Dress Code Across the U.S.

[Elephant Walk]

I hate to say I've never heard of Marshalls.

[OleMissRebel]

This whole thing can go on forever. People should wear what they feel most comfortable in. I will always think that cargo shorts/hooded sweatshirts look like trash but to each his own. I am sure some people look down on what I wear. Fraternities in the South ( and maybe some rich Northeast schools) will always be different than the rest of the country.

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

I hate to say I've never heard of Marshalls.

Like TJ Maxx or Steinmart - they sell last season's mid-range fashions at discounted prices.

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

Like TJ Maxx or Steinmart - they sell last season's mid-range fashions at discounted prices.

Gotcha. We have a TJ Maxx here, I think.

I'm suprised that VV was sold there...really suprised. They're usually only sold in boutique-type stores (I can only think of two in Arkansas), not like RL at Dillards or anything. Are you sure it wasn't Old Navy? I think Old Navy has a whale sometimes that they put on their clothes that looks a helluvalot like VV's. Who knows. I'm not a terribly big fan of VV for some of the stuff they put out, but the polos are very good quality.

[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

Gotcha. We have a TJ Maxx here, I think.

I'm suprised that VV was sold there...really suprised. They're usually only sold in boutique-type stores (I can only think of two in Arkansas), not like RL at Dillards or anything. Are you sure it wasn't Old Navy? I think Old Navy has a whale sometimes that they put on their clothes that looks a helluvalot like VV's. Who knows. I'm not a terribly big fan of VV for some of the stuff they put out, but the polos are very good quality.

It was a dress shirt that the label and package clearly said Vineyard Vines. Martha's Vineyard was written underneath. I first misread it and thought Martha Stewart was designing mens shirts.

[SWTXBelle]

Money doesn't equal taste. Or style. Or graciousness. (Britney Spears has more money than I'll ever see - but hardly has taste, style or graciousness. Sanity would be a good place for her to start . . .)

My maternal great-grandfather made his fortune in the 30s in Florida and had an (ugly) home in Palm Beach. I remember him, but just barely, so must rely on family accounts of him - he was by all accounts a real bastard, who treated his family poorly. And all that money? A maid faked a marriage when he was 93 and ran off to Canada with it. Years and years later, my grandmother won her case - and the money largely went to attorneys.

My paternal grandmother was the daughter of turpentiners. My grandfather was superintendent of schools in a city in Texas, so hardly wealthy. But my Mimi is absolutely the epitome of a gracious woman, who has a classic, conservative style to this very day - a pillar of her church and community, she is every inch a lady, beloved by all.

When you are talking about dress codes, you have to beware of making gross generalizations. What may be de rigeur in one group (let us say, yours) would make you a fashion pariah in another. That doesn't mean one standard is "wrong" - just different. And making general statements about an entire region is dangerous, because there is so much variety. For example - in Texas, standards in Austin will be different than those in College Station, and I'll hazard a guess that UT dress codes will be different than St. Edward's, even though those two campuses are both in the same city. So may I ask that everyone just tell us what is currently "in" in your neck of the woods without commenting on everyone else's?

eta - and as for predicting it - people = predictable, on GC and elsewhere.

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[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by SECdomination

Haha, I've heard the Rovers are pretty bad. You know that I wasn't bashing Mercedes, don't you?

Yes I do. But, I live in an area that is the hotbed of Ford and GM. I won't buy either. Not so much because of the quality (which I think Ford has, but not GM), but because of what the UAW did to the auto industry in the 70s and 80s.

[alum]

I've seen all sizes of VV in at least 2 different Marshall's in the DC area as well as the Sak's 5th Avenue and Nordstrom's Rack at the outlets in Potomac Mills. Filene's Basement in Newton, MA also has a good bit of the men's line.

[DSTCHAOS]

Every TJ Maxx and Marshalls (moreso TJ Maxx) that I go to has designer finds--not CK and Phat Farm. I don't care if they are last season. You usually have to sort through the racks but a lot of people aren't patient enough to do so, so I end up with some great finds that others overlook.

Plus, a lot of people don't know who these designers are so instead of being "label whores" people just judge the clothes for what they are--high quality and nice OR low quality and ugly OR high quality and ugly.

I think it may depend on where you live and how big the demand is for certain styles and items.

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

I think it may depend on where you live and how big the demand is for certain styles and items.

I agree. Even our podunk TJ Maxx in BFE will occasionally get a few designer items. A few years ago there was a slew of Lily dresses. It does take some searching, and you often have to hit it right after they received a new shipment of inventory.

[SoCalGirl]

The "better areas" get the better stuff. For example I rarely see Coach and Dooney and Bourke purses at the the Marshalls by my parents house. I see them more frequently at the one by my house and almost every time if I go to La Jolla or Solana Beach.

[joproper]

other than the pledges my fraternity doesnt really have dress codes, of course most people dress similarly anyway