I don't get out much, but I went to a little theater last Saturday. It was in the "arts district" - an old part of downtown where the buildings should be torn down because the heating and plumbing in them doesn't work.
The theater was next to what used to be called a "head shop." Old hippies and all that.
I was the only male patron in a coat, tie and dress pants. The vast majority of the other male patrons were dressed like disheveled clowns.
They might have called it fashion, but I called it disrespect for their fellow man.
The women looked OK, though.
Sounds like you were overdressed.
This reminds me of a story about President Reagan who went to a party in a tux, and the rest of the crowd was dressed more casually. If I recall the story correctly, he stood at the door and greeted guests as they arrived. I doubt he was ungracious and spoke condescendingly about how the other guests were dressed.
The place I notice it most is at funeral homes. My lord, why don't people show a little respect?
I personally think hippies make the best Christians. The Jesus Movement saw an influx of these types into the church who were zealous in their love for God and the lost and the traditionalist church mocked them to scorn, rejected them and quenched what was the possibly the beginning of a third great awakening for this nation. America hadn't seen a genuine move of God for probably 70 - 80 years before that and hasn't seen one since. Our nation is paying the price for that now.
And remember ModernMan, the moral decline and cultural rot that conservatism seeks to slowly and painstakingly pull our country back from, God could change in a single day.
The praying church has more power than any political party or ideology.