Since this was the 5th post on the first page, I didn't think it was going to be from 2013. The original link is gone but the internet archive has the article here:
http://web.archive.org/web/201310160...y-dress-policy
When I was in Ireland a few years ago, I was wearing some "Arctic pants" I had purchased on Amazon. Ireland was cold in February and I've acclimated to the weather in Florida...these pants were amazing and keeping me warm and keeping the wind out. Anyway, I was outside of a pub one night trying to go in for a drink and the bouncer stopped me. "Are those trousers?" He asked and looked at the other guy. They both kind of shrugged and let us in. Bougie isn't really our scene so after one drink we left.