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Modern man's dress-code distinctions have blurred, and as a result, hybrid footwear is becoming a signature of contemporary style.
Hybrid All-Stars Darrell Hartman 2012
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Past dress-code issues have focused on miniskirts, exposed midriffs and pants worn too low.
Why Not Wear Pajamas All Day? Elizabeth Holmes 2012
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As a follow-up to our dress-code musings: When we ask our Support Team how we look in the morning, and our Support Team responds, "You always look nice," this is not the same as our Support team responding "Wearing a dress that can only be said to cover one's nether parts in the most nebulous sense of the verb 'to cover' over bike shorts is totally work-appropriate."
Important Lessons For The Week; Or, Thank God That's Almost Over 2009
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Just so someone can clear it up for me – How are 'real Americans' supposed to dress (I missed the dress-code memo), and which accents are acceptible and unacceptible?
3 border state governors critical of Arizona immigration law 2010
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As a follow-up to our dress-code musings: When we ask our Support Team how we look in the morning, and our Support Team responds, "You always look nice," this is not the same as our Support team responding "Wearing a dress that can only be said to cover one's nether parts in the most nebulous sense of the verb 'to cover' over bike shorts is totally work-appropriate."
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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The Vatican has imposed a dress-code for the Holy City aimed at scantily-clad tourists, according to the Daily Mail.
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Visitors to St. Peter's Basilica have long been told to cover-up, but the dress-code is now extended to St. Peter's Square (the border between Rome and Vatican City), and prohibits bare shoulders, skirts above the knee and shorts.
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The Vatican has imposed a dress-code for the Holy City aimed at scantily-clad tourists, according to the Daily Mail.
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Visitors to St. Peter's Basilica have long been told to cover-up, but the dress-code is now extended to St. Peter's Square (the border between Rome and Vatican City), and prohibits bare shoulders, skirts above the knee and shorts.
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The Vatican has imposed a dress-code for the Holy City aimed at scantily-clad tourists, according to the Daily Mail.
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https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/4/26/17284930/high-school-dress-codes-lizzy-martinez-bracott
Martinez’s is not the first unjust dress code enforcement to go viral. In 2016, Helena, Montana, high school student Kaitlyn Juvik was chastised by administrators for going braless, and she too organized protests (in that case, 300 of her female classmates came to school braless). And last October, Annie Concannon of Cincinnati, Ohio, was “dress-coded” for wearing a crop top. Concannon had paired the shirt with high-waisted jeans and wasn’t exposing her midriff.
April 26, 2018