<p>the last two threads I started without much thought- and they apparently have hit a nerve
But this one more serious: emeraldkity again asking for fashion advice!</p>
<p>I am going to Santa Barbara next week for a few days & am really hoping just to take a carryon.</p>
<p>I am going to be attending two shows at the Arlington theatre, originally just going to see Eddie Vedder perform solo, but when I saw the Seattle Symphony was playing the night before , featuring Nadja Salerno- Sonneberg, I bought a ticket for that performance as well.</p>
<p>However, what works in Seattle to attend the symphony, may be a little different in Santa Barbara- I don’t know.</p>
<p>I also have no idea what to wear to Eddie’s show, but the weather still seems cool, so I guess it is jeans.</p>
<p>If my underwear doesn’t show when I sit down in my new short skirt- I could wear that with a jacket- but mostly I was just wondering how dressed up people in SB get?</p>
<p>I find it really dresses up jeans if you wear a plain, fitted shirt (black?) and a funky necklace. If it’s almost a choker-type, then if it’s chilly & you wear a coat, you can still see the necklace… Have fun…</p>
<p>As a composer’s wife who’s been to orchestra concerts from here to Timbuktu (from Chicago and London to West Virginia and Baton Rouge), I can tell you that pretty much anything goes when attending orchestra concerts, no matter where you go anymore. I went to a choral performance at Jones Hall here in Houston where a guy was dressed head-to-toe in black pleather (I sincerely wish I were kidding). If you paired the short skirt (so long as it’s not a miniskirt) with some pantyhose and a nice jacket, you’d be more than fine.</p>
<p>Say hi to Nadja for me! She once almost runned me down while driving in a parking lot in Aspen one summer…</p>
<p>EK
I have been to shows at the Arlington in jeans and have been to shows dressed up when I was going to dinner before or after. You can pretty much do whichever you like. How about jeans for Eddie and something a little dressier for the Symphony? Black slacks, colorful top? Short skirt with hose and jacket also great. Just don’t forget SB still get cool in the am and pm…seems like people sometimes think SB and bring shorts and no jacket.</p>
<p>Ek - I’m the wrong person to come to generally for fashion advice. However, I’ve been to my share of classical performances, including ones in Santa Barbara. SB folks dress up more than average. There seem to be more older and moneyed folks at the concerts. I got away with dress pants and a nice top. D wore skirt; H wore suit. (And S wore tux - but he was in the concert.) There were lots of dresses and suits. Not a lot of mini-skirts, given the age of the audience.</p>
<p>Just last week I had dinner with my inlaws before they went to the Arlington for a concert. We dined a few doors down from the concert so most in the place at that early hour were going to the Arlington. This was classical so the crowd was definitely older. You can wear anything. When the Arlington is not hosting live events it doubles as a movie theatre. If the concert was at the Granada theatre you might see more dressed up folks. The Granada just reopened after a complete redoing. It had years ago been cut up into a multi plex movie theatre.
What I saw. Men in khaki’s with dress shirts and some in jackets. No ties. Woman- black pants or long skirts, boots with a nice sweater. We don’t dress up much here. Really anything goes. Even jeans with a nice sweater with boots is fine. Half the men I know in SB under age 50 consider even putting on a pair of long pants dressed up.
Jeans definitely for Eddie. I find the Arlington chilly so might skip the skirt.
Definitely watch the weather. The past few day it hasn’t broke 60 during the day. Which for us is freezing!</p>
<p>well it isn’t a mini skirt, but it is slim so I really don’t know how much it hikes up- I haven’t worn it much- I don’t have a skirt kind of life ;)</p>
<p>I thought Santa Barbara might dress up though & I didn’t want to be labeled as someone from seattle with open toed birkenstocks & hairy legs !</p>
<p>If you really want to fit in you need to be wearing a pair of $200 jeans with boots. (not that I own a 200 dollar pair of jeans). People here may dress casual but the casual is usually quite expensive.
Another idea if it is cold is dark pants or jeans, sweater and a warm colorful scarf.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it, Emerald. I know…I know…that doesn’t help. </p>
<p>These days I’ve seen people going to the opera in jeans…no idea how expensive the jeans were, but they were faded denim. A colorful blouse, something sparkling around the neck ($20 bucks can sparkle just as much as $20,000…maybe more, 'cause it’s got more to prove), and a nice skirt or dark dress pants with a decent pair of shoes will get you in anywhere except the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Ball. </p>
<p>If you’re not sure of your skirt, put on all you intend to wear and go sit down in a straight chair and watch 20 minutes of tv. If you are uncomfortable, alter the ensemble. Even the audience sometimes needs a dress rehersal. </p>
<p>Just, please heaven, no flip-flops. I realize they are comfortable but life isn’t always about being comfortable. The only time I get appalled at what people wear is when I go to a nice restaurant and everybody’s slipping their feet out of their flip-flops. If you do wear them, keep them on during dinner! (To be fair, I can’t figure out why people wear strappy stiletto heels to amusement parks either.)</p>
Have fun…</p>