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Insider Guide.(How to Crack Dress Codes)(Brief Article)
Insider's Guide
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How to Crack Dress Codes
By Kate Spade Accessories and home designer Spade is the author of the etiquette books Occasions, Style, and Manners. For my father's seventy-fifth birthday, a sit-down dinner at the Savoy Hotel in Kansas City, I specified simply "festive attire." My aunts and uncles were pretty confused: Is it formal? Is it kooky? It might've been more considerate of me to write "cocktail attire." * Make an effort. If an invitation says "casual," it doesn't mean "not special" or "who cares?" If you receive a written invitation, it means people are making an effort, and you should, too. If it's a Sunday afternoon lunch during the summer, assume a printed halter dress with flat sandals or a bright wrap skirt with a T-shirt and flip-flops. Parties with vague themes like "rock and roll" make me less nervous because they're open to interpretation. But you shouldn't ignore the theme -- it's like ...
- TEACHER DRESS CODES IN WORKS.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) Vance, Debra Ann July 24, 2000 700+ words
...to one of Kentucky's strictest dress codes. When the Board of Education meets tonight, it will consider dress codes for teachers and for employees such...beginning to discuss establishing dress codes as a way to set standards for students...
- Schools use dress codes to fight gangs
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Tracey Robinson December 21, 1987 700+ words
...suburban high school students about the dress codes in their schools. All said their schools have dress codes and 46 percent said principals installed...decreased within the schools since the dress codes took effect. Whether dress codes work...
- DRESS CODES WRONG TACTIC FOR BAR VIOLENCE.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the Editor)
- Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) December 11, 2004 700+ words
...Flashinski Madison Dear Editor: The dress codes of brothers and johnny-o's prohibit...and hats tilted to the side. These dress codes target certain minorities in an attempt...the policy is not racist because the dress codes are applied equally to everyone. This...
- Perceived importance and usage of dress codes among organizations that market...
- Magazine article from: Public Personnel Management Easterling, Cynthia R. Leslie, Judith E. Jones, Michael A. June 22, 1992 700+ words
...conducted to investigate the nature and use of employee dress codes of organizations that market professional services...success, few organizations had formal written dress codes; dress codes are most often communicated orally. Traditions...
- Behavioral Change through Dress Codes.
- Magazine article from: School Administrator LANE, KENNETH E. VANBERKUM, DENNIS W. March 1, 1994 700+ words
...certain types of student attire. These dress codes are being developed primarily to create...or that incite students. Specific dress codes target brand name clothing and attire...The vagueness or specificity of these dress codes is being challenged. The courts historically...
- Dress codes left to school districts: Fear of violence leads to ban on some...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Bhatti, Jabeen August 28, 1999 700+ words
...of clothing, but on most campuses, dress codes are left to the discretion of administrators...Arlington and Alexandria have vague dress codes that allow anything that isn't deemed...school districts to mandate uniforms or dress codes for students. The idea was that more...
- Dress codes a key component for companies looking to build their images.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) April 3, 2006 700+ words
...vary widely from business to business, dress codes still are very much alive throughout...casual dress and dress-down days." Dress codes, she says, assist organizations to...problems or possible omissions within dress codes for employees of all ages, though younger...
- Club owners say dress codes weed out problems; others allege racism.
- Newspaper article from: Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) October 14, 2006 700+ words
...people. Club owners, however, say the dress codes weed out patrons who might cause trouble...crowds to dance, yet club owners set up dress codes that target the "hip-hop look...lot of clubs in Virginia Beach make dress codes to keep us out," said James Tamry...
