I assumed all of the wirehouses required business attire. 

Across all spectrums of the business world the trend as been back to traditional business attire.

It's like so many things--when you give a moron an inch he'll take a mile.  It's crazy to think that a brokerage firm should allow casual attire, but they did.

The pendulum went too far and now it's swinging back.  I suspect that a day will come when the only thing that is acceptable in men will be dark suits, white shirts and ties that are not obvious due to their color or pattern.

I personally enjoyed wearing my speedos and a tie, but I understand where cooperate is coming from!

Newbie

Are you a cross dresser?

Yeah, that's a real knee slapper.  I can see why you wanted to use that icon deal.

What a clever guy you are.

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MS is finally going to make its FA's dress professionally.  It is about time.

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In what way? The ones I'm in contact with have always dressed professionally. Then again, I don't know many DW hold-overs. 

In my office I have seen everything.

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Sweatpants and a feathered boa?

…wearing a pick beret

Professional dress is a contextual thing, and should be appropriate to the events of the day.

Whenever I see somebody wearing a suit in August here in Houston, I assume that his employer doesn’t trust him to dress himself.

There are exceptions of course.  You should wear a suit to most  interviews, to court or to certain functions.  But if an employer ALWAYS requires a certain dress style then it shows a lack of trust.

Those stupid firms like Morgan Stanley don't know how that the idea of "Dress for Success" is so yesterday.