Clothing at parties and resturants?

[jaime_lion 56]

So in MLP we see clothing is worn when out at a social gathering. But we see different levels of clothing everything from a dress that hides the whole body to just a bow-tie. So do you think there is a certain level of clothing that has to be worn to certain parties and such? Such as a pony must wear at least a suit coat to enter an establishment?

[Ochre_Dust 329]

That is probably the case.

[colt .45 259]

The dress code in Equestria dose'nt seem to have much rhyme or reason. It obviously dose'nt serve the same function as clothing does for us. Here's some observations I have made: it denotes rank in military (ie, you can tell a pony is a Wonder Bolt, or a royal guard) in "wonderbolt academy", Spitfires uniform denoted that she outranked the cadets. In "Winter Wrap Up" the team leaders wore vests. Another function seems to be related to a pony's occupation. The last function seems to be purely fashion related, clothing is worn, to look fabulous, as Rarity would say.

In "best night ever" when they were getting dressed, Rarity told Spike to leave the room, and AJ said "you know we don't usually wear clothes". In "A Canterlot wedding", when the changelings attacked, they all ripped their clothes off to go fight. There is a character named "Fancy Pants" who literally dose not even wear pants!.

So the best I can make of all this is that if a pony is wearing clothes, A) it is to show their occupation or because they like the way it looks. Nopony seems to be offended by a pony's lack of clothing, even in locations where most of the others are wearing clothes. This leads me to believe that, no there is not any rules that require a pony to wear clothing for any situation, with the possible exception of the military.

[Alto 437]

its clothing optional society

they could prolly go to the grand galloping galla without the fancy dress

[SolyWack 482]

I feel like its more similar to human customs than you might think.

 

We arent required to wear fancy clothes to funerals and weddings, but we feel obligated and its polite to.

[Malinter 3,064]

 

Seems to be a Canterlot thing tbh. in ponyville only Rarity rocks the frocks XD

[colt .45 259]

its clothing optional society

they could prolly go to the grand galloping galla without the fancy dress

Yes, there are ponies at the gala without clothes.

...but apparently they aren't allowed in the V.I.P. area.

[Shanks 10,816]

It probably depends on the occasion in question, aside from the obvious major difference being that ponies are naked most of the time they seem to treat special occasion related clothing pretty much the same. With that said you won't get arrested for indecent exposure for arriving to a formal occasion naked but it may still be regarded as inappropriate by the other guests much like how many would feel in our world if someone arrived to a similar occasion dressed in shorts and a t shirt.

[cider float 2,538]

The fact that some are practically naked or about to go in their overalls like Applejack to the Grand Gala shows it didn't matter.