Maybe it's just me, but wearing jeans to a wedding or funeral and not wearing a jacket and tie to a interview immediately signal disrespect and that the guest/candidate is too lazy to put in the requisite effort.
Re:What's a $4000 Suit Worth?
by fusiongyro on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @09:27AM
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It's not just you, but it's also not everyone else. It's a regionalism.
Maybe the weather has something to do with that as well? I live in a very temperate part of the Northeast.
Re:What's a $4000 Suit Worth?
by fusiongyro on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @02:54PM
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It might. But out here in the Southwest, we don't dress like Saudis even though their garb is better suited to the climate. For a lot less than $4000 New Englanders could wear mountaineering suits and that would probably retain heat and repel the elements better than a suit, but I doubt that one's coming around either.
Ultimately it's just a cultural difference, and searching for rationality behind it isn't going to bear fruit.
We all have different experiences I guess, but the further West you go, the less formal the attire, and California isn't really as "extreme" as you may think.