I think that situational dress code thing started with CL then got beefed up by design then patched but didn't work and now beefed up again to support Uni students going to class in whatever the game picks for them. It is one of the most aggravating things about TS4 if you plan a screen shot or playing particular Sims who wouldn't wear some of the things the game picks for them. Not only that but what gets broken off and on over and over is the outfits we try to pick out for formals or parties etc. Those were patched at least once IIRC but then they go off the rails again. The above picture is just one example of why we have no control over this game in the very areas we are supposed to have control. They need to just say it, we do this because we want to do this, then we all could decide if we want to live with it or not. Keep playing and buying or not, but most of us sit here thinking stuff like this or any outfit snafu is a bug when truth be told it probably isn't.