Dirtygirly wrote:If I was going out for a posh dinner, I'd dress appropriately. If I was going out for fish and chips, I wouldn't care what I was wearing.
Besides the point I think but I wouldn't go to a party in a house that required payment for entry whether it was 20 quid or 200 quid.
If I was going to a ball, I'd dress appropriately in a nice evening dress. If I was going to a rave I'd dress appropriately in jeans and comfy shoes.
Don't we all adjust to our surroundings so that we fit in as well as we can?
This is my answer too
Regardless of what sort of party it is, I would try and sus out the dress code and dress accordingly.
Weddings for example - free do's, but would be more likely to go out and buy something especially to wear to it, something more expensive than my usual garb.
Exclusive/expensive party - totally depends on the dress code of the evening ... could even wear what I bought for the free wedding
Free party that stresses casual dress - I still wouldn't turn up in something like me joggin bottoms n crocs that I use in the garden. If it was casual dress, whether it be free or exclusive party, there's still effort involved.... I don't think I would wear posher casual to an exclusive/expensive do than I would to a free one.... would depend on where the event was as to how casual I would dress.
A free do that stresses dressing up, then I would make the same effort as I would if it was an exclusive/expensive do that stressed dressing up. I certaily wouldn't have less respect for someones dress code just because I wasn't being charged to attend!
If it's clothes for 'playing' in - then whether it be free or exclusive, I wouldn't splash out of a comfortable price range for something that could well be ruined in an evening
So ummmm, I suppose I wouldn't alter my dress code purely because something is considered more up market. I would try to follow a dress code, if that dress code meant having to splashing out on a more expensive outfit, then I would, regardless if it was a free party or something more exclusive/expensive ........
...but there again, my 'exclusive/expensive' is probably a lot different to other peoples - I'm not sure I would attend something that did require too much pomp and ceremony, cos it's not my scene, not something I would enjoy. So I can't really say if I would pay more for a free 'posh' party than I would for an ultra exclusive/expensive party - cos I don't think I'll ever be in that position
