Arrrrrgh! Via Fark comes this link to an article about the return of suits to the workplace. Quote:
"Business casual" is fast becoming another casualty of the dot-com bust. Many securities firms loosened their dress policies during the technology boom, as Internet companies lured financial services employees away with promises of stock options and a more relaxed work environment........But many Internet companies have since crashed, and the casual workplace environment they glorified is falling out of favor.
Venerable business wear retailer Brooks Brothers, which was hurt by the dress-down revolution, welcomes the trend back to suits.
"It's been coming for a while," Geri Corrigan, a Brooks Brothers spokeswoman, said of the revised dress codes. "People are getting serious with the economy and the job market the way it is."
The business casual codes may have been abused, Corrigan suggested. "It was supposed to be dressy casual, but it got so relaxed that people also may have gotten relaxed in their work attitudes," she said.
Oh, yeah, that's why the economy bubble burst, because people wore khakis to the office. After all, nobody who wears suits ever makes bad business decisions or engages in professional misconduct.
Grrrrrrrr.