My funniest Roger Ailes anecdote.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

When George Herbert Walker Bush was running for president he wore a short sleeve shirt with a suit. That's a huge fashion faux pas. Ailes told him he looked like a car salesperson.

[Turbineguy]

1. Actually

It was very much the fashion during the Moon Landing days. NASA civilian uniform was short sleeve white shirt with tie.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. It wasn't by 1988.

You didn't do that for a job interview unless you wanted to work for Sears.

[Ilsa]

3. And briefly in the 70s, employees wore short sleeves

because AC was cut back in govt offices to save energy. Wearing long sleeves in the summer and cranking up the AC in the office was considered un-American in private companies. But raygun came along and rescinded energy-saving regulations and efforts, IIRC.

[cyclonefence]

4. Proper dress attire for men is not based on comfort

as any man who wears a tie to work every day knows. Regardless of employer policy, a short-sleeved shirt is never proper wear with a suit. Never.

Because I said so.