FASHION. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜.

Question:

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐭, 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝟐 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝟒𝟓 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?

The reason I ask is this story caught my eye yesterday:

A woman says she was stopped from boarding a flight (on a German airline) because airline staff felt her crop top and shorts weren’t appropriate.

She says she was told to put on a jacket and zip it right up before she could board.

𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭…𝐈𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. A𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤.

‘𝐈𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈’𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠?’

Or, sadly, do people now not give a second thought about how it impacts others?

We’ve somehow reached a point where some people seem genuinely shocked that airports, restaurants, aircraft, government offices, churches and certain businesses might expect a basic standard of dress.

It’s not about wearing a suit. It’s not about expensive clothes. It’s about recognizing that different places have different expectations.

You wouldn’t turn up to a wedding or funeral wearing just your swimwear. You probably wouldn’t walk into a bank dripping wet in your bikini.

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀, 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝘀, even performing at bars 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀… ‘𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆… 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗽 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁?’

This isn’t really about one passenger. It’s about something much bigger.

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 ‘𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻’ 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 ‘𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱.’

Yes, it’s 35°C. Yes, it’s hot.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.

Respect works both ways. Businesses should make their dress code clear.

Customers should also recognize that not every place has the same standards as the beach. Tell us what you think

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