[smmrfld]

Frankly, it's no longer actually possible to dress well on a budget (I'm excluding "thrifting", because the real cost of thrifting - factoring in opportunity and other costs - is never factored in, so it's impossible to compare to store-bought clothes), but that doesn't mean people aren't doing it.

This makes no sense at all. If "it's no longer actually possible", then how are people doing it? I know many who use their sense of style and taste to dress well on a budget - without thrifting.

 

[smmrfld]

The issue of dress codes and appropriate attire aside, that move by your host would have turned me off in a big way. Did he think that show of power would impress his two guests, or was he that bothered by the offending parties' dress that he couldn't help but ask the attendant to intervene, despite the impression the move might create with his guests?

Agree completely. Quite a d-bag move by the host.