This is funny, but in the small Arkansas town where I grew up in mid 40s thru 50s it was pretty much that way. The women I knew wore dresses every day and always had their hair neatly combed or put up. When I got married in 1961 my mother made me a trousseau of house dresses. And we were indoctrinated to always look appealing to our husbands and please him. Boy did that go out the window. Here I sit in my pjs at 3:00 pm. When I started to work outside the home in 1974 dresses were still required. But like another mentioned above, I don't even own a dress now. I too like the more casual dress code of today. However, PJs at wal-mart is taking it a little to far in my. opinion :>)