Hai,
Guide to Business Casual Dressing for Work
This is a general overview of appropriate business casual attire. Items that are not appropriate for the office are listed, too. Neither list is all-inclusive and both are open to change. The lists tell you what is generally acceptable as business casual attire and what is generally not acceptable as business casual attire.
No dress code can cover all contingencies so employees must exert a certain amount of judgment in their choice of clothing to wear to work. If you experience uncertainty about acceptable, professional business causal attire for work, please ask your supervisor or your Human Resources staff.
Slacks, Pants, and Suit Pants
Slacks that are similar to Dockers and other makers of cotton or synthetic material pants, wool pants, flannel pants,dressy capris, and nice looking dress synthetic pants are acceptable. Inappropriate slacks or pants include jeans, sweatpants, exercise pants, Bermuda shorts, short shorts, shorts, bib overalls, leggings, and any spandex or other form-fitting pants such as people wear for biking.
Skirts, Dresses, and Skirted Suits
Casual dresses and skirts, and skirts that are split at or below the knee are acceptable. Dress and skirt length should be at a length at which you can sit comfortably in public. Short, tight skirts that ride halfway up the thigh are inappropriate for work. Mini-skirts, skorts, sun dresses, beach dresses, and spaghetti-strap dresses are inappropriate for the office.
Shirts, Tops, Blouses, and Jackets
Casual shirts, dress shirts, sweaters, tops, golf-type shirts, and turtlenecks are acceptable attire for work. Most suit jackets or sport jackets are also acceptable attire for the office, if they violate none of the listed guidelines. Inappropriate attire for work includes tank tops; midriff tops; shirts with potentially offensive words, terms, logos, pictures, cartoons, or slogans; halter-tops; tops with bare shoulders; sweatshirts, and t-shirts unless worn under another blouse, shirt, jacket, or dress.
Shoes and Footwear
Conservative athletic or walking shoes, loafers, clogs, sneakers, boots, flats, dress heels, and leather deck-type shoes are acceptable for work. Wearing no stockings is acceptable in warm weather. Flashy athletic shoes, thongs, flip-flops, slippers, and any shoe with an open toe are not acceptable in the office. Closed toe and closed heel shoes are required in the manufacturing operation area.
Jewelry, Makeup, Perfume, and Cologne
Should be in good taste, with limited visible body piercing. Remember, that some employees are allergic to the chemicals in perfumes and make-up, so wear these substances with restraint.
Hats and Head Covering
Hats are not appropriate in the office. Head Covers that are required for religious purposes or to honor cultural tradition are allowed.
Regards,
Mukesh.
From India, Madras
4Guide to Business Casual Dressing for Work
This is a general overview of appropriate business casual attire. Items that are not appropriate for the office are listed, too. Neither list is all-inclusive and both are open to change. The lists tell you what is generally acceptable as business casual attire and what is generally not acceptable as business casual attire.
No dress code can cover all contingencies so employees must exert a certain amount of judgment in their choice of clothing to wear to work. If you experience uncertainty about acceptable, professional business causal attire for work, please ask your supervisor or your Human Resources staff.
Slacks, Pants, and Suit Pants
Slacks that are similar to Dockers and other makers of cotton or synthetic material pants, wool pants, flannel pants,dressy capris, and nice looking dress synthetic pants are acceptable. Inappropriate slacks or pants include jeans, sweatpants, exercise pants, Bermuda shorts, short shorts, shorts, bib overalls, leggings, and any spandex or other form-fitting pants such as people wear for biking.
Skirts, Dresses, and Skirted Suits
Casual dresses and skirts, and skirts that are split at or below the knee are acceptable. Dress and skirt length should be at a length at which you can sit comfortably in public. Short, tight skirts that ride halfway up the thigh are inappropriate for work. Mini-skirts, skorts, sun dresses, beach dresses, and spaghetti-strap dresses are inappropriate for the office.
Shirts, Tops, Blouses, and Jackets
Casual shirts, dress shirts, sweaters, tops, golf-type shirts, and turtlenecks are acceptable attire for work. Most suit jackets or sport jackets are also acceptable attire for the office, if they violate none of the listed guidelines. Inappropriate attire for work includes tank tops; midriff tops; shirts with potentially offensive words, terms, logos, pictures, cartoons, or slogans; halter-tops; tops with bare shoulders; sweatshirts, and t-shirts unless worn under another blouse, shirt, jacket, or dress.
Shoes and Footwear
Conservative athletic or walking shoes, loafers, clogs, sneakers, boots, flats, dress heels, and leather deck-type shoes are acceptable for work. Wearing no stockings is acceptable in warm weather. Flashy athletic shoes, thongs, flip-flops, slippers, and any shoe with an open toe are not acceptable in the office. Closed toe and closed heel shoes are required in the manufacturing operation area.
Jewelry, Makeup, Perfume, and Cologne
Should be in good taste, with limited visible body piercing. Remember, that some employees are allergic to the chemicals in perfumes and make-up, so wear these substances with restraint.
Hats and Head Covering
Hats are not appropriate in the office. Head Covers that are required for religious purposes or to honor cultural tradition are allowed.
Regards,
Mukesh.
From India, Madras
hi mukesh,
Good observations u made about what should and what should not look proper at work place.
I have to give two critical feedbacks.
First, the comments are relevant to certain contexts. the organization culture, its location, its size and its philosophy about workers matters a lot. For example, in my Fashion Academy (Pearl Academy of Fashion), even senior faculty can easily dress up in jeans and casual tops as long as its not offending and accepted in our Modern Indian Work-Culture. The idea is not to look at the name of the item as a deciding factor for choosing your work-wear but rather a more holistic evlauation of each item's suitability to a certain unique kind of culture of ogranization.
I have seen designers dress up in casuals like T-shirts and knee length shorts (esp in the morning when they come straight to office after taking a walk) and still they are losing no authority about their persona. buyers from foreign countries are also famous for dressing up in whatever they feel comfortable, rather than what is an accepted convention for that organization/country.
Secondly, the occasion also matters, apart from organiztion type. you can dress up in nice looking T-shirts in day to day functioning, but when you have to meet an important client, or when you are going out for business meetings, then also the attire would depend on other factors.
So, on the whole you may have given a comprehensive and generalized version of dresses acceptable at work, these are obviously colored by the unique and subjective experiences one has gained over the past years.
Hope you are able to understand my points.
Regards
Seema Singh
From India, Lucknow
Good observations u made about what should and what should not look proper at work place.
I have to give two critical feedbacks.
First, the comments are relevant to certain contexts. the organization culture, its location, its size and its philosophy about workers matters a lot. For example, in my Fashion Academy (Pearl Academy of Fashion), even senior faculty can easily dress up in jeans and casual tops as long as its not offending and accepted in our Modern Indian Work-Culture. The idea is not to look at the name of the item as a deciding factor for choosing your work-wear but rather a more holistic evlauation of each item's suitability to a certain unique kind of culture of ogranization.
I have seen designers dress up in casuals like T-shirts and knee length shorts (esp in the morning when they come straight to office after taking a walk) and still they are losing no authority about their persona. buyers from foreign countries are also famous for dressing up in whatever they feel comfortable, rather than what is an accepted convention for that organization/country.
Secondly, the occasion also matters, apart from organiztion type. you can dress up in nice looking T-shirts in day to day functioning, but when you have to meet an important client, or when you are going out for business meetings, then also the attire would depend on other factors.
So, on the whole you may have given a comprehensive and generalized version of dresses acceptable at work, these are obviously colored by the unique and subjective experiences one has gained over the past years.
Hope you are able to understand my points.
Regards
Seema Singh
From India, Lucknow
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