I'll probably be called a snob for this ...

[ducklite]

The course I live on requires a collared shirt, and during tournaments, long pants. Men and women are the same.

 

 

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[slidergirl]

As you can tell from my screenname, I play a lot of golf both north of the border and in the US. There was a time when all golf courses had dress codes. Now it's usually only private courses who have and enforce them. Most public, municipal and semi-private courses are almost anything goes - almost. Jeans and inappropriate wear are still not permitted. I personally don't have an issue with the pros changing things up a bit. They're still tastefull. Now women can wear sleeveless and non-collared golf shirts and the men can wear mock turtle-neck shirts.

 

At the club I belonged to, sleeveless for women was OK, but we still had to have the collar. Now, a "mock" turtleneck was considered a collared shirt, so those were OK. There was a little "testing the line" by some people on just how small the "mock" could be and still be a turtle… If you were wearing a sweater, a V-neck or crew neck was OK - the one way you could get away without a collar.

The munis and publics around where I live are pretty laid back, attire-wise. It's kind of fun to watch the teenagers and 20-somethings with their baggy shorts and then a collared shirt… I call it "snowboarder-to-golfer chic" ;)

[Name Of The Game]

On another note, but I can't figure out why the judges at dog shows have to be so dressed up. Why is it necessary to wear suits while feeling up and down all parts of dogs? :confused:

[Annapolissailingfamily]

We sailed last summer on the Celebrity Summit. I witnessed three different situations where underdressed males were turned away at the MDR. I prefer to dress up for dinner, and so does my 14 year old son. He wears a suit to dinner every night. We will sail this Sunday on the Carnival Pride, and plan on dressing for dinner very night. If others are more casual, that is fine.

[Annapolissailingfamily]

One morning when I was dining outside on the deck I saw a passenger walk down the outdoor stairs in a white Celebrity robe and go inside the buffet to get coffee! I remembered the woman from the Cape Liberty security area and she was a VIP/ suite passenger. I really think some individuals will do whatever they want....

[mousey]

Makes me wonder, would they wear their bathrobe to a Golden Corral, or some other such Buffet Restaurant??? I don't think so...

 

They probably would if they thought they could get away with it!;)

[betty em]

I have cruised NCL exclusively. The first cruise, I wore a long dress for formal night and DH wore his tux. We loved dressing up but felt distinctly out of place compared to our fellow passengers. After that, we have stuck with suits and cocktail dresses. He wears dress pants and tie-less dress shirt or polo shirt other nights, while I wear dresses. I love clothes, somewhat of a hobby of mine but rarely have a chance to wear out my collection, and so bring some of it with me for my vacations. I wear scrubs every day to work; my vacation is to please me. We enjoy people watching and I like to admire other women I see with the resolve to dress up for themselves and their loved ones.

 

Never have either of us gotten rude remarks about our attire. Most people we see are dressed similarly to us. There are a few people coming into the buffet in their sleep wear and bathrobes - we don't approve but would never say so aloud. I compare that to, as someone posted earlier, would you go into even McDonald's in your bathrobe? I've never seen that yet, thank goodness.

 

As for the woman in the chain mail dress, I always wonder if she has yet gotten some self respect and dumped that jerk of a husband. I feel nothing but pity for her. Think about it ladies, what must you have to think of yourself to be persuaded to dress in public that way? Nothing good, I'll bet.

[Paris334]

I haven't had a chance to read all of the replies but you shouldn't feel like a snob or guilty.

 

I am a live-and-let-live type and I don't really care what people wear as long as I am having fun. On the flip side, if I felt ridiculously overdressed, I wouldn't like that!

 

I'd say that the more expensive lines or any line that caters to older cruisers will more likely satisfy your love of dressing up and seeing others dressed up! When we were in our EARLY 30's we did a HAL, not realizing that the demographic was quite a bit older than us. This was actually great for us because we want to spend the time together and not meet life-long friends. We chatted with a number of people about their grandchildren, enjoyed their stories (we had no kids yet) and tried our hardest to avoid the ONE other younger couple on the ship as they seemed to want to make a life-long friendship! BUT - the point is that we had a TERRIFIC time and the dress was exactly what we wanted and expected. The wild dance parties from Carnival were missing, which we enjoy (making fun of drunk people) but that was totally fine for us!

 

I'd say you're ready to try another line if this is a big enough part of your cruise experience.

[mousey]

Here's the thing...I'm 67 and I've been cruising since I was 19. I do remember the days when everyone dressed up for dinner and very smart casual during the day. I remember going many years without cruising and then getting back into it. The change in dress was to say the least...amazing! Even my DH, who is not a fussy person by any means, was surprised to see how casual people were dressing on the cruises we were going on. But...we are not overly affected by how others dress and we just go with the flow. So we no longer get all dressed up when we sail on NCL or Carnival, which is our choice. We both dress casually like everyone else. If we really wanted to or needed to because we felt uncomfortable with how other people dressed, which we don't, we would sail on another cruise line. It's really as simple as that.

 

These days, I'm very comfortable in a casual atmosphere and I don't expect things to be the way they used to be. Things change and you either adapt to them or not. I choose to adapt to my level of comfort and don't worry about what others are wearing. Sure, my eyebrows go up in surprise when I see some of the crazy outfits that people will wear on a cruise sometimes, like when I saw for myself a lady wearing a bathrobe during dinner in the buffet one night but it didn't ruin my dinner...actually the DH and I had a good laugh over it. Like I said, we just go with the flow and dress ourselves how we feel comfortable. That means that we choose to stay within whatever the dress code is for wherever we are going at any given time, be it on a cruise, out to dinner, to a play, etc. :D That's our personal choice. If others choose to break the rules...that's their choice and it doesn't affect us one bit.

Edited February 25, 2014 by mousey

[sgttami]

Here's the thing...I'm 67 and I've been cruising since I was 19. I do remember the days when everyone dressed up for dinner and very smart casual during the day. I remember going many years without cruising and then getting back into it. The change in dress was to say the least...amazing! Even my DH, who is not a fussy person by any means, was surprised to see how casual people were dressing on the cruises we were going on. But...we are not overly affected by how others dress and we just go with the flow. So we no longer get all dressed up when we sail on NCL or Carnival, which is our choice. We both dress casually like everyone else. If we really wanted to or needed to because we felt uncomfortable with how other people dressed, which we don't, we would sail on another cruise line. It's really as simple as that.

 

These days, I'm very comfortable in a casual atmosphere and I don't expect things to be the way they used to be. Things change and you either adapt to them or not. I choose to adapt to my level of comfort and don't worry about what others are wearing. Sure, my eyebrows go up in surprise when I see some of the crazy outfits that people will wear on a cruise sometimes, like when I saw for myself a lady wearing a bathrobe during dinner in the buffet one night but it didn't ruin my dinner...actually the DH and I had a good laugh over it. Like I said, we just go with the flow and dress ourselves how we feel comfortable. That means that we choose to stay within whatever the dress code is for wherever we are going at any given time, be it on a cruise, out to dinner, to a play, etc. :D That's our personal choice. If others choose to break the rules...that's their choice and it doesn't affect us one bit.

 

Ditto...

My sister and I just got off our first Carnival cruise and could not believe the way some people came to dinner or the several we saw walking in the casino in bathrobes. We could only laugh as we also remember the "old days" of dressing. We are 57 and 60 and between us have been on over 30 cruises. This was definitely the most casual but on the good note, it was one of the most fun!!

[slidergirl]

I work in the hospitality business. My current and last positions were with mountain resort hotels that are on the Forbes 4 star lists and one from the 5 star list. People walking through the lobby in robes, even in the morning to grab coffee at the coffee bar or in the afternoon to grab a beverage at the Apres Bar, is common. I guess I wouldn't bat an eye if I saw anyone on a cruise going anywhere in a robe. But, when a guest is paying anywhere from $500-$5000/night for their room, we won't say much of anything ;)

Edited February 26, 2014 by slidergirl

[kitty9]

On another note, but I can't figure out why the judges at dog shows have to be so dressed up. Why is it necessary to wear suits while feeling up and down all parts of dogs? :confused:

 

It's called keeping with tradition, and I applaud them for keeping their traditions. I think the judges look so very nice, and they're not really feeling up the dogs, but checking for conformity of the breed.