tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432018953404985645.post7009534041532721832..comments2024-03-18T13:58:04.023-05:00Comments on Sew Essentially Sew: A nation of slobs - CBS News VideoGracahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07709238617916016462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432018953404985645.post-10221401201618605162013-05-30T19:35:02.017-05:002013-05-30T19:35:02.017-05:00Office wear has become very casual in Australia as...Office wear has become very casual in Australia as well. We also have "jeans Friday" all over the country. My children's High School has gone from navy pants to navy track pants as their "uniform" in the past 3 years. Not a good look but the look of public High Schools everywhere here now. My oldest daughter and I just spent a few weeks in Vietnam and whilst we would normally consider ourselves reasonably well dressed, my dd commented one day that she felt like a "bogan". I agreed. They dressed so much nicer and took more care over there than Aussies seem to. <br />Bogan = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogan<br />PS: I am generalising. (smile)Dothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09388251358362497080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432018953404985645.post-68865605346644405072013-05-30T13:08:13.726-05:002013-05-30T13:08:13.726-05:00"I think that it more an act of defiance and ..."I think that it more an act of defiance and rebellion to dress in a non-conventional manner--a rebellion against dress codes. That with a dose of fashion narcissism." I agree with this. Where I live, in the San Francisco Bay Area, the minimalist Steve Jobs uniform of black T or turtleneck and jeans signifies independence and freedom.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711792521348799922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432018953404985645.post-61411735003963014582013-05-30T10:21:21.974-05:002013-05-30T10:21:21.974-05:00Thanks for the link Graca, I hadn't seen this....Thanks for the link Graca, I hadn't seen this. I remember when I was a child in the 60's, girls weren't allowed to wear pants/trousers to school and forget about wearing jeans to school! While I think this is kind of silly, when the schools relaxed the dress code, that seems to me to be the start of the slippery slope. People seemed to start more and more casually. It has happened everywhere, I used to work in banking (in the 80's) and even the most junior male staff had to wear dress shirts and ties to work. Now in the same bank, all the men are wearing golf shirts. Seems wrong to me.<br /><br />BTW-I am Canadian and I think we have become a nation of slobs.ElleChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16656569539140359204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432018953404985645.post-42969927695607447162013-05-29T23:46:15.430-05:002013-05-29T23:46:15.430-05:00I blame Dockers. In the mid 1990s, they pushed for...I blame Dockers. In the mid 1990s, they pushed for companies to allow 'business casual'(ie, Dockers) on Fridays as a 'free' benefit for guys. Women were allowed to wear slack suits. I was working in a company where the managers all wore suits at this point. We went from Dockers and sport shirts and blazers on Fridays to golf shirts and blue jeans in one year. Women were not going to allow the guys to get the benefit, which started on Fridays and then went through all days of the work week, and not get their own casual dress. Before this, even in our little city away from a big metro area, people dressed for work; after about 1995, it was totally gone. So, I put a lot of the blame on Dockers and their campaign on this.Toby Wollinhttp://www.kitchencountereconomics.comnoreply@blogger.com