Office fashions No-Nos?

I worked with a high school intern a few years back who was clueless about appropriate attire.

The men in our group were thrilled with her miniskirts and low cut and/or see thru tops. Someone from HR finally spoke to her...

I took a group of professionals on a tour of a photo lab once and one of the girls was dressed in a skin tight white catsuit.

Under every imaginable circumstance, her wardrobe was inappropriate.

The fact that she had neglected to wear any undergarments of any kind only compounded her cluelessness.

Oh my!

We went to the ER recently and I was amazed at what the female doctors were wearing. High high open-toe stilettos, short short skirts, low low necklines. Wha...?

Many people with only a few clothes, dress up clothes and their everyday attire, will select their dress up best for a job interview. Unfortunately, their dress up best may have spangles and glitter, also worn to a party or a night out.

She doesn't sound clueless. I used to think that with the young girls today exposing the crack of their behinds when they sit down in hiphuggers but, as explained to me, this woman knew exactly what she was doing.

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Are you serious? The black capris, ok. Heels, ok. But red? And with fish nets???

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No joke - I was talking with a couple of peers when she walked by - I did a double take and my mouth dropped open. My male colleague enjoyed the show.

And this is a conservative business.

Whatsamatta with that?

It sounds like I am working at the wrong place.

What a sorry pass we've come to.

I remember wearing stockings and heels in my first job--which frequently involved moving and unpacking cartons of books.

Noddy, are you really nostalgic for the "good old days" of stuffy dress?

We engineers like to work comfortably... meaning khakis with tshirts and sandals are the norm. We are more productive that way.

I don't have a problem with folks wearing sandals to work in good weather even if the women don't wear stockings -- but for Pete's sake, groom your toenails!

I just think people should look presentable. Comfortable and casual doesn't mean sloppy.

And there is a time and place for fishnet stockings. And low cut shirts. And short skirts. Work isn't one of them...unless your a hooker.

E-Brown--

Comfortable, fine.

Slutty, sloppy--no.

My nostalgia comes from the days when a dress code was recognized.

I've never had any desire to wear fishnet stockings to work. But then I have never had any desire to wear a tie either. They seem equally uncomfortable.

Comfortable and perhaps a bit sloppy seems to work in this environment.

This is considered business casual.



...and this...



Neither are that dressy. But neither are sloppy either. Both rather comfortable I'd guess.

It's quite variable by location.

I used to work in one of the suburbs just north of the city. The standard work wardrobe was what I'd call traditional/conservative - with men's business casual being much like what Bella posted ^^^

Now that I'm back downtown, it's a whole new ballgame. The short pant/high red heel/fishnet stockings thing is not an uncommon look these days - men and women are generally trendier than they were in the 'burbs. Trendy without heading into sleaze-land. Until about a year ago, men's business casual was all about the striped/untucked/seamed shirts with pants that seemed just a bit too long to me. This year, there's more layering going on in men's business casual.

It gets tricky once you get more mmmmmm mature. No sliding back to traditional/conservative wardrobes - but I don't want to dress up like a kid either.




(someone told me today that fishnet's woulda worked with my outfit no thanks)

Butt and significant boob cleavage seem to be the only things that are true no-go's these days (at least in the towers where I work).

ehBeth, please tell me the men in your office do not wear fishnet stockings