I've not only been reading about this - I'm seeing it with my own eyes. Whether it's at higher end hotels and restaurants - or the golf course (might be the Rickie Fowler "peacock" effect on the golf course ). Perhaps it's a rebellion against sloppy baby boomer parents?

The trend has been duly noted in various articles.

Fashion observers are noting something of a clothing generation gap between baby boomer men given to wearing sloppy dressed-down duds and the younger generation of men who are embracing cutting-edge fashion.

Among the observers is Samuel Rascoff, a 36-year-old law professor at New York University who sports a tie and dress suit in the photo for his law school bio. “The fashion gene skipped a generation,” he tells the New York Times.

The Times notes that the hippie movement took pride in shunning the corporate look. “Now the tie is on the other neck,” the story says. “Today the well-off 55-year-old is likely to be the worst-dressed man in the room, wearing a saggy T-shirt and jeans. The cash-poor 25-year-old is in a natty sport coat and skinny tie bought at Topman for a song.”

http://www.abajournal.com/news/artic...eneration_gap/

If I had to guess - there will always be a place for hotels where guests are expected to and do dress - for lack of a better word - "appropriately" considering the surroundings. And the activities. Even if the main activity at a particular place is riding horses - well "appropriate" dress at a dude ranch in Wyoming will be different than "appropriate" dress if you're fox hunting in the UK.

Robyn