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Originally Posted by CaptainRickA
Nope. Unfortunately, anything is acceptable. However, I always remember what I was told. The way you dress tells the world something about you. Another adage: those who know, know. I used to wear a light weight sport coat to the "country clubs." But I don't any more, unless there is a chill in the air. Still, I'd rather overdress slightly than the opposite.
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We remember those days well when we also, like everyone else, enjoyed getting dressed up a bit for dinner out........somewhere during our almost 50 years of marriage (upcoming in 4 more years) this "dress code" fell by the wayside........so it seems. The generation before us has died off and ours was inbetween both ..........the dressed for dinner and the casual type.
It also depends on where one is..........obviously, for a wedding, people still dress, although I've seen guests at weddings up here come in denim skirts and red blouses and shirts. Anything goes nowadays.
In Maine, as my husband would point out, many visitors came on motorcycles or boats and dressed casually.......some were doctors and lawyers. They would be wearing docksides/chinos/shorts, LLBean polo shirt, boat shoes, no socks and be made to put on a suit jacket and tie.........so, finally, this strict dress code seems to have disappeared in the last several years. I'm talking about resorts. You can still wear any old thing while eating on a pier or wharf restaurant. We like casual and again, less to pack......but at one time we were a "slave to the dress code" like everyone else.