We live in an era where the lines of what is appropriate attire have become particularly blurred as fashion often overrides good taste. Gone are the days when a guest would be refused entry to an event for not upholding the prescribed dress code; now they are welcomed with open arms with a bums-on-seats indifference. [...]

Dear Agony Uncle, I’ve been invited to a friend’s wedding in Bali and it’s very important to me that I look good and make a great impression on the other guests. The invitation says dress is ‘warm cocktail climate’, so no suit jackets, but not living in a warm climate, I’m not clear what this does [...]

As the days heat up (in the southern hemisphere) and the calendar becomes more jam-packed it’s a sure-fire way of knowing that the onslaught of summer festivals is about to begin. In Australia, first up is Stereosonic, which recently attracted media attention when they banned shirtless men from attending the event in a move to make the [...]

For our American brethren, according to tradition, the fourth Thursday in November marks a day of gratitude, feasting and sharing. What tradition refuses to recognise is that it’s also a time of overindulgence to the point of bursting, despair due to parental criticism and tolerance of other inebriated and flatulent—both figuratively and literally—family members. Did [...]