Personally, I feel there is too much discussion about "appropriate" dress, particularly in the media.  For person telling you to "dress for the occasion" or "dont be better dressed than your boss" there is always another, as per the latest GQ:  "don't be afraid the be the best dressed man in the room".  What gives?  All this segregating and categorizing.  Since when is the imperative to merely fit in?  This is not to say that i feel a rigid dress code should be instituted nationwide, but if one is not a native Los Angelino, why should one feel compelled to look like one?  To do so would be utterly pretentious.

This article also predicated itself upon the assumption that there are two modes of dress, Up and Down.  Surely clothing is more versatile than this?  There was a time (i'm told) when tuxedos were formal and everything else was just clothes.