Random stuff - the anything else thread
#2687
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Tie sales are probably way down in Canada.
#2688
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#2689
#2690
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Women had far more options, and could wear shot sleeves and skirts and more comfortable shoes.
Not sure why men always had to wear one specific thing and nothing else.
The hotel did...
#2691
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Hotels I have worked in have been that way, men always had to wear tie, and full suit so we suffered for 8 hours as the lobby in hotels is never comfortable temp for wearing a full suit for 8 hours, and of course uncomfortable for standing dress shoes.
Women had far more options, and could wear shot sleeves and skirts and more comfortable shoes.
Not sure why men always had to wear one specific thing and nothing else.
The hotel did...
Women had far more options, and could wear shot sleeves and skirts and more comfortable shoes.
Not sure why men always had to wear one specific thing and nothing else.
The hotel did...
#2692
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
The only engineering firm I know here in Ottawa where the majority of the male engineers wear ties (and generally white shirts and not too crazy a tie) specialize in designing sewage treatment plants, tailing ponds, septic beds, bus depots, hydro transformer stations.
Tie sales are probably way down in Canada.
Tie sales are probably way down in Canada.
Dress code in Canada (probably whole of North America) is a lot more casual, too casual in some cases, one guy I worked with came in wearing salmon coloured jeans, a green mutant ninja turtles tshirt and birkenstocks with white socks!! NO KIDDING!! we never let him forget that! he was a bit of an odd duck that lad!
#2693
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Yes I know what you mean....even when people go out socially its a lot more casual.... unless your in a big city in Canada, people in bars and resraurants there always seem to make more of a effort in their choice of clothes.
#2694
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Agreed. Hubby is old fashioned and he is only just starting to understand that he stands out like a sore thumb if he wears chinos and a blazer... recently the blazer has remained in the wardrobe! lol
#2695
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#2696
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The thing that got me was last New Years Ever I went to the Keg with some friends for dinner and then on to meet some other friends at a party somewhere else. So as a more casual compromise I wore some smart dark jeans, a dress shirt and a suit jacket. There were people at the Keg on new years eve wearing thshirts hoodies and running shoes! Fine for going camping but new years dinner or a party? Mind you this is Peterborough! anything goes!
#2697
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
The second day after moving to the west coast (US) I went out on a date and wore chinos and a blazer, I thought I'd make it a bit more casual by adding a polo instead of a dress shirt. I remember looking around the restaurant and realizing that I looked like an over dressed plonker.
#2699
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Good for him, I wouldnt leave the blazer in the wardrobe, nothing wrong with looking smart for a night out, and nothing wrong with standing out. Actually a blazer was always seen as a universal kind of jacket that could be dressed up or down.
The thing that got me was last New Years Ever I went to the Keg with some friends for dinner and then on to meet some other friends at a party somewhere else. So as a more casual compromise I wore some smart dark jeans, a dress shirt and a suit jacket. There were people at the Keg on new years eve wearing thshirts hoodies and running shoes! Fine for going camping but new years dinner or a party? Mind you this is Peterborough! anything goes!
The thing that got me was last New Years Ever I went to the Keg with some friends for dinner and then on to meet some other friends at a party somewhere else. So as a more casual compromise I wore some smart dark jeans, a dress shirt and a suit jacket. There were people at the Keg on new years eve wearing thshirts hoodies and running shoes! Fine for going camping but new years dinner or a party? Mind you this is Peterborough! anything goes!
The second day after moving to the west coast (US) I went out on a date and wore chinos and a blazer, I thought I'd make it a bit more casual by adding a polo instead of a dress shirt. I remember looking around the restaurant and realizing that I looked like an over dressed plonker.