Post #260941 by Rattiki on Sun, Oct 15, 2006 6:00 PM

On 2006-10-15 09:00, teaKEY wrote:
Sandals, what man cares what other men wear on their feet. Freedom baby freedom. One sandal over another is just personal preference.

Tiki doesn't fit into the norm of society but if we want to start looking at footwear, why not have it were your hair has to be styled a certain way and men's facial hair trimmed just so. Maybe everyone could drop a few pounds to just before the event, that not asking to much.

Well I am sure that many ladies went and had there hair done nicely for the event. It's not that it is styled in a certain way, but that it is styled at all. Being well kept is very different from being expected to conform to a certain style (within reason). I have facial hair but I certainly would have shaved around what's not already established for such an event, and not come with a 3 day growth....gee I hope no one did that :o People should stop trying to justify sloppiness or a lack of caring by trying to make out the idea of an acceptable level of standard as a ridge conformist code.
Freedom is not always everything. :roll:

On 2006-10-15 09:00, teaKEY wrote:
If I took my girlfriend and father to one of these events, I'm into the whole culture,(maybe not whole) but they aren't. They would be coming for me and would probably not be dressed at all. Sad to think that the next event that I went to I would have to think in the back of my mind that I'm being judged and I'm inappropriate. I won't go to a place like that.

I'm sure they would at least know to wear proper attire to dine at a nice supper club like the Mai Kai. :wink: Style is not the issue here, never was, a reasonable amount of decorum is the issue.......

Sometimes I have to point this out to my passengers when they wish to go to one of our fine restaurants here in Key West...."No Sir I don't think that Louie's Backyard or Square One will let you in tonight in a pair of flip-flops and a T-shirt" :roll:

On 2006-10-15 09:00, teaKEY wrote:
I'll never catch me in a purple lounge shirt or a shiny red blazer.

That's 'cuz you couldn't pull it off like me! :wink: :lol: :o

I have more conservative dress clothes (white dinner jacket, black tux, classic more subdued Hawaiians) I posted that to make a point that style is not the real issue, and one can be fun as well as well dressed. I don't think anyone here said "It was terrible that I saw folks wearing flowery prints with other loud prints".....though maybe they should have :o :lol:

Meanwhile sandals of ANY sort should not be worn to the Mai Kai after dark on ANY night by the gents IMO.....ladies might get away with a wedge version :P

What amazes me is that the Mai Kai doesn't enforce such a dress code! :o

[ Edited by: Rattiki 2006-10-15 18:04 ]