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Disagree. FIDE's dress code has double standards, there was a dude in chinos made to look like jeans and they were allowed. To me it seems like a very antiquated rule that needs to be reworked/abolished to keep up with the times.

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This rule is new, by the way. There used to be no dress code at all, and it's become increasingly strict in the last few years.

Was there a reason for implementing it?

>This rule is new, by the way.

You can't call a rule new, which is nagging them for nearly a decade now:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/dress-code-incident-at-world...

en passant is still considered a new rule, and it was there in the 16th century

Even at that time, it does not appear that the dress code explicitly forbade what the contestant was wearing?

It's not that I think the dress code is great, I just think it is what it is, and the one's who can say 'it's a matter of principle' (and get my sympathy anyway) are the ones that uphold that written code of the event, and don't waive it for a famous participant; not the famous participant who.. just wants to violate it basically.

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