As it turns out, California Casual is a pretty wide-open fashion category as evidenced by an animated classmates' forum on the reunion website. The group determined that the only rule about California Casual is: no nudity. I think this might be too strict. I can name at least five destinations within an hour's drive of my very conservative (yep, in California) community where clothing-wearers are apt to be ridiculed. As for me, on the night before the event the poison oak on my legs came into full bubbly bloom - as if to staunch any fantasies of glamor. (Flashback to prom morning: younger brother points out mountainous eruption on side of nose.)
All I had in my closet was what I always have in my closet - an array of solid color business clothes and the pile of folded Levi's in various stages of fade. The obvious choice: mid-fade classic 501 button-fly Levi's, dressed up with open-toed heels - which turned out to be cruel shoes and were shed before sundown. Levi's = still a perfect choice for any activity.
Scanning for a sense of others' dress code interpretations, I spotted lots of shorts and Hawaiian shirts, natural fabrics, khakis and polos, summery dresses, some fancy, some ultra stylish. Everyone dressed perfectly for a late summer evening in California.
Therefore, I hereby declare that in Napa, California on September 11, 2010, a big group of aging California kids came together wearing whatever they damned-well pleased and that is what is called California Casual.
(Nobody showed up nude; probably had something to do with gravity.)
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