Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is “Soemthing we wish would come back into fashion”, to which I say…..people wearing actual clothes when they’re in public. Not pajama pants, not fuzzy-wuzzy house shoes, and not vulgar t-shirts. Clothes that say, “I am a human being and I choose to comport myself with some modicum of dignity.” Also, men’s hats that are not baseball caps. I like baseball caps — I wear them all the time – but I also have a a black flat cap I wear in winter, and then a brown wide-brimmed “work hat” that makes me look a bit like a cowboy, especially when I wear it with my rugged winter jacket and boots. Also, when people wear tennis shoes with suits it makes me sad. I don’t even wear suits and it makes me sad. Well, enough of my sartorial grousing and on to the books….
WHAT have you finished reading recently? The Year of Living Constitutionally, A.J. Jacobs.
WHAT are you reading now? The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife and Localism: Coming Home to Catholic Social Doctrine, which includes pieces from some of my favorite authors (Joseph Pearce, Anthony Esolen, and — in an urbanist surprise — Chuck Marohn).
WHAT are you reading next? I’ll be finishing My Dear Hemlock, which is The Screwtape Letters but oriented much more towards women. Reading this along with the lady friend, but I’ve been holding my horses since she hasn’t finished the first half yet.
Reading Freely 
Ah yeah, I can get on board with this, Stephen. I was in a newsagents the other day, and a young woman was in there wearing Winnie the Pooh pyjamas with boots. It was an odd combo, I have to say.
I’m the opposite of you here. I hate dressing up and am glad to see things becoming informal.
(But I do agree that nobody should be wearing vulgar tshirts or fuzzy pajama pants in public! That’s a bit too much. Just don’t expect me to wear pantyhose or those awfully itchy lace dresses. LOL).
Lydia
My brother wears a suit regularly, just because he likes them. I’m not super casual myself, but I generally go for cargo pants and a raincoat. When we’re together, it looks like Doctor Who and a companion. It was weird at first, but I’ve come to embrace a “live and let live” attitude towards others’ clothing, especially since I don’t want anyone telling me what to do. XD
Ooohhh, I want that Jacobs book. If you need someone to give your copy to, send it to me! (I’ll continue looking for it at book sales.)
PK
Mine was a Kindle version, alas!
I don’t necessarily wish we dressed nicer but I think we need to learn to respect clothes more. As in making better quality clothes sustainably, not fast fashion ones designed to last half a season. And mend the clothes that are ripped or whatever to give them a longer life. The amount of fabric that goes into landfills is a nightmare! So yes, I guess if we had all this in mind I think we’d dress better generally.