The era of FORMAL NIGHTS is fading rapidly...

On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:50:08 -0400, Charles
wrote:

In article . com,
wrote:

No. Ties and slacks are business attire in the Northeast. Suits died
out in the 60's as "standard".

They are wearing suits as business attire in New York and Washington.
They are wearing suits on Wall Street.

I agree, it's not putting on airs, but a cruise ship vacation is not
the place to be puttin' on the tux.

That is you opinion. Most of the cruise lines say a cruise ship
vacation is the place to be putting on a tux.
How would you know that? If true then just why is their a discussion
about it? Everyone would just dress formal.

The fact is that even at wakes nowadays people are dressing informally
and many are dressed in work clothes. For many on a cruise it's an
expensive annoyance to dress formally.
Thumper


And most passengers are
wearing a dark suit or tux on the formal evenings that the cruise lines
still have on most cruise ship vacations.

You and Rick may dress differently but you are a small minority. As I
have said in other posts over the years it does not bother me if people
don't wear a dark suit or tux on formal evenings. It does not make me
uncomfortable. But I would feel uncomfortable myself dressing that way.
Not that I like wearing a dark suit or tux. I would prefer not wearing
them. Loved the dress on Azamara Journey where there were no formal
evenings. But the dress request is still being adhered to by the
majority on the cruise lines that have formal evenings and at this
point in time I don't feel like being a rebel.