Well, looking at fashion through the last centuries, you'll see that it always changed towards the informal. Today's three-piece suit used to be for hanging out with your mates without any special occasion. Given that, and the Covid made our wardrobe more casual yet, I'm sure the day will come when you could comfortably host a gala dinner wearing your Indian hippie pants. Question is, what will be considered "informal" then?
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Ha,you know, female teachers can get away with a lot. Being winter, I wear very black skinny jeans, boots, a pretty top and long cardigan so you can't really tell I'm wearing jeans. Meanwhile, hubby is angrily tugging on a suit and tie. I tell him to organise a protest.. it's so antiquated. But no, they worry it'll risk their jobs. Plus, there's that antiquated notion that a suit = power.
Oh wow, you can't wear jeans to class??? That sounds so strict! I never taught at a place with such a rigid dress code. In fact, even in the Bavarian school I attended as a kid, which was otherwise highly conservative, teachers could wear jeans (just as the students... but I guess in Australia they got uniforms).
Okay, so men have to wear suits. But there are a myriad ways to do that in protest. I mean, do they regulate the cut, the fabric, and the colors up the the slightest hue? If not, he could show up all pimped out, while obeying the dress code to the letter. (Actually, if the code only says "suit" it would technically include jump-suits, track-suits, and bathing-suits. But that is kinda stretching it.)