How the Bay Area Came to be a Hub for Casual Style

Bay Curious

KQED

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4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

On a recent visit to San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, KQED listener Michelle Morby didn’t like what she saw. In the middle of the champagne-sipping, pre-performance throng, she spotted someone wearing jeans and white sneakers. “That to me is completely offensive,” Morby said. Morby is someone who likes to dress up when she goes out. “If I got a ticket to the opera tonight, I would pull out a silk jumpsuit. I would wear it with the tallest platform sandals that I have. And I would do my makeup, and I would wear all my jewelry,” she said. Like beauty, fashion is very much in the eye of the beholder. So the fashion faux-pas prompted Morby to ask Bay Curious the question, “Why has the Bay Area become the Casual Capital of the World?” Read the full web version: How the Bay Area Came to be a Hub for Casual Style Reported by Chloe Veltman Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Maggie Galloway, Robert Speight, Katie McMurran, Paul Lancour and Ryan Levi. Additional support from Julie Caine, Suzie Racho, Ethan Lindsey, Pat Yollin and David Weir. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller. Ask us a question or sign up for our newsletter at BayCurious.org

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	When Bay curious listener Michelle Morby has a night out on the town in San Francisco, she likes to dress up.
0:11.0	If I got a ticket to the opera tonight I would pull out a silk
0:15.9	jump suit I would wear it with the tallest platform sandals I have and I would do my
0:21.3	makeup and I would wear all of my jewelry.
0:25.0	Like beauty, fashion is very much in the eye of the beholder.
0:30.0	On a recent visit to the War Memorial Opera House,
0:32.0	Michelle didn't like what she saw.
0:34.8	There, in the middle of the champagne-sipping pre-performance throng, she spotted someone wearing
0:40.8	jeans and white sneakers.
0:45.0	And that to me is completely offensive.
0:48.0	The fashion faupau prompted Michelle to ask the following question.
0:52.0	Why has the Bay Area become the casual capital of the world?
0:57.0	Sneakers and jeans at the opera,
1:00.0	yoga pants all day long, hoodies and puffy vests the list goes on don't say it's the
1:06.2	weather.
1:07.2	Hey there I'm Olivia on, and this is Bay Curious.
1:13.6	This week we're looking into the rise and impact
1:16.3	of casual style in the Bay Area.
1:18.8	If you're thinking, it's all Mark Zuckerberg's fault,
1:21.6	or blame Steve Jobs, you should definitely keep listening because
1:25.5	casual fashion has a long history here and it didn't start in Silicon Valley.
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