But here you say a nice shirt, specifying not a casual any-old shirt, then quote me saying that one should worry about it, countering with saying you wouldn't worry about it and give examples of people who chose not to, then examples of people who chose to do it. Not certain what point your trying to make.
I'm making no judgement on what is done, just saying one should think about it, whatever it is. Of course the music comes first, because its a musical performance. Of course if you do a full costume, you need dress rehearsals etc to make sure it doesn't interfere with the performance of the music, because thats professionalism. Of course there's a hassle in all kinds of ways to costumes, the more elaborate, the more hassle, that's just common sense.
That said I don't think personally stinking is a good enough reason to not wear something for a performance. They crowd cant smell the stage that well, yes there are limits - I worked a venue we had to ban pigs blood being thrown around, but ones self smelling of sweat by the end of a gig? Shower! Anyway, each to their own, all I'm really saying is do what you like, but make the decision from a perspective of well thought out, regardless of what the conclusion is, don't rock up looking like you haven't given it any thought, cos I (and I'm sure others somewhere) will think less of you, your band, and your performance.
If you get on a stage, regardless of what talent or skill you are using on that stage, you are a performer, and should have at least considered all controllable variables of your performance. If you don't, you are a bad performer.
