# Gentlemen's Monday Dress Code: Pale Blue?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemens-monday-dress-code-pale-blue/545641>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 5, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemens-monday-dress-code-pale-blue/545641 "2010-07-05T22:21:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemens-monday-dress-code-pale-blue/545641/1 "2010-07-05T22:21:11Z")

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Half of the lawyers in the office where I work wore various pale blue dress shirts today. In the cafeteria, it certainly _seemed_ as though most of the men were also wearing pale blue shirts. Last Monday, the same thing happened.

Gentlemen, did you wear a pale blue shirt today?

For the purpose of this thread, let’s just go with approximately[this shade](http://www.execstyle.com/products/Shirts/lipson/2960-6072-ES-BLUE-A.jpg) or lighter to define pale blue, ok?

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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemens-monday-dress-code-pale-blue/545641/2 "2010-07-05T22:26:30Z")

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Better to ask next week since today was a holiday for most people in the US

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemens-monday-dress-code-pale-blue/545641/3 "2010-07-05T22:38:52Z")

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Yeah, I realized that a few minutes after I posted the poll! But all the Non-Americans can still answer, and how about this: did Americans wear a pale blue shirt _last_ Monday, or are you pretty sure you would have worn one today, had you had to work?

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemens-monday-dress-code-pale-blue/545641/4 "2010-07-06T00:14:32Z")

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Here I was picturing a powder blue leisure suit from your title. Ew.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemens-monday-dress-code-pale-blue/545641/5 "2010-07-06T01:31:08Z")

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I had the day off. I wore an olive green T-shirt. And shorts. Ha!