, t-shirts and flip flops. The kid still took a “just in case” outfit but it really was all t-shirts and basketball shorts even in the city (B-ball shorts being the male equivalent of the Tempo.) My point being that even in a cosmopolitain Eastern city the recommended summer program attire might be more casual than you’d think. My own kid’s orientation instructions from last month say to bring “comfortable clothes and shoes” with no mention of anything “nicer”.
Here is a question. D chose to go to a college that requires both men and women to dress somewhat formally for class–skirts or dresses for women and shirts and ties for men. The administration contends that with students dressing more formally, civility and level of discourse have increased significantly. Does how we dress subtly affect how we behave or is it irrelevant?