In message , at 17:10:47 on Sat, 14
Mar 2015, Neil Williams remarked:
On 2015-03-14 16:51:59 +0000, Roland Perry said:

They aren't uptight about dress, more they don't want to be distracted
by people making fashion statements when they are supposed to be making
serious technical or policy statements.

A short sleeved shirt and a pair of chinos is hardly a "fashion
statement", it is a practical, comfortable and tidy-looking outfit.

But not in any business meetings. At best it looks as if your luggage
got lost on the plane on theh way there.

After I left Amstrad this was my provocatively casual publicity photo:
http://perso.wanadoo.es/amstradcpc/i...olandperry.jpg

You think that is "provocatively casual"? Crikey.

It was in 1990, when I was trying to get blue-chip companies as clients.

Continuing the cap theme, 25yrs later Bruce Schneier turned up to an
OECD meeting I was at, wearing his signature cloth cap, an open shirt,
and jeans; and although you may regard it as prejudiced, the main
reaction from the people round the table was clearly "who is this idiot,
and how quickly can we get him to stop talking".

Then they are prejudiced fools,

Their main prejudice being "why would this person feel the need to make
a statement by his manner of dress, why won't his arguments speak for
themselves".

unless of course the topic of his talk was not interesting in and of
itself!

It was interesting, but not for the reasons he intended.
--
Roland Perry