Singapore Lounge-Dress Code?

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i find it quite comfortable wearing thongs on board (negates the whole smelly socks/feet issue especially if travelling in Asia), also a singlet can be nice in a hot cabin - if that bothers others when I'm in the lounge i'm afraid that's tough...
 
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Sure... the Dress Code should involve suits... with jackets always buttoned. Leather lace up shoes only.

Don't even THINK of taking coat or shoes off.... not even on the aircraft. There must be STANDARDS after all!

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

And get a bloody hair cut!
 
Sure... the Dress Code should involve suits... with jackets always buttoned. Leather lace up shoes only.

Gentlemen must wear jacket and tie at all times. Ladies are required to maintain a suitable standard in keeping with the dignity and tradition of the Qantas Pub.
 
Might have to break out the safari suit and pith helmet for my next SIN visit, the natives are revolting (and restless) :mrgreen:
 
What is happening to Australia? This weekend I read an article in the SMH questioning whether it's acceptable for men to wear budgie smugglers at the beach. Now I read that someone is querying whether knocking back a couple of JD and cokes in the airport lounge on the way home from a trip to the tropics is acceptable behaviour! Conservatism gone mad on both counts if you ask me
 
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I don't own a pair of thongs, nor a singlet, and am rarely seen outside my home wearing a pair of shorts. Having said that, the first thing that came to mind when I read the OP was "my, how precious".
 
What is happening to Australia? This weekend I read an article in the SMH questioning whether it's acceptable for men to wear budgie smugglers at the beach. Now I read that someone is querying whether knocking back a couple of JD and cokes in the airport lounge on the way home from a trip to the tropics is acceptable behaviour! Conservatism gone mad on both counts if you ask me

Careful now - criticism of conservatism is a slippery slope. :)
 
Safety on board is more my concern.

And if I wear sensible footwear (and keep it on during take-off and landing) should I be upset when someone who didn't causes a problem because they can't or won't go somewhere during an emergency because their footwear is either unsuitable or was tossed off during an aircraft emergency incident?

For me this question is 100 times more important than lounge attire. At least for footwear!
 
It is a Qantas lounge + Australians. Not sure what else to expect. If you want class and sophistication you're in the wrong place. And with a relatively astronomical number of people with access (looking at paid memberships and status given out like candy) one shouldn't be surprised whatsoever.

Now, would I wear a suit? No, I'm better than that! But I'm hardly going to start asking boring business people to figure out some decent fashion sense now, am I? Maybe it's the observed difference between J & F personalities... J need to hold themselves up to a standard to prove themselves, many (gross generalisations here) in F seem to be well and truly over themselves and couldn't care less. I'm more concerned with how narcissistic society is becoming again...
 
Safety on board is more my concern.

And if I wear sensible footwear (and keep it on during take-off and landing) should I be upset when someone who didn't causes a problem because they can't or won't go somewhere during an emergency because their footwear is either unsuitable or was tossed off during an aircraft emergency incident?

For me this question is 100 times more important than lounge attire. At least for footwear!


I agree with this. I'd wear shorts and thongs on a plane if I thought it was safe, as I could be a lot more comfortable. But I don't. I wear leather shoes and jeans on the extremely low off-chance that I need to take an emergency slide out. Also, it's frequently quite cold on board and the jeans help me to keep form freezing.

But- I really don't mind if others wear shorts and thongs. They're on holiday. I'm on holiday.
 
Safety on board is more my concern.

.......

For me this question is 100 times more important than lounge attire. At least for footwear!


Totally - Safety over style and that can be 'good' or 'bad' style ...... Nothing at all to do with appearance / taste / behaviour yada yada ....... Thongs are simple not what you want to wearing should the acid test come and you need to prove the theory 'in real life' that you can actually evacuate a large passenger aircraft in under 90 seconds with potentially some of the paths of egress blocked.

Got to says that's just not limited to the thong wearing pax either but ....... while some women look extremely attractive in their sky high 'Jimmy Choo's' etc. you have to shake your head a bit at them as they strut into the cabin also....... Applying the same 'lets get the hell out of here quick' rule .... I don't think they would fair much better than the 'double plugger' crew.

Wear whatever you want .... but just don't hold me up in the acid test .........
 
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I have to admit, I'm a little confused as to how a herd of bogans wearing thongs and singlets in the lounge are going to impact upon anybody's safety on the aircraft.
 
I am usually suited up (if I'm carrying anything that identifies my Department) or in shoes, jeans and a nice polo shirt. However, I think it's all about attitude and not at all about attire in airport lounges. Your rant is not about behaviour, it's about hating on the poors.

If you want exclusive, pay for a ticket that gets you into the higher level lounge. Otherwise, you're slumming it up with the commoners (like me).
 
I see nothing wrong with shorts and T-shirts if they are in good condition and clean although generally this is not how I travel. Judging by the reactions to the OP I wonder if I was the only one who got the implication.
"Sitting there having a meal, when in comes the blokes, with singlets, shorts and thongs and start to down their bourbon and cokes."
I thought the OP was being economical with his words and I got quite a different picture than most responses who see the OP as making a statement about social class and others financial status. I don't see it that way, I think it is clear he is talking about their cringe-worthy behaviour. They could all be bankers but it is the behaviour that categorises them. But then I grew up reading My Brother Jack. ;)
 
I have to admit, I'm a little confused as to how a herd of bogans wearing thongs and singlets in the lounge are going to impact upon anybody's safety on the aircraft.

Just on footwear: For sure it's another debate if "sensible" footwear is a safety asset on an airline or not. But some airlines even announce "keep your shoes on" as part of the safety announcement for take-off and landing.

In international QF lounges (eg Singapore) all the patrons you see are flying. So unless they have a change of footwear in their carry on, they'll be wearing them (or less) on the plane during take-off and landing.
 
Just on footwear: For sure it's another debate if "sensible" footwear is a safety asset on an airline or not. But some airlines even announce "keep your shoes on" as part of the safety announcement for take-off and landing.

In international QF lounges (eg Singapore) all the patrons you see are flying. So unless they have a change of footwear in their carry on, they'll be wearing them (or less) on the plane during take-off and landing.


Nothing to do with the subject of this thread ie being precious about dress standards in lounges then.
 
Nothing to do with the subject of this thread ie being precious about dress standards in lounges then.


If those dress standards possibly compromise safety I think it's a valid point to debate.

Although I admit that such concerns about safety should be addressed elsewhere, not at the lounge.
 
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Oh come on.... that picture is useless ...... as we can't see if he has his double plugged thongs on, or she has her 8" high stilettos on ............ can you post the uncropped version ?????
 
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