Do I have to boycott a conference whose dress-code is the costume-tie?<

"I was recently invited to a conference organized by a firm of economic consultants, and the invitation specifies that the dress code is the costume-cratate.It may be one of these British clothing conventions that I would never understand, even after 12 years spent in the United Kingdom.But even if this is the case, it suggests that the event will only be populated by men, all former Oxford or Cambridge, 50 years and more.I intend to boycott her.Is it stupid?And why, in the first place, is there a dress-code for a conference? ”Woman, finance sector, 35 years old

Lucy Kellaway's response

I suspect that the conference will prove horribly boring and that you should dispense with it, not by doing something as childish as you boycott it, but because you may have your time doing your time.I do not understand why people attend so many endless conferences, except that their desire not to go to the office for a day is so violent that they forget how boring it was the last time that'they tried.

By participating in this conference, all you will do is swapping everyday boredom for boredom of listening to a person in a tie costume talk for a long time, followed by another speaker in the same outfit doing the same thing.

If I were you, I would send the invitation by warning that you will not go and, as long as you [...]]