Jeans

There was a discussion at work yesterday where Mr T (my current contract manager), clarified that he had over 40 pairs of jeans, possibly 50!  The topic had clearly been discussed at the coffee table before.  I describe Mr T as a "beautiful man".  He his physically attractive, he has a beautiful smile and eyes that sparkle, although I don't think his physical features are the essence of his pure beauty.  He's playful, cheeky, funny and overall very composed and confident.  Most importantly, he has this lovely manner which comes from having a "good heart" and caring about his work and people. I think most of the team would describe him like that - and include the important fact that Mr T is also very good at his job!

Mr T is staunch in that he wont wear a suit which is how the topic come up, as he is going to a function this weekend with his partner.  His partner will wear a suit.  But he wont. When asked that great bureaucratic dilemma: "But what would you do if you had to go to the Minister's office?" he says "well, I'd have to say sorry, Minister, I'm unavailable".  And he meant it!

Mr T has been getting some angst from his manager on the dress code.  The thing is Mr T is quite correct in that the quality of his jeans and shirts are probably considerably more expensive than some men's suits, and definitely more stylish than his Manager.    Mr T has his own dress code and it is him.    Not having spent 20 years or so on the Terrace in terms of coming from a teaching/social work background probably makes it easier for Mr T to say I'm not conforming to your silly dress codes and unofficial rules.  However, I don't think it is actually about the dress code for Mr T, its about some sort of philosophy that says "judge me for who I am as a person and the quality of my work".  Although in way it could be said he has created his own dress code he conforms to.  I totally respect Mr T and his ability to make the jeans statement thing work in the way he does.

I'll be quite happy when I own one pair of jeans and fit them well.