Just when you thought you had seen it all in the Qantas lounge...

[MARTINE]

When I lived in the Kimberly in the 80s, going formal meant wearing a new pair of thongs

The Australian or American type

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Last night in QFd business lounge at SYD a self-confessed ‘first time ever in business class’ passenger… about 30 maybe?… had a tank top and flip flops on. The lounge staff approached him to ask if he could cover up.

The footwear however was not an issue, and in fact lots of people had open shoes with ‘toe separator’. Dun worry me, but it seems overall the dress code has been relaxed.

 

[ksthommo]

LAX Oneworld Business Lounge last September, Masks were optional.

 

[Quickstatus]

Is the PJ lady missing from a NH?

 

[Mr H]

Good on her.

I really hate that QF has a dress code in domestic lounges. I don’t know of any other airline that has a dress code in its lounges.

As long as people cover their bits, the way they are dressed really shouldn’t affect you. Get on with your own life.

Agreed - dress codes are so lower middle class.

 

[Princess Fiona]

It’s actually relatively common now to see people in PJs out and about.
Person in front of me in queue at Dan Murphy’s last week was wearing the Peter Alexander satin shorts set.

There’s a whole luxury market in sleepwear now. Brands like Sleeper etc.

Personally not a fan of it myself but I couldn’t care less what other people wear in the lounges or anywhere else for that matter.

 

[SYD]

It’s actually relatively common now to see people in PJs out and about.

A nasty hangover from Covid lockdowns and WFH…?

 

[Mr H]

It’s actually relatively common now to see people in PJs out and about.

I used to drive to work through an area of Edinburgh (Granton) where it was not unusual to see people on the streets wearing sleepwear. I doubt that it was luxury sleepwear. I remember there was a billboard in Granton advertising SQ's new Suites Class and I wondered who, exactly, the advert was targeting.

 

[craven morehead]

Last night in QFd business lounge at SYD a self-confessed ‘first time ever in business class’ passenger… about 30 maybe?… had a tank top and flip flops on. The lounge staff approached him to ask if he could cover up.

The footwear however was not an issue, and in fact lots of people had open shoes with ‘toe separator’. Dun worry me, but it seems overall the dress code has been relaxed.

SYD Flounge mid-November.

 

[Quickstatus]

Passengers used to dress up to the "nines" to fly premium on the Red Roo in 1966.

Imagine suit and tie for the gents and properly coiffured hair, pearls for the ladies.

If people want a dress code, no fake Tiffany jewellery please, go the real pearls.

 

[Mr H]

Passengers used to dress up to the "nines" to fly premium on the Red Roo in 1966.

Imagine suit and tie for the gents and properly coiffured hair, pearls for the ladies.

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It should be up to individuals how they dress. If someone wants to wear a suit and tie then I won't stop them. Equally, if someone wants to wear a wife beater and flip flops then that is their choice. Telling other people what to wear is something I will leave to Hyacinth Bucket and middle eastern mullahs.

 

[Captain Halliday]

SYD Flounge mid-November.

That bloke is worth 3 points in Breakfast Buffet Bingo.

For those who don’t know this game, first person to 10 points wins. Points as follows:

Thongs - footwear (1 point / 0 points beach resorts)
Thongs - the American type (2 points / 1 point if beachside location)
Hat on indoors (1 point)
Cap on indoors worn backwards (2 points)
Sunglasses on head backwards (3 points)
PJs (2 points)
Ugg boots (1 point)
Bare feet (1 point)
Bare feet and told by staff to get shoes (3 points)
Slippers (1 point)
Crocs (1 point)
Singlet (1 point / Bintang singlet in Bali -1 point)
High-vis (1 point)
Bathrobe (2 points)
Shower cap (5 points)
Onesie (1 point / 2 points if pink, purple or lime green)
Plate piled so high that food falls off (1 point)
Take-away coffee cup tower - min. three cups high (3 points)
Takeaway coffee cup tower fall (5 points)
Two or more egg types on one plate (1 point)

 

[Mr H]

Hat on indoors (1 point)

Glad to know there's (sometimes) a point to my existence.

 

[Amanad78]

This is my new favourite thread

My 16 yr old has been known to wear her Peter Alexander PJs out

 

[Quickstatus]

Hyacinth Bucket

Come to think of it, Queens English should be the minimum

Points as follows:

Come one, this is discriminatory
What about hair braids with beads
At least 2 points imo

 

[Spacetravel]

I do think Qantas Club dress code (when enforced) is on the stricter side so I would be ok with a slight reduction. That being said I do think there should be a minimum standard of dress and PJs don’t fit that. Something like footwear, not an excessive amount of skin showing (I’m talking muscle tee for men or less and barely their tops for women), clean day time clothes and not overly offensive slogans. Everything else is probably ok.

 

[Franky]

LAX Oneworld Business Lounge last September, Masks were optional.

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Some might say 'tell her she's dreamin' would be appropriate here...

 

[Mr H]

I do think Qantas Club dress code (when enforced) is on the stricter side so I would be ok with a slight reduction. That being said I do think there should be a minimum standard of dress and PJs don’t fit that. Something like footwear, not an excessive amount of skin showing (I’m talking muscle tee for men or less and barely their tops for women), clean day time clothes and not overly offensive slogans. Everything else is probably ok.

How do you think would that improve user experience (genuinely curious)? And wouldn’t your dress code be ok with something genuinely offensive such as the Premier of NSW in his birthday suit?

 

[justinbrett]

SYD Flounge mid-November.

Does that honestly bother you?

Sit somewhere else if it does, it's a big lounge.

 

[RichardMEL]

I think this is about community standards as much as anything. I have never really been a fan of the QF dom dress code - not only with it's cpnsistently inconsistent(tm) implementation (see above as example) but also because it's some lounges, not others. Someone on a connecting itin from say OOL-SYD-xyz would find the lack of code fine in OOL QC then potentially get knocked back in SYD - not a great user experience - but this sopic has been done to death in a very long running thread....

but anyway as PF and others noted above - you see people out in pj's and things in various location. I dunno you think some women might be a little conscious of the little satin set going into an air conditioned location, but I digress...

I recall at a hotel in downtown LA a few years back at brekky, an entire family showed up all in animal onesies. Now little kids yeah ok I can deal with that, bt there were teens and parents too. Well that raised some eyebrows for sure, but well they were just doing their own thing and not bothering anyone so... good for them!

community standards, as I noted, have come to this level now. There's probably also generational differences in views here too - the older types (me included) in general probably feel there's a line of what's appropriate here... and possibly younger readers (again a generalisation) are well what's the big deal? I see that.

I've always been far more put off in lounges (or any situation really, including onboard aircraft) about cleanliness and things like people putting bare feet on tables/between seats or generally having poor hygeine etc - things that can affect others basically.

If some person wants to hang out with their things potentially hanging out, or unflattering leopard print unmentionables.. well hey more power to 'em. I don't really care. It doesn't really affect me. Well some outfits might raise my blood pressure a bit, but I don't have to look either!