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i have a 30th birthday party to go to in a few weeks, i have been told the club operates a smart casual attire policy.
What does this mean, i guess my usual T shirt trainers and jeans isn't going to suffice!
Is it Steven hawking wearing an overpriced poloshirt and parka?
It's just like your usual casual T-Shirt, trainers and jeans combination, but... wait for it... smarter.
HTH
it means 'make an effort to not look like a pile of .... and bear in mind that the doorman is the arbiter of good taste so you're on your own'
trainers and badly fitting clothes aren't going to be a good call but don't wear a suit either
I suspect its probably the sort of thing the Mrs would make me wear to a wedding.
Trousers, short sleeved shirt and trainers that look a [i]lot[/i] like shoes 🙁
Chinos, deck shoes and a nice polo shirt should do the job.
lol @ deadlydarcy
problem is, he's about right!
"smart casual" is ponce speak for "dress like a golf player"
Personally, I think it's the absolute antithesis of having any kind of individual style. Smart is valid, as is casual... Smart casual is pointless, smart and casual cancel each other out into a bland nothingness!
if its a club it means no trainers - and a shirt with a collar,
you can play chicken with "trainers that don't look much like trainers" if you like - but don't come crying to me when the bouncer doesn't let you in
I think it means a 'sports jacket', open-necked shirt, 'slacks' (ffs) and maybe brown shoes are allowed.
In other words, poncy.
I would never go to any club that has a 'dress code', because A) they're full of ponces, and B) they're probbly really boring with shite music and stupidly overpriced drinks.
The scummier and scruffier the club, the better. I wanna be comfy if I'm going to have a boogie. 😀
and you won't enjoy yourself
it is not possible to enjoy yourself in any setting that demands smart/ casual
you can play chicken with "trainers that don't look much like trainers" if you like - but don't come crying to me when the bouncer doesn't let you in
GT thats a good point, well put.
it is not possible to enjoy yourself in any setting that demands smart/ casual
precisely
dress codes are put in place to stop people having fun at all, cos otherwise, heaven forbid, things might possibly get a little wayward!
Jeans (faded and ripped)
T-Shirt (with some offensive slogan)
Trainers (dirty)
AND, to make it smart casual,
A tie.
Done
Think "dress like clarkson"
It's simple.
No trainers, wear shoes or boots.
Jeans are fine so long as they are not tatty & ripped.
Wear a shirt, not a t-shirt.
Take a look at woody from Toy Story if you are not sure, you can't go wrong.
HTH 🙂
Sod Clarkson, think 'some fashion sense'
Surely everyone owns a decent pair of shoes to wear with the dark un-ripped jeans and alternative polos / paul smith casual shirts that they own?
White T-shirt, a kilt and a pair of CAT boots.
Not the t-shirt with bolegnase and chocolate stains
Not the jeans with grass stain down one leg and chainring print on the other
Clean the mud off your shoes
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it's golf type clothing that some 55 year old boden clad fat bloke who runs an office would consider acceptable
try...
but drape a cricket jumper over your shoulders to complete the look.Chinos, deck shoes and a nice polo shirt
Think "dress like clarkson"
Spot on. Or maybe "sports casual".
If I can't wear what I want to wear, I don't go. I ****ing hate dress codes with a passion. "Smart Casual", "Morning Suits"(FFS!!), "Black Tie"(WTF!?).
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Do you have any cardigans mrmo ?
Shoes, nice jeans, some kind of casual shirt or polo. That's what I always thought it was anyway.
Just press a crease in your baggies and hose the mud of your shoes.
never ever dress shoes with jeans, never collared shirt with jeans or sports jacket with jeans.
thats the "dress like clarkson" look its wrong!
You can play chicken with "trainers that don't look much like trainers" if you like - but don't come crying to me when the bouncer doesn't let you in
Yeah - been there done that with lightweight walking boots that looked like trainers to the doorman. If it was up to me I wouldn't frequent any place that doesn't let you in with trainers, but needs the bouncers to control the drunken yobs within, but unfortunately back then I went out with a group who did.
I have always wondered why the trainer thing was a deciding factor in club entry.
Does`nt apply to me now as most saga clubs allow slippers
If I can't wear what I want to wear, I don't go. I **** hate dress codes with a passion. "Smart Casual", "Morning Suits"(FFS!!), "Black Tie"(WTF!?).
It sounds like you are too low in social status and standing to be invited to any gathering with a prerequisite of any sort. Best you remain outside with your nose pressed against the window along side the other grubby urchins.
I always thought it was people with no social standing at all that wore smart casual. Like mongtards that drink in Yates Wine Baaaaas.
shoes, suit, shirt that's designed to be worn outside the trousers (not tucked in) and no tie. gel your hair into a quif and pout like a duck.
sorted. (well thats what my google image shirt would suggest)
have fun with the shirt... i find Hawaiian shirts will draw enough attention to have the ladies climbing over each other to get a chance to touch your penis.
still feel you need to stamp some individuality on the evening? well no problems, be crafty, take a bag with a complete change of clothes.. explain to the bouncers you're getting a taxi home and dont have a car you can leave it in. then once inside with your bag past the bouncers, get changed into your rocky horror fancy dress. and enjoy 🙂
smart casual is a warning that you'll be going somewhere full of people you wont like, whilst wearing something that'll make you feel like a dick.
You can always over dress you know - a dress code is a minimum standard not the maximum you can get away with - not like the speed limit.
Time for that smart suit and brothelcreepers I reckon. Dare to look good !
Or even better go in costume. Elvis was always smartly dressed. So is The Pope.
You've managed to get to 30 without knowing what Smart Casual is. Do you ever go out.
Time to dust off the Safari suit
Smart casual, as in a pair of shoes and a shirt. Not exactly rocket science. Anyone who doesn't like people because of how they dress are knobs though.
What you need is a leisure [pronounced leesure] suit
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club with dress policy = crap music and full of chavs in shoes.
Where is the club? Somewhere posh or somewhere chav that has ideas of grandeur?
I hate clubs with a dress code, normally means it's full off chavs in burberry (or whatever the latest 'brand' is) shirts and cheap shoes drinking overpriced p1ss water lager, and fat orange slappers wearing belts (I say belts as they are without fail too short to qualify as a skirt) all trying to start fights with each other.
I normally go out in shoes or boots anyway (I'm favouring pointy ones at the moment), but always end up in the grottiest club in Lincoln (sugarcubes in case anyone knows it) because they play the music that I like, the JD is cheap and I like the pretty young girls with nice tattoos.
like alan partridge but without the tie..
round the midlands somewhere?
'checks n decks' all the way.
Buck the trend and go 'Sports Casual' - think, what would Alan do??
great minds eh? 😀
I've been thinking about this, as you are slightly fashion averse I'll put it into terms you understand...
Instead of wearing your favourite cartoon character t-shirt. Put a shirt on and wear your favourite cartoon character tie instead.
Sort of like Mos off of IT crowd but with more cartoons (I assume you're in IT for some reason).
No need to thank me.
Ron Burgandy?
IIRC all you need for smart casual is a Pith Helmet, everything else is optional.
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[i]If I can't wear what I want to wear, I don't go. I **** hate dress codes with a passion. "Smart Casual", "Morning Suits"(FFS!!), "Black Tie"(WTF!?). [/i]
For my wifes' 40th we hired a decent place for a big plush bash.
When it was been discussed a friend commented that he wasn't going anywhere that required 'smart dress' - not a problem, says the wife, we won't invite you.
Solved that one.
Put on your best suit, shirt, shoes & tie
Now remove the tie
That, sir, is smart casual
Think relaxed job interview and you'll be fine.
I feel your pain. It's like brogues. I could probably identify a pair if pushed, but wouldn't really understand why.
I rambled on a bit about smart-casual here: http://pickled-hedgehog.com/?p=560
Id love to procure a pair of loon pants.
jsut watched that AP clip... there isnt a single outfit he wears that would be out of place at a smart-with a hint of-casual affair.
please, please, do copy AP.
back of the net.
Chuckling at slacks. My dad wears slacks. Loser
Nothing wrong with fawn slacks
Regardless of how cool you think you are. If you are asking you're going to end up looking like one of these...
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Faded Jeans
Black T-shirt
Suit jacket (sleeves rolled up)
Espadrills
Aviator shades.
Good enough for Roger Waters, good enough for you.
Blazer, shirt, jeans and brogues - why the **** does almost everyone over 30 wear this "uniform" and think it looks good? It looks sh1te. As demonstrated above.
Just get the Boden catalogue, sorted it for you. 8)
Smart Casual is the usual clubbing attire round these parts..
Designer smart jeans, say Jack Jones or similar. Nice heavy belt.
Very smart collared shirt, long or short sleeve, or properly buttoned up long sleeves worn short as per the season / temperature, again a good label, worn outside the jeans.
Smart shoes.
Done
If I can't wear what I want to wear, I don't go. I **** hate dress codes with a passion. "Smart Casual", "Morning Suits"(FFS!!), "Black Tie"(WTF!?).For my wifes' 40th we hired a decent place for a big plush bash.
When it was been discussed a friend commented that he wasn't going anywhere that required 'smart dress' - not a problem, says the wife, we won't invite you.
Solved that one.
As long as you value pretention over friendship, that's just fine. Rather folk wore what the hell they liked and enjoyed themselves.
Smart Casual is the usual clubbing attire round these parts..
[b]Designer[/b] smart jeans, say [b]Jack Jones[/b] or similar. Nice heavy belt.
Very smart collared shirt, long or short sleeve, or properly buttoned up long sleeves worn short as per the season / temperature, again a [b]good label[/b], worn outside the jeans.
Smart shoes.
Done
Of course it's all about the [b]label.[/b]
I [b]don't[/b] think.
labels are for those who have mistaken fashion for style.
Yep I too hate the 'smart casual' but then growing up in the '80s gave me an undying hatred of casuals. My favourite club had the anti-casual dress code = no white trainers or socks etc....
I like a clear dress code - Black Tie, Morning Suit means you know where you stand.
BTW WTF is a 'good label' shurely one persons good label is another persons attrocious one!
Smart Casual is the usual clubbing attire round these parts..
Designer smart jeans, say Jack Jones or similar. Nice heavy belt.
Very smart collared shirt, long or short sleeve, or properly buttoned up
FAIL...I find myself agreeing with Surf-Mat??? AWESOME!
Some of us have the panache to carry off the look... others.. well...
Some of us have the panache to carry off the look... others.. well...
And the failometer redlines...
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Jaysus, i'm never going out on the pull with surf Mat, i'd be beatin' the lads n lasses off wi a stick as they point and laugh at Mat's Primark wardrobe... 😆
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when i go out i like to do things properly.... expect to see me wearing this delightful get-up for our swinley group ride.
I see U31, because I laugh at your label worship and your need to tell us what the "correct" labels are, it means I must have a wardrobe of pikey clothes? Hmmm...
Quite the opposite; however if my clothes DO have a label, I make damn sure no one can see it. I buy clothes because they are nicely cut/well made/technically decent/etc [b]not [/b]to advertise some borderline chav townie label and be EXACTLY the same as all my label droid mates...
[b]Style fail.[/b] Big time.
Oh here's some examples of the brand you worship:
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Hmmm - stylish... 😆 😆
expect to see me wearing this delightful get-up for our swinley group ride
In which case you can probably dispense with the pink carnation.
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I will be dressed like this, should be easy enough to find...
It doesnt need to be plastered all over, as you say, discrete is king here, but its all about the cut of stuff, this marks it aside from the council/ pikey / ned wear, and unfortunately this quality seems only comes with the higher ticket clothes.
As an aside, the only time i have ever bought a t shirt with a label plastered all over it, was a cheap £12 soul cal that was written with really wobbly writing.. I was at a warehouse party where i knew everyone would be that mashed, the writing would mess with their vision - or a bright pink sergio tachini with the acid smiley face on, for an Old Skool reunion... a dj playing on the night said would i bothered wearing something like that? Give it here!!!
Both these were obvious p takes with a group of mates that know me well enough!
Edit, forum posted above twice... 😯
Tourmalis... if you can carry that off, on a night out, good on ya! It would be a mean spirited doorman to object, i think you wouldnt have prob getting in to any Manchester club!
a good label
Can anyone explain what that requires? and what is [i]Jack Jones[/i]? Oh, I've just googled them, looks awful.
I've always thought that anywhere that stipulates "smart casual" is usually the kind of place that I'd prefer not to go to.
tie-die onsie.... i bet you thought you'd win with that didnt you?!
well HAHAAAA!! even TSY cant beat my new choice!
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Surf Mat is [b]WIN[/b].
🙂
It sounds like you are too low in social status and standing to be invited to any gathering with a prerequisite of any sort. Best you remain outside with your nose pressed against the window along side the other grubby urchins.
Nah; we'll be down the road at the decent club, proper giving it some, while you struggle to hold in your farts lest you embarrass yourself in front of a load of other ponces.
And then later, I might stagger up to you while you're waiting for a taxi, and vomit my kebab in your wife's cleavage.
The difference is, I won't remember owt the next day, but you will be permanently scarred....
I'm goin out on the Pull with Elfin.....
Stick with me son, you'll do well.
Seriously though; dress codes are divisive and simply serve as some sort of indicator of status, which, at a do where people are meant to enjoy themselves, is just rubbish. As for the 'no trainers' thing; the best footwear to dance in is something comfy, not some stiff-soled unforgiving thing that leaves you crippled. It's a policy adopted by clubs who want to appear a bit 'up market', but they're invariably shite. Full of people who are too busy trying to look good and 'fit in', than relax and have a good time.
Sometimes you have to smarten up a bit, because it's convention, and you don't want to cause embarrassment. A mate of mine went to a friend's wedding in a tatty jumper, cords and moccasins. Everyone else was wearing suits. He stood out like a sore thumb, and just looked scruffy. He felt out of place and a bit ashamed actually.
But clothes do not maketh the mayn...
No, but dancing does!
Have you seen me dancing? Y'know, [i]reaaallly[/i] dancing??