requested attire for class reunion

I'd go with a Zoot Suit...ya can't go wrong!

B-)
Loyal

> i'm not sure that my best jeans, Hiwian(sp) shirt, and dress flip-flops will pass muster. B-)

Definitely no jeans..I'd go with the faded khaki cargo shorts, or a nice plaid print...

The Dude knows his fashion.

Good one Paden!

> would someone/anyone give me a definition or a few examples of "Evening Casual Attire".
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> fyi...40th year, nice place in downtown dallas, buffet, dj, dancing, cash bar, ...

Okay, this is in Dallas, not Austin or Fort Worth. Probably the first question is what sort of a group of people did you go to school with? Bubbas or what? I'd say you can't go wrong with a good pair of boots, slacks, and a shirt that you'd wear to dine at a nice restaurant. Considering that most of your male classmates probably have substantial beer guts, there wouldn't be particularly any need to actually tuck your shirt in as they most likely will not have done so.

Since it's Dallas (depending upon what your fellow classmates fancy their stations in life to be) I'd consider a sport jacket.

Khakis, golf shirt and blazer... hard to go wrong.

FYI: I've been to my 3 high school reunions (10, 20, 25). The first two were at the decent Country Club in my hometown (Bridgeport, WV) and the attire has never been stated. Although, I guess "Country Club" should spell it out. Anyway, at the first two I've worn shorts, loafers and some sort of collared shirt. Some people have worn suits and dresses and others in overalls, jeans, etc. I learned long ago that these people were my friends and I decided that I was at a class reunion, not a job interview. I just wanted to be comfortable.

Count me in the "dress comfortably" camp. As others have noted, there will be guys in suits and guys in shorts, so use those as the outside limits and find your comfortable place on that spectrum.

I've never been good with clothes, and once I get beyond shorts/jeans and T-shirt/sweatshirt, I'm like a fish out of water. I do have a pair of non-jeans pants that are sort of "office casual," and when I want to dress up I wear those with a polo shirt (I do have a couple of those). That's what I wore to my 40th reunion dinner.

(I also own a business suit that I bought when I first went into business, but I haven't worn it since my father-in-law died 14 years ago.)

You can never go wrong in Dallas, Texas or most anywhere with the George Strait look.

Jim-

I'm not sure the California rule applies everywhere (At any given function, church service, funeral, concert, opera, etc. no matter what you wear at least one other person will be dressed just like you). This applies all the way from cut offs and torn t-shirt up to full dress, white tie.

However I went to a church in central Virginia. I was surprised they are almost in compliance with the California rule, not quite but almost. Bear in mind that Episcopalian is the established church in Virginia so I expected a sea of suits and ties. I only had khaki pants and casual button down shirt in my luggage and was surprised to see I wasn't the only one so dressed.

I would take evening casual to be loafers or polished cowboy boots, slacks, dress shirt (but not too dressy) and sport coat-Texas in brown tweed, Virginia seems to favor Navy. You can't go wrong with that. You could always ditch the coat is it turns out to be too much but I doubt you will need to.

> and sport coat

One big reason I hate to wear a sport coat or suit is that I can't seem to keep from spilling food and drink on myself. Clothes that can't be tossed into the washer just don't work out very well for me.

A can't go wrong is an open shirt with colour or print, slacks, casual shoes. Turn up with a blond casually hanging off each arm .......

RADU

For my last reunion we were lucky most atendees could still dress themselves!

Hell I was so damn glad to get out of that place I don't want anything to do with it or its inhabitants ever! 😉

class reunion?

Class of '89 has had two reunions here in the J. One was 10 and the other I can't remember because I didn't go. Facebook will be replacing having to go to a reunion to catch up as I already know how many cats/dogs/kids/vacations you have because you clog my feed with it every day.

Sorry.

The Geo Strait look seems fine. After all, you're Texan!

I imagine this is casual wear in Texas:

Nice suit, nice heel boots, big hat.... If not in Dallas or Texas minus the hat and replace boots with dress shoes.

Paden nailed it. Add an old bathrobe...

It's a class reunion. You should dress in the same clothes, you would have worn in school, so folks can recognize you, and have deja vu moments, just by looking! This genre goes with the whole concept of "Remember When", making the whole party a bigger success. Remember the toupee, if needed. For sure don't forget bell bottom jeans, and whatever style of foot wear was worn 'way back then!

N

That's kind of what I did at my only one I ever went to (30th). Jeans, work boots, normal shirt I found at Salvation Army that resembled the era, and no money. Almost like Halloween. I just didn't take my Crown Royal bag or Altoid box with matching "supplies" of the early 70's, but thought about rolling a bunch of plain tobacco doobies to hand out as a joke or at least put the Altoid box on the snack table next to a bottle of Visine. Main thing is to be comfortable in whatever you wear. Everybody is a different shape with varying degrees of hair and unfathonable amounts of makeup. Didn't go to 40th, but may go to 40th college one in a couple years if for no other reason than to go back to 'da UP

Agree with most above on the nice but not-too-nice look. The location chosen for the event should somewhat suggest how fancy the organizers thought everyone should be.

In my case, the forty-year reunion was held in a local event center that is a metal building that was home to a Massey-Ferguson dealership for over forty years. The thirty-year reunion was held in a brick building that was being used similarly in those days but had spent the prior seventy years as a milk processing plant. The twenty-five year reunion was held in the backyard (huge backyard with in-ground pool and pool house) of one of our classmates who had married into money. The twenty-year reunion was held in the parish hall of the Catholic church one town over because every other spot in the hometown was already taken. The ten-year reunion was in a typical banquet room in the back of an oriental restaurant that was attached to a nice motel. The five-year reunion was held in the picnic area of a local lake.