Honestly do women really wear elegant dresses to Michelin restaurants
I am from Japan, and I love traveling and eating so I have been to multiple michelin restaurants in Japan and Korea, especially tokyo and seoul.
I am planning a trip to france and switzerland with my mother in late summer and she also enjoys fine dining, so I have made a reservation to a 3 star(in Paris) and 2 star(in Zurich) restaurant during our trip.
And I would really like to ask if women really wear night gown dresses to high end restaurants in europe...? To be honest, fine dining places around east asia are not that much concerned at what you wear and it would look very odd for you to wear a night gown to any occasion at all. Elegant dresses, especially the typical ones like long silk dresses, look more like a costume than an outfit and no one actually wears them (that is if anyone has them in their wardrobe in the first place...)
My mother has quite bad knees so she is only able to wear sneakers to anywhere if she is to walk. She also has a number of beautiful luxurious pieces of clothing but none of them are anywhere near ball gowns and I don't plan to buy nor ask her to wear any uncomfortable clothing.
My question is:
- Would it actually be a problem of any sort if my mother wears sneakers to these restaurants
- Do people actually wear gowns to restaurants - if so, what do they do after dining? Just go home? I guess they definitely are not walking to anywhere in something like silk dresses.
Correct me if I'm wrong about anything, Thanks.