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Tim Fairhurst

Dress to Impress

Posted November 26, 2009 @ 7:49PM

Each year at the end of November Biz X Magazine hosts their annual “Oscar” awards gala. It is a chance for Biz X Magazine to acknowledge excellence in business and pay tribute to the hard working men and women that run these enterprises. It is also a chance for everyone to dress up and put on their best for an evening of fine dining, drinks and socializing. Men put on their good suits and tuxedoes and women come in dresses and evening gowns. Dressing for the occasion is what this night is all about but everyone has at one time or another been witness to inappropriate dress code. I once saw someone at a wedding reception in a t-shirt, jeans and trucker hat. (No kidding) Summer time on the roads bring to mind the classic underdressed motorcyclist in shorts and sandals. Do they wear their leather jacket and boots at the beach?? Being underdressed is one thing but what about being overdressed? Last year the Howling Diablo’s blues band played to one of the best dressed crowds downstairs in the Oasis Bar at Place Concorde for the Oscar after-party. We got a few funny looks as well dressed Oscar recipients and their guests flooded into the bar, mingling with the rock and roll jeans and t-shirt crowd there to see the show. The music transformed our earlier reserved black tie affair into a rockin’ blues evening, tuxedoes be damned.
Environment aside, clothes do make the man (and woman) and there is a certain feeling you get when you’re dressed up and looking good. They’ll be lots of that come Friday night when the biggest business event of the season gets underway. It’ll be a great opportunity to see and be seen as the red carpet is rolled out. I’ll be on the lookout for some outstanding fashion statements so stop and say hi. See you at the gala.

by Tim Fairhurst
Biz X Magazine

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