Fly DEN-SFO/SJC and you'll see plenty of people (including me) in jeans and a hoodie. There's truth to the tech stereotype.
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Originally Posted by pinniped
(Post 27947328)
I took that particular post as tongue-in-cheek... ;)
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Originally Posted by jinglish
(Post 27948235)
That was my hope, but OP used his very first post on FT to opine that people wearing shorts shouldn't be allowed in BA's galleries lounge, so I'm inclined to take him seriously.
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Originally Posted by davie355
(Post 27942059)
I prefer button-up shirts with front pockets [to hold] boarding passes.
(Of course, used the button hole in my napkin on the plane to make sure I didn't spill all over myself.) |
Originally Posted by jinglish
(Post 27948235)
That was my hope, but OP used his very first post on FT to opine that people wearing shorts shouldn't be allowed in BA's galleries lounge, so I'm inclined to take him seriously.
If that was a serious post, I feel like I should have laughed twice as hard as I did thinking it was a joke. :p |
Originally Posted by The_Bouncer
(Post 27948331)
I often wear shorts in summer, including in airport lounges. If anyone objects, I am more than happy to remove them.
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As long as passengers are clean, don't smell, and are reasonably covered up I don't care what they wear.
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Discussions about appropriate travel attire are a perennial topic here on FlyerTalk. Pretty much always they devolve into straw-man arguments about "People can't tell me not to wear comfortable clothing." Usually this is spurred on by some recent travel magazine article waxing nostalgic about the days when everyone dressed up in public and dress codes were enforced.
The interesting thing is, as far as travel magazine articles waxing nostalgic go, the one cited by OP here is fairly benign. Pilar Guzmán describes what travel attire was like years ago while simultaneously acknowledging that it is not like that today. She doesn't ask for a return to the past. All she's saying is be comfortable but not slobby. |
Originally Posted by Badenoch
(Post 27950181)
The people or the shorts? ;)
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Wasn't this the publication that was encouraging
its readers to steal stuff? How the self-styled mighty hath fallen. We have to be accountable for what our personal style says about us as individuals and as Americans out in the world. wearing "an embroidered skirt in Peru" or anyone wearing Harris Tweed anywhere. Speaking of mighty and fallen, who writes for an audience that needs to be told that Harris Tweed is "Scotland's"? As far as my own sartorial splendor goes, I have publicly described my attire as "shambolic." I used to have an upgrade shirt that worked every time (rust-colored silk that shimmered like crazy and made me look almost desirable and was guaranteed to make NC0 turn into NC1), but a dog ripped the sleeve off. I almost kept the shirt so I could wear it with one sleeve, but my standards are strict that a shirt has to have two intact sleeves (long or short), slacks or jeans have to have two intact legs, tears at the knee or fraying ok, and shoes have to be closed-toed, because most people, myself included, have ugly or malodorous feet. If I were treated any better by cabin crew, the rest of you wouldn't be getting any service. P.S. anoraks and plimsolls are fine. |
Originally Posted by Badenoch
(Post 27947353)
Based on that quaint conclusion I am "about" comfort and functionality. I am also emotionally secure enough to not give a rat's patoot about the opinions of self-appointed arbiters of what is acceptable fashion on public transit. YMMV. :)
It is probably the hardest thing in world to have an opinion on FT and not be taken to task because of it even if it's sarcasm or jest. |
Its a bus in the sky. Who cares what you wear, as long as you don't smell bad.
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Originally Posted by jinglish
(Post 27946513)
Despite having been on FT for a year and a half, I'm still amazed sometimes by the attitudes displayed here.
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Originally Posted by fatmenace
(Post 27943526)
Shorts and t-shirt. If I ask for another drink, I always get it. I've never been kicked off a plane for dressing down. I've never NOT been served my tiny bag of pretzels because I'm in an regular shirt. I find how I get treated by FAs is far more influenced by how I treat them, as opposed to whether or not I'm wearing a dress shirt. Don't like how I dress? Start your own airline and make a dress code.
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Originally Posted by Pats
(Post 27941932)
Refreshing to hear. I have, over the years, seen some atrocious abominations, even in F, plimsoles, anoraks, even ladies in t-shirts! I suppose the golden age of flying when people took pride in appearance are long gone. Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting we make ourselves uncomfortable but what's wrong with a Givenchy or Versace twin set for the ladies and at least smart slacks and a lovely jacket for the gents
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