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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by GoblinSlayer on Saturday March 01, 2025 @11:07AM (#43220643)
That's tame, suits are almost global dress code in management and business circles with a few exceptions, and violation of dress code is indecent.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by Juliate on Saturday March 01, 2025 @12:04PM (#43221261)
Say that to Churchill... :D

No, there's definitely no "dress code" in those circles.

A dress code is specifically something you impose to lower-ranking ones. That's why Trump did not like it, and why this journalist seemed upset: they couldn't bear that Zelenski was not submitting to their, very closed-minded WASP dress code for underlings.

When you're the head of state, or in power circles, there's something else, that's called a _dress standing_, which is different and opens a much wider area of possibilities.

And by that standard, boy, did Zelensky outfit outranked everyone else's in the office!

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by GoblinSlayer on Saturday March 01, 2025 @02:16PM (#43222615)
What about Churchill? His style looks like a slightly dated imperial dress code, because he was a fan of the British Empire.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by Juliate on Saturday March 01, 2025 @05:23PM (#43224355)
When he came to the White House during WWII? Was in soldier outfit.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by Kim_Bruning on Sunday March 02, 2025 @04:52AM (#43228917)
Oh wow, Churchill really was wearing a uniform when he visited the white house.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205140998

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