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AIBU to think this is not appropriate for the office?

234 replies

chickentonightx · 01/04/2015 21:47

One of my team wore a dress similar to this today:

www.asos.com/ASOS-Petite/ASOS-PETITE-Long-Sleeve-Bodycon-Rib-Mini-Dress/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=4948857&cid=8799&Rf989=5011&Rf981=3677&Rf1012=4458&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=204&sort=-1&clr=Black&totalstyles=187&gridsize=3

AIBU to think it's not appropriate for the office? I didn't say anything as we don't have a formal dress code and didn't know if I was just being a jealous old fart (she's 10 years younger than me and looked very good in it)

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lescec · 28/04/2015 23:53

I work in public sector and it would not be considered exceptional. However knee length skirts and tweed are suggested as giving gravitas for people over 40 and senior managers.

Curiously there is an ad link to the dress on ASOS at the top of the page.

Farfort1962 · 27/09/2019 01:38

Nothing wrong with the dress

CSIblonde · 27/09/2019 01:56

I thought it'd be see thru. It's fine. And a bargain. I'd not wear sheer tights/ heels with it at work as that might make it look a tad like a posh date dress. I'd wear flats or flat knee hi boots & thick black tights.

TelAvivLastNight · 27/09/2019 02:03

I work in a pretty conservative corporate environment and would not bat an eyelid at that. I would wear it myself if I looked like that in it!

Mothership4two · 27/09/2019 02:15

Seems OK to me. I used to work in an office with a woman who wore floaty type dresses to knee or beyond but always very low-cut with bra usually showing or definitely showing if she lent over. She was early 20's and yes looked nice but I used to find it odd and not professional in an office environment especially as it had high proportion of male employees.

TelAvivLastNight · 27/09/2019 02:23

Its quite dated thinking to say women cannot be taken seriously if they choose to wear less than conservative clothing. This attitude doesn't help women at all. It doesn't help men either.

This is the sort of thinking that led to women wearing burkas.

Canuckduck · 27/09/2019 02:35

For my office it would be way to short & right but I guess it depends. It looks more like a dress for an evening out to me.

pastyballbag · 27/09/2019 02:56

ZOMBIE

managedmis · 27/09/2019 03:06

Is this a joke? How is that inappropriate? I wore a bodycon mini dress to work today and I'm a senior manager

^^

In what industry, may I ask?

managedmis · 27/09/2019 03:07

Frigging zombie NATION

finn1020 · 27/09/2019 03:28

Why are women jealous of and bitchy about other women?

Winterlife · 27/09/2019 04:45

I think it’s too short for an office.

Mothership4two · 27/09/2019 05:00

zombie zombie zombie!

Rachelover60 · 27/09/2019 05:46

Looks quite smart to me. The only problem with dresses like that is when somebody with a few spare tyres and love handles pours themselves into it. I'd have worn a dress like that to work with contrasting accessories, sheos etc. and nice costume jewellery.

painauchocolat84 · 27/09/2019 05:48

I think it’s fine!

MaybeitsMaybelline · 27/09/2019 05:52

Tights or bare legs is the decider for me.

meccacos2 · 27/09/2019 05:53

I can’t see the whole dress so I assume it is short.

In my last office I worked with young women who were very slim and attractive and occasionally they wore tight dresses (never short though).

The thing was, I knew how much they were earning and one lady was even supporting her elderly and sick father. She always managed to look immaculately groomed. But this is what she often wore to work. Long sleeves, figure hugging, mid length dresses. She looked absolutely lovely and I used to tell her so.

If you’re covered up, clean, groomed then that is office attire.

We can’t expect young women to put together a work wardrobe on minimal pay and then chastise them because we don’t think it’s appropriate.

I know how expensive it is to dress for work. My work dresses cost $200-$300, my former colleague managed to look good for $30 to $40 and her dresses didn’t need dry cleaning.

purplelila2 · 27/09/2019 05:57

I wear similar attire into work I work in an office.
We have a smart dress code.

What's your problem?

ChickenyChick · 27/09/2019 06:18

You say “ This is the sort of thinking that led to women wearing burkas.” 🤣🤣🤣

Lol, do non muslim women wear burka’s now, because it’s mini dresses OR burkas and nothing in between?!

Lowlandlucky · 27/09/2019 06:44

Too short and too tight for work

Treeli · 27/09/2019 06:57

FUCKING XOMBIE THREAD FROM 2015!!!

Disfordarkchocolate · 27/09/2019 07:04

I wouldn't have worn it even when I was slim and bendy enough to pick things off the floor gracefully. However, I have seen far far 'worse' clothing in many an office. Office clothing gas massively changed in the last 10 years for more junior staff, it's just bog-standard casual clothing now.

GnomeDePlume · 27/09/2019 07:08

It may be a zombie thread but I have just amused myself wondering what my short rotund figure would look like in a dress like that. I think I would end up looking like one of those black plastic wrapped straw bales!

Musicalmistress · 27/09/2019 07:14

Was she clothed? Was she comfortable? Than yabu but.... I do understand as I too am unreasonable about how some people dress for work in a professional setting - my problem tho, not theirs.

TryingToBeBold · 27/09/2019 07:39

What an old thread
I've actually worn this dress (primark equivalent) to work. So I have no problems with it Grin