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Old Oct 5th 2017, 3:43 am
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I have never really ironed shirts, dryer does good enough job... But I also don't wear dress clothes or fancy clothes.
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Originally Posted by Teaandtoday5
I love cuff-links, esp with a double cuff. Took OH nearly two years to give up on ties. A sad day. Engineering is apparently more casual in Canada. These are the sacrifices we make to Mammon.
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.
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Old Oct 5th 2017, 11:26 am
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Originally Posted by DandNHill
I think generally the workplace is more casual in Canada.

No coffee at the desk if you're facing public before I came here. Maybe just my job? But I see it all the time here.

Dress code very strict at my old job. (for the men, anyway )
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
I have never really ironed shirts, dryer does good enough job... But I also don't wear dress clothes or fancy clothes.
Except in the wedding video of course

Who ironed that day?
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Originally Posted by BristolUK

No coffee at the desk if you're facing public before I came here. Maybe just my job? But I see it all the time here.

Dress code very strict at my old job. (for the men, anyway )
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.

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Except in the wedding video of course

Who ironed that day?
The hotel did...
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
Except in the wedding video of course

Who ironed that day?
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
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...
Dress code here is shorts and tshirts in summer and jeans and sweaters in winter... I miss dressing up...
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Originally Posted by Partially discharged
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.
I am an engineering draftsman, when I left my company in the UK to come to Canada back in 2009, the majority of us wore a shirt and tie everyday. Then when I started my new company in Canada.....I wore a tie the first day....and that was the last day. However I still wore a dress shirt and dress pants right up until my last day. Many of my co workers wore jeans and tshirt and running shoes! not everyone though, it was a mix, but no ties.

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!
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Originally Posted by DandNHill
Dress code here is shorts and tshirts in summer and jeans and sweaters in winter... I miss dressing up...
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.
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Originally Posted by Paul_Shepherd
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.
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
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Originally Posted by DandNHill
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
Does his tie curl up like Dilbert's?

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Originally Posted by DandNHill
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
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!
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Originally Posted by DandNHill
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
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.
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Originally Posted by Paul_Shepherd
Mind you this is Peterborough! anything goes!
When I think of Peterborough Ontario high end fashion doesn't come to mind.
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Originally Posted by Paul_Shepherd
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!
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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.
You all sound like you're in the same club. Private school by any chance?
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