Maybe this has come up before (on here and/or on other men's style forums), but I have noticed recently that men's dress standards have deteriorated dramatically. This became particularly apparent to me yesterday when I went to Buckingham Palace to receive an award for services to charity. (I'm not a royalist and I don't even believe in charity, however I am the CEO of one, for which I pay myself a generous salary, plus plenty of free trips overseas - generally to countries where the local young ladies are rather pleased to make my acquaintance - so it seemed wise to accept.)

I was a bit worried before attending that my outfit could be too informal, as I don't own a 3 piece suit and I wanted to wear my standard button down collar shirt. I wore a vintage grey Southwick sack suit, vintage white Brooks BD shirt, vintage Brooks foulard tie, plus some new C&J black captoes to add a bit of elegance.

On first entering the Palace Ballroom I did indeed seem a little underdressed, as the older gentlemen present were in formal morning wear, uniforms or suits. Some of the younger males were also in suits, although mostly tie-less, however others were dressed in a manner that I consider completely inappropriate. Not only were many wearing distressed jeans, but most of those jeans exposed at least 40% of the wearer's buttocks. This was exacerbated when some knelt to receive knighthoods (at least they were facing Her Majesty so she was spared the distressing sight).

Furthermore many were wearing t-shirts featuring images and/or writing that were often completely unsuitable for such an occasion e.g. one man with a t-shirt featuring a large photo of Moors murderer Myra Hindley, another with the C word in block capitals, etc etc.

However what I thought to be the most egregious outfit was from one gentlemen (who appeared to be in his 40s) who wore nothing more than a giant nappy. I appreciate that the onesie was very trendy a while ago so perhaps this is the inevitable next step, but still - is it really correct for this type of event? In fact I said to him (accompanied by a stern look): 'Do you really think that outfit is appropriate?' His response was: 'It's Prada, grandad', which the people he was with seemed to find rather amusing. (To be fair the giant nappy did have noticeable Prada branding on it.)

Am I being unreasonable?