Dress codes are just a coded way of communicating that you conform to a particular social group’s norms. On Wall Street, it’s Zenga and Rolex. In Palo Alto, it’

Dress codes are just a coded way of communicating that you conform to a particular social group’s norms. On Wall Street, it’s Zenga and Rolex. In Palo Alto, it’s T-shirts and Allbirds. In Tokyo, it’s gaucho pants and beanies. In stuffy old consulting companies, it’s stuffy “business” garbs from the 1990s. In other words, it’s just local fashion.