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Originally Posted by bomberjet
Meanwhile, the suit and fancy hat business were booming.
I sometimes walk around at public events, such as Canada Day at the Forks, and look at all the crappy t-shirts and synthetic clothing everyone's wearing. Kind of a bummer when everyone used to look so sharp all the time. Lots of family pictures with Grandpa at the farm from the 50's, full on suit and tie out in the barn. These days going to the farm garners rubber boots and tattered clothing.
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Really, if you were a grown man you wouldn't have had anything else to wear. I can't recollect my grandfather ever wearing anything but a suit ... maybe he didn't always have a tie on at the cottage but that was about as casual as it got. Casual clothing just didn't exist -- the one exception would be the clothing used in sports, notably golf (hence the still common use of the term "golf shirt" to mean a casual shirt).