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Sunday, July 13, 2025

Clubs and Dress Codes?

When should clubs have dress codes, and what is the right level?

A reader sent this article:

An excerpt:

On Wimbledon’s hallowed grass courts, the “almost entirely white” dress code remains as rigid as ever  — but... Charles has recently relaxed the previously strict dress code [at Buckingham Palace court], with tennis whites now “preferred” but “not essential” for players, who include members of the royal family, royal household staff and their guests...

Despite being known for his smart and formal approach to dressing, it is understood the King — who is rarely seen without a tie, and never in trainers or jeans — wanted his staff and their guests to feel less restricted by protocol when playing tennis.


5 comments:

  1. As old fashioned some people feel they can go anywhere and wear anything. The club should set limits to what is acceptable to their standards. People should be presentable to the establishment they are entering. The level should be set by the establishment and the patrons should abide by it. Unfortunately this is needed today more than ever.

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  2. I have always worn whites (with modest logos if visible at all) for tennis and squash. I think that is appropriate for private venues and not a hardship. I don't remember anyone complaining about wearing whites whether at homes or clubs. I am sure that in many places it was simply a custom and not a "rule," but, of course, perhaps it didn't need to be a rule for people to follow. To this day, I have seen little, if any, colorful attire that looks as good as whites on a court.

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  3. Clubs should make their own rules. I wish more establishments of all kinds had dress codes. People today are pigs with no sense of occasion, no dignity, and no respect for others. I would like to go somewhere where I do not have to look at bloated, sagging flesh poorly and inadequately clad.

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    1. Well said. It seems half the people who fly domestic are dressed like they were slaughtering a pig, looked up and said “the heck with this. I’m going to Los Angeles.” They then went directly to the airport.

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  4. I believe that in the age of tattoos, dress codes are more critical than ever. They are being relaxed everywhere and it is a case of the pendulum swinging in the wrong direction. It is like a much worse version of the Rodney Dangerfield character in “Caddyshack”. You may have laughed at the time, but now look where it’s led.

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