There have been no threats of sticking to the dress code more closely, at my store. We did go back and forth about wearing coats last year, and they finally said we could wear navy jackets. Now, of course, there are lots of non-navy jackets being worn, and mgmt isn't saying anything. People said they needed to wear coats because sometimes they get chilly, and then if they warm up, they can take off the coat, and have a navy short-sleeved shirt underneath. One woman refused to wear a long-sleeved shirt over or under her short-sleeved shirt because she just wasn't going to do it. I know that the shirts we wear under our navy shirts are supposed to be white, but that never got enforced much anyway.
I find it easiest to just do what they say, instead of whining and trying to stretch the rules.
Mad