Bar Nosh:
I was just stating the fact that this whole movement of Sfardim adopting Ashkenzic customs and attending Ashkenzic yeshivos has happened in recent years due to the settlement of both Sfardic and Ashkenazic jews in the same area. In America, Brooklyn and Queens are prime examples. In Israel, there is Jerusalem and other towns and cities where this has occurred.
Whether this is good or bad is not what I was speaking of. All I know is that in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, and other Sfardic countries the yeshivish uniform of black hat and white shirt were certainly not the norm. Then again the same could be said for Mir and Slabodka. Why now is there a new standard is a whole different story.