Originally Posted by
Blumie
While I agree that jeans and a t-shirt is underdressed, why is it disrespectful? When I go to the opera, I'm interested in what's going on on stage, not in what people sitting near me in the (near) dark are wearing.
Probably because it's a gross differentiation from what has been traditionally expected by both the performers and the rest of the audience.
Jeans and t-shirt may be legal to wear in court but no lawyer with any sense would intentionally wear such attire for the same reason.