No flip-flops, vinyl for city staff

VAUGHN, Ontario, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Flip-flops, vinyl clothing, plunging necklines, tube-tops and miniskirts have been declared fashion taboos for employees of a Toronto suburb.

After days of debate that began last week, city councilors in Vaughn, Ontario, north of Toronto, also nixed ill-fitting clothes and "attire deemed inappropriate or fashionably questionable," the Toronto Star reported Tuesday.

The city had a business casual dress code for summer months, and addressed the other three seasons Monday night, with Mayor Linda Jackson making a pitch for discretionary wearing of flip-flops, the newspaper said.

Jackson said there were certain situations, such as recovery from surgery that can call for less constricting footwear.

Ultimately, the council decided such situations would remain within a manager's discretion, and that offenders wouldn't be fired, but diplomatically rebuked, the Star said.

City attorney Janice Atwood-Petkovski said the dress code wasn't about censorship.

"We're just saying, that great little spandex skirt that you like to wear to go dancing ... may not be the best thing to wear to work," she said.