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> I think this falls squarely in the realm of bureaucratic administrators who have nothing better to do than assert their power and maintain the illusion of a connection between talent (great chess players) and the trivial signaling games of the upper class (the style of pants one is wearing).

I concur except about the bureaucratic administrators. I think they do this because the upper class will replace them if they don't do the work of asserting the upper class's power.

>>JellyB+(OP)
The upper class has been wearing expensive jeans for a very long time.

>>JellyB+(OP)
The upper class has been wearing expensive jeans for a very long time.

The upper class doesn’t need dress code. They know they are the upper class. Dress codes are for petit bourgeois and the upper middle class who try to pretend but everyone knows they are actually middle class.

>>JellyB+(OP)
All the people rushing to their desk jobs were dressed perfectly. They had to play a part.

The billionaire they were working for wore stuff that was expensive, old and hence comfortable. He didn't have to play to anyone.

He did dress up to meet the president though, he had to play a part.

The president has to dress well all the time, he is always playing a part, in front of the whole world.

Wear your part. Or don't, if you don't want any part in all of this (which seems to be Magnus's motivation, or lack of it).

>>Random+tM2
The upper class, however, seems to care about making other people follow a dress code. Think uniforms for a chauffeur, the long-standing rules around wearing white at Wimbledon, etc.