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The dress code calls for "smart business attire."

The title sponsor is Google, a well-known tech company.

Here's Google CEO Sundar Pichai in GQ: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/sundar-picha...

>>hilux+(OP)
And here he is arriving at an event with a dress code.

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/05/04/multimedia/04even...

Another event, another dress code.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQfQwah...

Edit: removed extraneous arguments. Point here is that Pichai observes event-specific dress codes rather than assuming that Google’s code applies.

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>>robotr+b2
What's your point? I'm not suggesting that Sundar ALWAYS wears jeans and NEVER wears suits.

I'm saying that it is ACCEPTABLE to wear jeans, even in a professional setting. Jeans are "smart business attire." (If the dress code were "formal," that would be something else. But it isn't.)

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>>hilux+T2
I work at Google. I would not describe Google’s dress code as “smart business attire”.

>>hilux+T2
Jeans are not smart business attire. Google’s code is casual, not smart business.

>>hilux+T2
What's your point? If you find a photo of Larry Page in pajamas then you should be able to wear that to any Google event?

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>>searea+v3
Does Larry Page regularly do business events in pajamas?

>>searea+v3
The point is that Pichai observes the dress code requested by the event host.

Did I make it so obscurely?

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>>searea+v3
Yes, obviously.

>>hilux+(OP)
Had a friend who sold boats for a living. One day he was at a business meeting where the attire was listed as "business attire". When one of his buddies, another salesman, showed up wearing shorts, a t-shirt and sunglasses, my friend made a snarky remark about him not getting the memo about the attire. His buddy responds, "I don't know what business you're in, but I am in the boat business."

>>robotr+v4
To counter, the dress code was vague and imprecise. See my other comment here- >>42528218

EDIT: Actually, the poster above was not accurate. The dress code is found here- https://www.fide.com/docs/regulations/wrbc_regulations_2024_...