Smart/business casual (dresscode question)

[SandraVB79]

Since the thread where I asked this question has been locked, I didn't get the answer to my question:

What is meant with smart/ business casual? More specifically, I don't get the "smart" part of it. Sorry if I appear dumb or without any etiquette, I can't help English is my fourth language, and I am just curious about this!

Thanks in advance for the answer!

 

[CDSTapisRouge]

Basically you don't have to dress up in a suit and tie, but they don't want you in shorts and a tee shirt either. A polo shirt and some khaki pants for the guys and as nice skirt or pants outfit for the ladies.

 

[heatherfeather24]

I would say that "smart" could mean "dressy," "polished," or "refined."

By way of example. I think that, for women, a sundress would qualify as "smart casual" even though I would never wear a sundress to the "business casual" office where I work. For men, I think smart casual and business casual are about the same thing -- although I think nice, finished shorts and a collared shirt could probably qualify as "smart" casual in theme park land.

 

[debbiepump]

We had ressies last October at 2 restaurants the 'required' the new dress code (i.e, smart business). Convinced my jeans prone DH to follow the rules, so he wore his dockers and shirt and sweated his butt off (we're from Seattle, land of no a/c) and don't forget the 'decent' shoes needed too! Well, he was one of the ONLY guys dressed this way. Sad, I think. Either enforce the dress code or don't have it. I think it takes away from the ambiance of the restaurant. Also, we went to the Taste for the Senses (Food and Wine) which also had a dress code. Should of seen what we saw in there! Again, sad. I don't expect folks to dress to the nines but common sense and follow the rules would be nice. Don't think women have such a problem as men, I just wore some nice capris and a niceish shirt and sandals and was fine.

 

[SandraVB79]

Thanks for the answers!

The question wasn't reall about how Disney translates/ enforces dress codes, but more about the "words" in itself.

I know there are smart people (not that much, but apparantly they exist, lol!) just didn't know they had "smart clothes" right now and was wondering what they meant by it (the best I could come up with myself were clothes from which you were sure they weren't made by very young children, but I knew that couldn't be it. Can you imagine Mickey checking each and every label in your clothes to enforce this??? lol!)

 

[majortom]

The question wasn't reall about how Disney translates/ enforces dress codes, but more about the "words" in itself.

From WordNet 2.0

smart

1. showing mental alterness and calculation and resourcefulness [ant: stupid]
2. elegant and stylish; "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut" [syn: chic, voguish]
3. characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average" [syn: bright]
4. improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers" [syn: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, saucy, sassy]
5. marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce]

n : a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore [syn: smarting]​

v : be the source of pain [syn: ache, hurt]​

Meaning 2 is what they are using.

/carmi