>In my experience, I think that the drab, puritanical types are
>suspicious of people who dress to impress. They seem to feel that
>flashy dressers are trying to hoodwink their audiences. If you have
>genuine accomplishments under your belt, you have no need to impress
>people with your appearance. And if people don't appreciate your
>accomplishments, they're not worth impressing in the first place...
Perhaps puritanical types miss Steve Duncombe's point about giving and not giving pleasure to others.
Doug