Letter writer wonders how to dress for an opera at the Met?
How does one dress for the opera nowadays? It’s our first time at the Met, and I got good seats for my wife and myself.
Nonsense. Historically, opera in America was mass entertainment. Opera companies traveled around the country, where towns had opera houses — and opinionated audiences to fill them. How did they dress? Probably in their Sunday best. Dressing up was a way to show respect and a sense of occasion. Besides, it can be fun.But it can also turn competitive.
Wear whatever you like. You will not be the only person who dresses down — and Miss Manners may not be the only one who dresses up. And neither of us will sneer at the other.I abhor being asked what I do for work, as I find it the laziest way to glean anything about my being.
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