Majority Leader Chuck Schumer loosens Senate dress code to allow senators to wear whatever they want starting Monday

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Majority Leader Chuck Schumer loosens Senate dress code
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This is part of a slow trend towards powerful people dressing casually to differentiate themselves from the less powerful people who work for them. Historically, trends like this have been set by the elite and are then emulated by people trying to convince others that they are elite. This is the beginning of the end of formal wear in the United States. Soon a suit will mean "i work at a hotel".

Hence this part, perhaps?

Although senators will benefit from the change by being permitted to sport casual clothes in the Senate chamber, their staffs are still required to wear business clothes under the old dress code. People other than senators who walk on to the Senate floor will also need to wear business attire, which for men means a jacket and a tie.

Rules for thee, not for me.

The president of Chile wears a Tool t shirt and Zelenskyy is basically always in olive drab. The time of the suit is past.

Zelenskyy I guess has no other choice as his country is in war and he is the supreme commander of his forces

He's not on the front lines lol

I know but wearing olive drab is good for his soldier's morale... "I'm on this with you" kind of thing

He frequently visits them however. OD is extremely practical in his case and definitely the exception to this stuff

I hate dressing up for work. Reminds me of getting dressed for church as a kid. Hard pass.

Well, the formal wear will just shift- to over priced hoodies and stuff

I don't think so. I think this time is different. At some point the leadership was no longer the trendsetters. I am not going to buy a certain shirt because I saw Biden or Bezos wearing it. I might if someone I think is actually cool did. Maybe we just aren't some weird pyramid society anymore.

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