jhp: my two youngest are in the same age bracket as your daughter. I'm sure she will look fine in her skirts and dangling earrings They are a far cry from shorts which I saw and you can tell when people are at least making an effort to dress to the code of the evening. I am impressed that she even bought the skirts and didn't opt for a pant suit which is what my girls probably would have done. Karen, a man taking off his jacket or even his tie in the casino or show lounge is perfectly acceptable. You can still conform to the dress code that way as it is usually obvious that they were dressed for dinner earlier. I have no problem with that either. I guess what bothers me is that the rules aren't enforced for the dining rooms. So if they are not enforced then why not get rid of the rules and dress code and let people dress however they wish to dress for dinner.