Do you feel, the repression?

And, the, stigmata of the prig?

I suspect that the Blazer is still OK in the USA.

In England it has become a problem...

I like to dress down my blue blazers (SB & DB) with...
Denim shirt with necktie or open neck
Well-worn jeans
Shoes ranging from John Lobb bespoke to Converse Chuck Taylor hightops

Best worn with shapeless old flannels, worn-out penny loafers, and a poorly-knotted tie.

When singer Jack Jones rocks his blazer, it's more classic rock...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/20/arts/music/20jone.html?fta=y

white, blue, pink or yellow OCBD with no tie for casual
black tie with orange stripe or black tie with silver diagonal stripe for parties, art shows or dressed down restaurants
charcoal gray wool, khakis or dark jeans
burgundy on burgundy saddle shoes

Occasionally at my office I hear "Ahoy admiral" when the blazer is worn. The best reply to this is usually "Swab those decks ye lubbers!" or "A ration of Grog for the entire crew!".

Women seem to like it if the tie is a complementary color against the shirt color. Orange stripe tie on a blue shirt.

I wore mine (actually top half of navy suit) a lot this summer with old chinos or faded red jeans. Driving mocs or chelseas and white-based stripy shirts. Never with a tie. The blazer has to look lived-in.

Gin & Tonics (unless you are a woman) have an image problem too which is linked to that of the Blazer I suspect...

Is there a word for all this? Not proletarianisation or embourgeoisement (sp?), but the concept of things becoming horrid and middle-class from both above and bellow...

It's that awful middle-management culture again...

I wish I were middle class - sigh.