Magnus Carlsen left the New York competition after he was told he had to change out of his jeans. Now, the International Chess Federation has relaxed its dress code rules to allow for "elegant deviations".
It’s certainly possible to pay alot for jeans, but it is by no means the norm for them to be expensive.
But it’s not just jeans, it’s all dress code restrictions that apply in situations where they don’t or shouldn’t matter.
Dress codes are ostensibly about the comfort level of your peers, but in actuality, they tend to be more about “who” they exclude rather than “what” they exclude… and are still about the “comfort” levels of the people that enforce them.
But jeans are expensive and no where close to being a ‘poor’ thing?
It’s certainly possible to pay alot for jeans, but it is by no means the norm for them to be expensive.
But it’s not just jeans, it’s all dress code restrictions that apply in situations where they don’t or shouldn’t matter.
Dress codes are ostensibly about the comfort level of your peers, but in actuality, they tend to be more about “who” they exclude rather than “what” they exclude… and are still about the “comfort” levels of the people that enforce them.
I typically pay $20 or less for my jeans. Anything more than that I consider a ripoff.
Designer jeans, maybe, but you can get cheap jeans for nothing and they still last forever