Posted on 06/06/2013 8:48:12 AM PDT by fwdude
Its poverty.
No, it's not. Unless you mean poverty of morality.
People still dressed well during The Great Depression.
Personally, one the most unattractive things to see at a wedding is a morbidly obese bridesmaid (or bride) in a backless dress, said back being adorned with tattoos.
Exactly. Thank you.
Most people manage to find a suit and tie when they are on trial.
Mark Steyn, in a recent book, theorized that if you went back to 1950 America and took an average adult male, put him in a time macine and transported him to the present day, his first question would be, “Why are all the adult men dressing like 12 year old boys?”
George Will, who is teased about wearing his suit to the beach, said as much. He noticed families out in public, and that the fathers were dressed identically as their little boys.
You don’t even have to go back that far. People used to dress very well for church service. Then, the “casual” look came in, and the service became casual (spiritually) as well.
I wear a suit and tie to weddings and funerals.
I can't think of anything more revolting than an overweight, 40 year old, man with dungaree cutoffs and a back facing baseball cap (still on) sitting with his family at breakfast, more often than not, also talking on his cell phone.
Purchased by their defense attorney (as well as charm lessons.)
Slobs should be required to have a permit to be in public.
Only weddings I’ve worn a tie to I was in (groom or best man). I don’t like putting a noose around my neck. Now I do wear a nice button up shirt, and I never wear jeans because I never found them comfortable, I gravitate to black khakis. As a society we’ve figured out that dressing up is generally wearing uncomfortable clothes for no good reason, so we stopped. I don’t see it as a decline, just a change.
Look at those old pictures of major league ballgames from the 1930’s. Men in hats, suits and ties. Women in Sunday best dresses and hats. To watch baseball.
I feel your pain, and I dress, for the most part in a manner that you would probably consider appropriate to a given occasion.
However, some norms really are culturally derived and it is not so much a question of morality. Historically, distinctions in dress tend to reflect, not morality, but class differences. So you might argue that what we are seeing is a reflection of the leveling of class that is taking place in our culture, for good or ill.
But to say that it is declining morality, that really is a bit of a reach.
My grandfather wore a 3 piece suit every day. He would not leave the house without a hat. I never saw him in his “shirt sleeves”.
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