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I must say, I rather do enjoy the fact that Miami's "jacket required" scene for restaurants and other businesses is almost non-existent. I love going in to a top dollar restaurant in jeans with heels - "Miami Chic". That being said, I was rather unimpressed at a cocktail party that I attended a few nights ago in South Beach. The party was for a formal fashion presentation and though it was not a formal affair, it was a COCKTAIL Party. Don't cocktail parties involve chic dresses, sexy heels, nighttime makeup, etc.? Shouldn't the men be dressed in what they would wear to a nightclub like Liv or Karu & Y? There's a time and place for everything and I was rather bored and disappointed with the daytime chic clothing I saw people wearing, the bored and uninspired hair, and the men wearing outfits they shouldn't wear anywhere. I stood out like a sore thumb in my cocktail wear. You would think I was wearing a floor-length haute couture gown!
Living in a place where we are fortunate enough to have warm weather 99% of the time, we are already spared having to dress up all the time. So why not dress up for these cocktail mixers (especially since this one was for the industry)? Isn't dressing up now and then supposed to be a fun thing?
Please share your thoughts on this subject. I'm dying to know what the general opinion is on this from Miami locals...Thanks!
