This is phenomenal news for sartorial renegades John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.)
“The Senate chamber isn’t your home, a gym, or an outdoor park,” wrote former congressman Justin Amash , formerly known as Twitter. “If you can’t dress professionally for work on the floor of the Senate of the United States, then do us all a favor and get a different job.”
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer recently directed the chamber’s sergeant-at-arms to no longer enforce its unwritten, selectively-enforced dress code of business attire, handing senators the power to wear whatever they want on the Senate floor — although it seems like Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has been doing that for quite some time .
As employers’ covid worries have eased, Americans returned to their offices with the sartorial comforts of home. In business-casual offices, sweat-wicking techno-knits have nudged their way into the range of acceptable attire. Even in formal settings, high heels have been replaced by comfier flats, and ties have been booted in favor of an open collar.
The move away from an enforced dress code is in step with the habits of regular Americans, although business attire can often act as its own “class leveler,” according to Richard Ford, a Stanford University law professor and author of “Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History.
The turnaround will benefit senators such as Fetterman, who often sports droopy basketball shorts and roomy hooded sweatshirts. Fetterman did not respond to a request for comment. But Fetterman’s chilled-out taste in clothing has been invoked repeatedly by the new rule’s detractors.
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