In article ,
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
> David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
> > erilar wrote:
> >
> >> In article ,
> >> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
> >>
> >>> erilar wrote:
> >>>> No airline can lose your luggage if you don't check any. I don't.
> >>> That wouldn't work for me, since most of my international travel
> >>> involves attendance at various opera and classical music concert venues,
> >>> so I need more than a couple pair of jeans and a few T-shirts.
> >> Well, I don't wear jeans when I travel and I never wear high heels or
> >> evening gowns under any circumstances. I take something I can wear to a
> >> classical music concert or ballet performance. I'm not interested in
> >> opera.
> >
> > Unless you're going to some shit gala performance you wouldn't want to
> > attend anyway (and even _then_) you will not be ejected from an opera
> > house for what you wear. There's a famous story of Stravinsky being
> > ejected from the opera (in Rome I think) for not having a tie. Would not
> > happen today.
>
> I'm sure you're right about that! At a Los Angeles Opera performance, I
> oncer rode up in the elevator with a guy in torn jeans and flip-flops,
> whom I assumed was some sort of maintenance worker - until he handed his
> ticket to the usher! (However, some people DO still prefer to "dress
> up" when attending such functions - not necessarily formal attire, but
> something requiring more careful packing than a "carry-on" provides.)
The trick is something like a dressy blouse that goes with something
neutral, neither of which wrinkles much if at all 8-)
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