Decline of civilization expressed in decline of appropriate dress

Anon called it a jewel, and now it is time to see it in all it's glory!

because all change since the 1940s is bad, Freepers complain about people these days not wearing suits all the time:

TexasKamaAina:

In the 1950s, when I was a kid, we would go "over the hill" (i.e., from the Valley to Hollywood or Downtown) and my mother would wear hat and gloves. But in the Valley, everything was much more casual.

I think the biggest problem with the way folks dress today isn't that it is casual, but it is sloppy.

Signalman cites kultureklamfer Mark Steyn:

Mark Steyn, in a recent book, theorized that if you went back to 1950 America and took an average adult male, put him in a time macine and transported him to the present day, his first question would be, “Why are all the adult men dressing like 12 year old boys?”

fwdude has a further example of how dressing up is conservative:

George Will, who is teased about wearing his suit to the beach, said as much. He noticed families out in public, and that the fathers were dressed identically as their little boys.

Spruce uses clothes to be better than his co-workers:

I am a contract software engineer. I wear a white shirt, tie and sport coat every day. When asked why by my clients my reply is “I am a professional. You pay me a lot of money to be here and this is how I make my living. So I will dress in a professional manner.”

It makes my eyes roll when peers show up for work in shorts, sandals and t-shirts.

And quite often my level of dress becomes contagious and the other men I work with will start dressing much more appropriately.

Funny thing, the women almost always dress professionally.

Women? Well, NRA1995 does not like fatties:

Personally, one the most unattractive things to see at a wedding is a morbidly obese bridesmaid (or bride) in a backless dress, said back being adorned with tattoos.

dfwgator knows poverty is no excuse!

People still dressed well during The Great Depression.

Vaduz summs it all up:

Slobs should be required to have a permit to be in public.