i like to dress however my audience will be dressed. at the open mics etc. i've been frequenting, that means ultra-casual. if i was at benaroya hall, i'd wear a dress (grumble grumble). the ripped jeans and disintegrating t-shirt look can just as pretentious as the sequined gown, if worn in the wrong context.

the one exception to my rule: i wear a bra for no one. i guess i can justify that by pointing out that approximately half my audience is male and therefore braless, and surely there must be one or two women out there who feel the way i do... that gives us a braless majority, right?