Dress Code

New Zealand legislator Waititi wearing a Māori pendant (Lynn Grieveson/Newsroom/Getty Images)

The pandemic puts Parliament’s stuffy men’s dress code to the test

To be recognized in Canada’s national legislature, men must wear a jacket and tie. New Zealand’s legislature axed that rule and has not become a den of slobs. Is it time for our own traditions to come under scrutiny?

Turned away from an exam for skinny jeans

“I thought he was joking,” says student