I just read this article http://blog.seattlepi.com/nealstarkm...n-for-seattle/ in the local Post-Intelligencer. It seems Seattle is a leader in dressing for comfort. My experience of the PNW in general is that it's refreshingly free of the fakery and jockeying for position that goes on elsewhere. The following paragraph sums it up:
"This isn’t exactly reverse snobbery; clearly, some people are more emotionally comfortable when they’re physically uncomfortable. If those folks want to spend their money on haute couture clothing and jewelry, and if they want to spend their lives trying to impress others with that clothing and jewelry, then they should continue to be free to do so. Besides, I’m sure all that commerce benefits the economy. Somehow. Somewhere. And I’m not suggesting we all donate our fancy clothes to charities and henceforth sport mainly t-shirts, jeans, and sneakers. Actually, strike that; the more I think about it, that’s really not a bad idea. But let’s find a nice medium. It wouldn’t hurt others to follow Seattle’s lead and choose to play down the appearance game just a tad and opt for the comfort game just a bit more."