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Originally Posted by sasquatch
What I'm saying about the whole khakis/jeans thing is not crazy talk. In the South, in certain circles, it is NOT acceptable to wear jeans after you graduate in ANY social situation that does not revolve around some kind of outdoor activity. Don't take that to mean being outside because just because you're outside doesn't make it an outdoor activity.
I think this all boils down to one thing: TRADITION. My dad taught me how to dress, his dad taught him how to dress, and it goes on like that. Going off that point, it seems (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) that in well to do social circles in the North, dressing "stylishly" is much more important than simply dressing appropriately. In the South it's the opposite.
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If you want to qualify your statements, I
may stop saying your claims = stupid.
And by qualify, I mean "in
some parts of the South, in certain circles . . . ." I live in the South, too, had a traditional upbringing and lead a fairly traditional life, move in circles where knowing how to dress properly is expected, my dad taught me how to dress, and on and on and on.
I'm always amazed whenever these North-South discussions come up at how many people, including some Southerners, describe the South or Southern culture as a monolithic thing. Sure, there are some clear commonalities across the South, but there isn't one "Southern culture" or "Southern tradition." What's expected or usual in Alabama or Mississippi may not be what expected or usual in the Carolinas or in Arkansas. As far as that goes, what's expected or usual in Eastern North Carolina can differ a great deal from what's expected in Western North Carolina, even if one is comparing similar "social circles." Virginian Southern culture (to the extent there is any of it left) is quite different from Florida Southern culture (same disclaimer as Virginia). Texas and Louisiana are Southern cultures unto themselves.
Describe how things are where you live and in the circles in which you move. But don't assume that things are just like that all across the South, and that what you experience and have learned is the only "Southern culture."
[ETA]: But with this, I may have to go back to saying your comments = stupid:
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Originally Posted by sasquatch
Sorry, but I don't believe that wearing jeans is appropriate for any career holding adult with GOOD TASTE in a social situation.
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