Dress code still, veneer of western (cowboy, biz) exclusivity

[Crankin]

Guess I'm a Luddite in this regard... I dress way more casually than I used to, but I've always felt that dressing up a bit gives me confidence and also gives a certain amount of respect. This has nothing to do with men/women, just a general way I feel. I wore a suit to work, to teach high school all through the 80s and into the 90s, when I started teaching middle school. I wore more business casual clothing after that. In the job I have now, I generally dress up (skirt or dress/dress pants) 2 days a week and a little more casual on Thursday, which is the end of the week for me. I've always worn classic type clothing, so it's nothing crazy.

[north woods gal]

I've always had a touch of the anti-establishment in me and my choosing to bike when everyone else is using a car is one way I express it, I guess. Now that I'm retired, I have a whole closet full of professional career clothes, but I do like to dress up, now and then, so I can't bring myself to let them go, just yet, even though this is hardcore blue jeans country, up here in the north, almost regardless of the function. Hey, we can get snow any month of the year.

When I was a career gal, down in the big cities, I packed my work clothes in a double pannier on the bike, because my commute was just too long and too rough and oftentimes in bad weather. Got to work a half hour early and changed and cleaned up. Small price to pay, though, for being able to commute on the bike.

[Crankin]

I do the same, or I bring my clothing in on the days I don't ride there.