Agreed. I doubt this writer’s conservatism.
Respect.
I’m a 33 year old guy. I grew up with both parents - In nursing (With uniform) and a firefighter (With obvious uniform, but also dress blues and casual blues). I was taught a very important lesson:
I can work in tee shirt and jeans. I’m an IT pro - people trust me from the work that I do. I wear a suit to my client’s sites as a matter of respect. I’m not respecting them personally, I am respecting their process.
I worked at Yale for a time, and those guys wore sandals and torn jeans. They also smelled like a dead porpoise. But on interview day (When they were interviewing candidates) they would wear a suit, and clean themselves up. They did it as “Respect to the process”. If a candidate is taking things seriously, then you should too.
I also wear my hair in pigtails, have 1 inch long spikes poking out of my ears (I have 6 pretty large bore piercings) and I’m goth. I don’t wear this when I’m at my doctor clients, because I respect their process. It’s important to cover / remove the spikes, and not wear pigtails.
I think that is the deficiency in the way men (And everyone, really) dress. No one pays any respect or even attention to the image of those around them, and those they serve (We ALL serve someone, come on now !)