Vapididity defined: Sorority dress code

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

Actually, I want most women of pledging age (17-20?) to read this and consider it.

 

[Edward]

Now I'm entertaining myself by making up my own dress-code. Don't worry, its entirely hypothetical. I could swear I've seen the same "such-and-such should NEVER be allowed" on FL any number of times, anyway. More vapidity, I guess.

Hats
Yes: Flat caps, eight panel caps, regular or stingy fedoras, in your choice of gray, light gray, dark gray, or black. Top hats only if authorized by your local representative.
No: Absolutely no straw boaters or Panamas 'till Memorial Day, fellows, and no campaign hats at any time unless you are Smokey Bear.

lol

Here's a couple of suggestions I'll add to our FL Dress Code:

Trousers: On a man over the age of sixteen, these must never be short. Short trousers are for children and soccer players, neither of which a gentleman is.

Sportswear worn outside the field of sporting endeavour is wholly unacceptable. Sportswear worn on the sporting field is generally equally unacceptable also. Refer, in particular, to the rule on short trousers, above. Notable exceptions may be made for sporting apparel such as jackets, where constructed from tweed, for instance.

Ugg Boots: The name says it all: Ugh. to be avoided on pain of going barefoot in Winter.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Gentlemen: Tuck your shirts in. Especially if you're wearing a tie. And no short-sleeve dress shirts unless you're employed at at least the middle-management level in municipal government.

Ladies: No bare legs in winter. Red, raw goosebumps look ridiculous.

Ladies and Gentlemen: If it's winter, wear a proper coat. Mountain-climbing jackets are acceptable only if you are also wearing crampons and a rappelling rope.

When you buy your proper coat, CUT THE LABEL OFF THE SLEEVE. Sheesh.

 

[dhermann1]

When you buy your proper coat, CUT THE LABEL OFF THE SLEEVE. Sheesh.

lol lol lol lol lol
MAJOR pet peeve! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
Yes, and the "100% wool" tag as well.

 

[Viola]

At one point my sister and I made up a wishlist of Jewelry Grown Women Have, I should see if I can find the list, it's probably pretty funny. But we were talking about understatement and quality vs. huge hoop earrings that turn your ears green and so on.

 

[Geesie]

Here's a couple of suggestions I'll add to our FL Dress Code:

Trousers: On a man over the age of sixteen, these must never be short. Short trousers are for children and soccer players, neither of which a gentleman is.

Sportswear worn outside the field of sporting endeavour is wholly unacceptable. Sportswear worn on the sporting field is generally equally unacceptable also. Refer, in particular, to the rule on short trousers, above. Notable exceptions may be made for sporting apparel such as jackets, where constructed from tweed, for instance.

Ugg Boots: The name says it all: Ugh. to be avoided on pain of going barefoot in Winter.

Some of us do enjoy physical fitness.

 

[Feraud]

Some of us do enjoy physical fitness.

Well you are just going to have to enjoy physical fitness the way they did it in the old days.. in a heavy wool three piece suit!

 

[LizzieMaine]

Well you are just going to have to enjoy physical fitness the way they did it in the old days.. in a heavy wool three piece suit!

"Hooverball" being played on the White House lawn, 1933. Now that's STYLE.

 

[Fletch]

Apparently with Type A-2 jackets on loan from the Air Corps Supply Depot.

 

[Geesie]

Well you are just going to have to enjoy physical fitness the way they did it in the old days.. in a heavy wool three piece suit!

 

[nobodyspecial]

Gentlemen: Tuck your shirts in. Especially if you're wearing a tie. And no short-sleeve dress shirts unless you're employed at at least the middle-management level in municipal government.

The shirt out look I just don't understand, especially when guys wear shirts out and a blazer.

Down jackets - while not particularly stylish, they are very warm.

 

[Smithy]

Trousers: On a man over the age of sixteen, these must never be short. Short trousers are for children and soccer players, neither of which a gentleman is.

Honestly this really is a ridiculous pronouncement.

So by your definition the following fellows are not, and could not be, gentlemen?

 

[dhermann1]

Good point, Smithy. But I can only say that part of the greatness of the British Empire was that the British were able to be magnificently heroic while looking completely silly. lol Think Alec Guinness in Bridge On the River Kwai.

 

[Smithy]

Good point, Smithy. But I can only say that part of the greatness of the British Empire was that the British were able to be magnificently heroic while looking completely silly. lol Think Alec Guinness in Bridge On the River Kwai.

It lures them into a false sense of security dhermann! Amazing what a pair of knobbly, white knees can do to the enemy

Mind you I wouldn't call these chaps silly to their faces!

 

[Edward]

Ladies and Gentlemen: If it's winter, wear a proper coat. Mountain-climbing jackets are acceptable only if you are also wearing crampons and a rappelling rope.

You know what drives me nuts? When the 'coat' is worn over a suit jacket, and the 'coat' is significantly shorter than the latter. Looks awful. And yes, I know the RAF did wear their Irvins over longer jackets in the early war period. And yes, it looks pretty silly on them too.

Some of us do enjoy physical fitness.

I see no necessary correlation between that and the wearing some of the ghastly sports apparel on sale nowadays.

Okay, he gets a pass, but purely on physical size. I fight dirty, but I still wouldn't fancy my chances there.... lol

Honestly this really is a ridiculous pronouncement.

How seriously it's been taken (I thought it rather obvious it was largely tonuge in cheek, perchance I didn't use enough lol s?) seems equally ridiculous to me.

So by your definition the following fellows are not, and could not be, gentlemen?

Hooooooo, no, I'm not going to be drawn to comment on military round here. For what it may be worth, though, they do look pretty silly to me. Fair enough,h folks can wear what they want (or, in this case, are ordered to)... opinions are like.... well, you know how that one goes. I have however yet to see the pair of shorts which I did not consider to infantalise the wearer. [huh]

 

[Smithy]

How seriously it's been taken (I thought it rather obvious it was largely tonuge in cheek, perchance I didn't use enough lol s?) seems equally ridiculous to me.

Sorry my mistake. Perhaps you're right, maybe it wasn't enough smiley thingies or the fact you sounded awfully condescending the way you wrote it.

Hooooooo, no, I'm not going to be drawn to comment on military round here. For what it may be worth, though, they do look pretty silly to me. Fair enough,h folks can wear what they want (or, in this case, are ordered to)... opinions are like.... well, you know how that one goes. I have however yet to see the pair of shorts which I did not consider to infantalise the wearer. [huh]

Seriously though, go and live in the tropics or a very hot climate for more than a month and see if you can bear wearing long trousers the whole time. Shorts have their place and not just on schoolboys or football players.

 

[Edward]

Sorry my mistake. Perhaps you're right, maybe it wasn't enough smiley thingies or the fact you sounded awfully condescending the way you wrote it.

I'm a pretentious ass at the best of times anyhow, but occasionally I forget facial expression and tone of voice don'tg translate so well in typeface.

Seriously though, go and live in the tropics or a very hot climate for more than a month and see if you can bear wearing long trousers the whole time. Shorts have their place and not just on schoolboys or football players.

Ah, now.... this is why God invented linen.....

 

[Miss Neecerie]

I'm a pretentious ass at the best of times anyhow, but occasionally I forget facial expression and tone of voice don'tg translate so well in typeface.





Ah, now.... this is why God invented linen.....

heh...I don't care how cool the linen is..or how lineny it is.....

go to say ...the amazon or other tropics....and you don't want it past your knees....

Maybe in -dry- heat places it wouldn't be that uncomfy....but any wet heat locales.....eww gross...more sticky wet fabric clinging to you......

trust me...I lived there.

 

[anon`]

Point of order: when did we shorten short trousers to simple shorts? Yes, the latter look silly with a suit coat, and only marginally less so with a military blouse, but in any pairing far better than than the former.

Moreover, the title of this thread is not entirely inappropriate, though I would personally have favoured "insipid". This is not, however, for the dictatorial style of the author and what she demands be worn, but for the contents of list of articles that she sees the need to explicitly ban.

 

[Smithy]

Ah, now.... this is why God invented linen.....

I'm with Miss Neecerie here. I have a couple of linen shirts and trousers but would not want to wear them on a seriously hot and extremely humid day. The problem with trousers in such conditions is that you will sweat excessively and not just on your lower legs but in (without wanting to go into too much detail) places where it is perhaps best not to be wet and smelly. That may be even more "ungentlemanly" than the sight of some bare legs for those around you

Ultimately I think this comes down to the fact that the more extreme a temperature and climate is, the more that function takes precedence over form in terms of clothing. On the other side of the coin, when I first lived in Norway I lived inside the Arctic Circle and there was no way that during winter you could (or even want to) wear what we can perhaps call sartorially elegant clothing such as your best suit (even with an overcoat) and leather soled shoes. Not when there was two metres of snow, and an inch of ice on the roads and footpaths. If you did, apart from freezing to death, you'd ruin your good looking clothes and with such shoes, slip and break your neck. It's one of the reasons that suits are not de rigueur as work clothing in Norway. And in the frozen north, one piece survival suits are not uncommon on seriously cold days. Not the best looking garments but necessary for comfort and in some cases even, survival.

Shorts may not be as elegant as a fine fitting pair of trousers but they have a purpose and can IMHO look quite good. However it is dependent on the style of shorts themselves and on the individual. If you have the figure of a potato with matchstick legs then you might not be cutting as much of a dash in them as someone with a more athletic physique.