Phantom of the Opera

[JerseyLawyer]

You two look great. Hope you had a good time! Phantom is a great show.

I suppose I'm old-fashioned in that I always feel the need to dress up if I'm going out to the theater. I'm continually amazed by what people wear - up to (or down to) and including jeans and a tee-shirt. I might skip the tie and wear a turtleneck and sport coat to a matinee, but not to an evening performance. I mean, why bother going if you aren't going to dress up and make a night of it?

[northernsky]

I suppose I'm old-fashioned in that I always feel the need to dress up if I'm going out to the theater. I'm continually amazed by what people wear - up to (or down to) and including jeans and a tee-shirt. I might skip the tie and wear a turtleneck and sport coat to a matinee, but not to an evening performance. I mean, why bother going if you aren't going to dress up and make a night of it?

It is interesting how times have changed. I, like you, like to 'make a night of it' and get dressed up, but times were when people ate, drank, and talked through whole performances. They would cheer parts they liked and jeer the parts they didn't. The boxes were reserved for the rich and the floor for everybody else.

I am glad that the elitism and snobbery of classical music and live performance in concert halls is disappearing though. The fact that many people today don't own a jacket and tie shouldn't prevent them from enjoying live performances of symphonies, operas and other cultural events.

I'll continue to 'dress up' because I like to, not because I have to.

[JerseyLawyer]

For the record, I don't think not owning a jacket and tie should prevent anyone from enjoying a performance. But you should dress nicely in whatever you do have.

Of course, call me old fashioned (or a snob. I may well be) but I think that every man who can afford it should own at least one suit. You never know when that sudden wedding/funeral/call to Buckingham Palace/the White House will come. Not that my father listens to me when I tell him that. ;)

Getting back on topic, I still think you look great, Sp8!

[Ancienne Alliance]

Very nice photo. Sharp.

[GG]

You two look very nice.
My wife and I have always dressed up when going to the opera or concert house. Some years ago there was a period where the majority of the audience showed up in old jeans, thick sweaters and filthy hears, thereby making a huge difference to the musicians in their black tail coats, white shirts and ties.
Of course, no one should be excluded from these great moments of life just because they don’t own a suit or the like. But it wasn’t the case with most people. They probably had the fine clothes but preferred the utmost casual look. It had become a fashion.
The standard is going up, fortunately.

Greg

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