Cool :)
Wow. I was 18 when I started working in Manhattan while going to school there too and people, including me sometimes, still wore 3 piece suits :)
There were no “dress down” days.
Not better or worse I guess. Just different.
The 90's rocked. Well, except for the arkan-mafia in the WH.
Most of my adult life I spent in uniform, and you had to be in compliance with the uniform rules while on duty.
I was in high school in the early 60's. We had a strict dress code...dresses, skirts and blouses/sweaters for girls, no culottes...slacks, shirts for the boys...no jeans or tee shirts. Every so often they'd have "dress-up" day, when the girls could wear their better dresses, and high heels, and the boys could wear their suits/dress jackets and ties. Now they get away going to school naked.