School Dress Code Obsolete

"...cut their dreadlocks. This is uncalled for. A 90-year-old dress code is obsolete. Is that school also monitoring the..."

Jan. 27, 2020 Postmarks

Breaking the Biker Code

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

"...graybearded Santas, portly with a life of beer drinking, dressed in black leather, metal studs, and sunglasses...."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

The Common Law

Courtroom conduct and etiquette – can my clothes get me in trouble?

"...have missed lots of school. The letter included a dress code for court and rules list. The letter states..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Column by Luke Ellis

Postmarks

Bush on Borderline

"...shows that nearly all of it was concerned with addressing these shortcomings and filling in these gaps to make..."

June 11, 1999 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...phase, with the release of staff-recommended changes to city code. Amid worries about the cost of historic zoning –..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Chow Downtown

Dining in the Heart of Austin

"...the Casino's fiery chicken wing sauce and bleu cheese dressing -- wins points as most interesting (and messiest) combination..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Food Feature

No Room for Gays at the Red Room?

Customers allege bar turned away LGBT customers

"...promoters said they were only enforcing the evening's upscale dress code. Moon says the real reason was that the..."

July 26, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson

Naked City

Austin ISD adopts a new – and obviously important – student dress code

"...Superintendent Pat Forgione on Monday announced a new school dress code and closed-campus policy to take effect this fall...."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

The Luv Doc: The Man of Your Dreams

Either you care how people are dressed, or you don’t

"...him too much, but the way he has been dressing makes it seem like he has given up on..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Gay Prude Parade

Inaugural Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce parade scorns Saran-Wrap tops and dildo costumes. Can you imagine?

"...allowed to march because her outfit violated the established dress code. "He said, and I quote, 'this parade is..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Luv Doc: Toning It Down

This isn't about fashion

"...in a large Downtown tech company with a "casual" dress code. By "casual" I mean that most people wear..."

June 1, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

When Is a Violation Not a Violation?

"...A302.09 Dress Code for Secondary Employment: A3 Police vehicles are not..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Food-O-File

The Culinary Institute of America brings Latin flavors to American kitchens

"...eight tables and will require reservations and a jackets-only dress code for men. The more casual Bar Mirabeau, also..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Luv Doc: Bikinis, Banana Hammocks, and Baby Oil

You can never be overdressed or overeducated

"...to Austin in December and have found that the dress code in my office is much more relaxed than..."

April 20, 2012 Column by The Luv Doc

Car Croquet

Neighborhood leaders seek stronger code enforcement front-lawn parking.

"...and sometimes hold "Bud Light beer parties where the dress code appears to be shirtless." Last year, a neighbor..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Good Eye: Professionalism vs. Fashionalism

A Father's Day meditation on double standards

"...thinking about the role of the fashion cycle in dress code kerfuffles like the one kicked up by the..."

June 13, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Opinion: We Should All Fight for Human Rights in Iran

Although the government has tried to silence the people of Iran by shutting down the internet and suppressing protesters, we can use our collective global voice to speak out

"...sources of legalized oppression in Iran is the public dress code. While it may seem unimaginable to people in..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Column by Mahsa Monshizadegan

“It’s Like a Family Business, Except Rock Stars”: The Kindred Bond of We Don’t Ride Llamas

Afro rock sibling band is defiantly unconventional on new EP The Oracle

"..."We believe punk shouldn't have a set sound or dress code," says Kit. "It's almost more transgressive to wear..."

April 29, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

AISD Board of Trustees Approves $1.6 Billion Budget for 2019-2020

Lege gives AISD a one-year budget breather

"...help of this person, we might be able to address the persistent inequities in racism and segregation that we..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Doc doesn't quite capture the spirit of the brilliant iconoclast

"...sensibility at an early age. Conforming to the era’s dress code by sporting a suit and skinny tie, a..."

July 15, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Headlines

"...against black and Asian customers and unfairly used a dress code to do so. Under the terms of the..."

July 3, 2015 News Feature

Listen Up Philip

The director of The Color Wheel is back with this film about a narcissistic and abrasive young novelist.

"...appearance as a serious writer. It’s part of the dress code, proof that you can tell a book by..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Old Times There Are Not Forgotten

"...to wear pants to school in protest of the dress code that said girls couldn’t wear pants. Given the..."

April 14, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

After a Fashion

Stephen rents a duster and gets down with the nouveaus and old-veaus in H-Town

"...stayed at my hosts' swank River Oaks spread. The dress code for the event was "International White Tie," which..."

April 11, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Power, Forward

Dave Zirin on 'What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States'

"...soothsaying quote, because it foretells some of this NBA dress code stuff. [NBA Commissioner David] Stern desperately wants players..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Mindhunters

In this stale thriller, young FBI profilers have a hard time figuring out who is picking them off, one by one.

"...days, then someone's not doing their job enforcing the dress code. To its credit, Mindhunters does feature several inventive..."

May 13, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Graduates

Once They Were My Students Now They Are

"...Lizette The school dress code outlawed spaghetti strap shirts, but girls wore them..."

May 25, 2001 Features Feature by Sarah Hepola

Moses Speaks

Down from the Mountain:

"...should be in the class period, when the public address announcements should be made. Those kinds of things were..."

Feb. 2, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Qmmunity: Quntry & Western

DJ Boi Orbison lassos queer country nostalgia with Neon Rainbows

"...Locker Room Jump into this jock jamboree, where the dress code is all sporty, all sexy. Dress in gear,..."

April 28, 2023 Column by James Scott

Night and Day With Maceo

Still blowin'

"...James Brown had a uniform concept. There was a dress code and we would wear tuxedos and there would..."

Feb. 19, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

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