people and it will repel others. Basic unit values mean more than attire to some while to others the uniform or items of it are extremely important. USMC dress blues are an example, so is a maroon or green beret -- but there are some folks wearing all three who would keep doing what they're doing if you told them they had to wear a kilt and no cover in the wintertime -- and there are those who wear a kilt that will fight you for the ability to do that.

People are different, fancy attracts some, repels others while many can take it or leave it -- none of them are wrong.

Competence at a job OTOH attracts more respect than uniforms attract admiration.