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I have just returned from a cruise that took me from the north of Australia to Singapore in two weeks.

A wonderful journey on the equally wonderful Azamara Quest, a boutique liner that focuses on a casual lifestyle despite its premium standards.
Recommended dress code according to the daily program: "resort casual". Never heard of it? The majority of the mostly American or Australian guests obviously haven't either. Because while some believed that a swimsuit with short tracksuit bottoms and slippers on their feet would pass as an appropriate lunch outfit at the buffet, others preferred elegant linen suits, airy cocktail dresses and chic shoes instead. Incidentally, both groups felt somehow embarrassed ...
So the question is how to find the happy medium between under- and overdressed in times when more and more shipping companies are dispensing with strict dress codes. My answer comes from the Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle. He may have been dead for over 120 years, but he is still right when he says that "people degenerate when they stop wearing formal dress". Because let's be honest: a cruise is something very special. Something out of the ordinary. Something that should be celebrated! And it's not too much to ask to wear long trousers instead of Bermuda shorts in the restaurant in the evening or to throw on more than just a towel at the pool barbecue during the day - after all, the eye doesn't just eat with you, it also travels with you ...




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