Studies of the relationship of counselors' dress to clients' evaluations of counselors have been based on the assumption that the formal/informal nature of clothing is the essential dimension for assessing the meaning of counselor attire. Caucasian (N=226) and Sioux Indian (N=155) high school students and 193 Caucasian community college students were exposed to counselor dress stimuli that avoided a priori use of the formal/informal dress dimension. The consistently least preferred counselor dress was conservative, out-of-date attire. Indians preferred fashionable, up-to-date attire. Caucasians preferred informal slacks and sweaters. The results did not support the informal/formal dress dimension as a single explanation of students' differential preferences for counselors. (Author/JAC)