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DEL.ICIO.USTuxedos vs. blue jeans in the Senate
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
While the Georgia Senate is not a fashion runway, it’s a place where “proper attire” is still required. Wife-beater T-shirts, sneakers and such are frowned upon. It’s a jacket and tie kind of place.
Sen. Dan Moody (R-Alpharetta) takes that very seriously. He wore a tuxedo on Friday, to hold up the tradition of appropriate dress in the wood-paneled chamber with its huge chandelier.
Moody was also making a dig at Sen. John Bulloch (R-Ochlocknee), who frequently wears blue jeans to the Senate — although they are starched and pressed with a very precise seam, mind you.
“As you know, in the South it’s customary to dress up for special occasions,” Moody said. “We only serve 40 days out of 365. I consider each of those to be special days,” he said. A black tux is his way of showing respect for the people of Georgia, he said.
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle noticed Moody’s outfit. “The senator looks extremely dapper,” Cagle said.
Last session, Moody and Bulloch exchanged words over their different views of “proper attire.”
Sen. Bulloch defended his choice of trouser Friday.
“I represent cotton farmers,” Bulloch said. He wore jeans, a Brooks Brothers tweedy jacket and yellow silk tie decorated with dragonflies. He also wore a handmade diamondback rattlesnake belt and ostrich skin cowboy boots.
“I think that a clean, neat pair of jeans with a sports coat and a tie is just as appropriate as anything else,” Bulloch said. “When we’re not in session, I wear ‘em everyday.”
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