what's your dress code?

[yvonne]

What's your orchestra's dress code? Too restrictive? Not restrictive enough? What do you wish was the dress code? Who enforces it (or doesn't) in your organization?

Does it bug you to wear white tie and tails when the conductor or soloist shows up in a suit, or some sort of loose (and presumably comfortable) shirt?

I'd like to hear from anyone who has an opinion about dress codes, and I'll try to summarize in an article for Polyphonic.

Thanks!

Yvonne Caruthers

[hayes.horn]

My group has two...one being the traditional concert black (tuxes) and the other being the "contemporary" dress, being all black.

-Kyle

[yvonne]

Can you be more specific, please? Does "all black" mean the men wear black shirts with their suits, or does it mean they wear black shirts with no jackets? Does everyone dress more casually (types of fabrics, etc) when it's "all black"?

Does what you wear make you feel differently when you're playing?

Yvonne

[minelab]

My dress code is business casual, I guess. Since the group sales office has a different dress code than the rest of the staff, it's not really written out. I wear a dress shirt and black slacks almost every day, or a suit/sportcoat if I'm doing some kind of off-site event. The game floor has to wear GameWorks t-shirts, with black pants and black non-slip shoes.

I've always been a suit-and-tie kind of guy, so I'm happy to have a job that requires it. I hated my dress code at Swatch, which was just a t-shirt.

The worst was as a manager at Hollister. I had to wear their clothes every day, which fit pretty tightly. Jeans and flip flops get annoying on the 1000th day you're wearing them.