It's always good to know the conventions on how things are done. When dressing a certain way, I like to know how everyone else does it.

Of course, there is also that rebellious streak in me, like I imagine is in some of the others, that just wants to say "Nobody is going to tell me how to dress." Although, if that is how you feel most of the time, why are you on the traditional forum?

But, the best way I know how to put it is - if you are going to push the boundaries, you have to know where those boundaries are.