DH’s work - who is BU?

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My DH works in an office, not customer facing. He has been wearing tailored shorts with a short sleeved shirt for work this week. Today he was told he’s not allowed as it’s against the company dress code. He’s checked said dress code and it says “wear clothes appropriate for your role”. Women are allowed to wear dresses/skirts. Is he BU to not understand the issue?

He should definitely wear a dress, like this guy: metro.co.uk/2017/06/22/guy-heads-into-work-in-a-dress-after-being-sent-home-for-wearing-shorts-6726745/

My son’s teacher had shorts on today. He looked great

The most important question is whether he has the legs to pull off the look.

Where I used to work, men were given special dispensation to wear shorts during the occasional heatwave. I seem to recall they were all in discussion as to what sort of shoes they would wear with said shorts!

NapQueen
Two very trim and good looking individuals.
I think if someone is overweight and bulging out of same outfit it would be looked on differently.
I’m not saying it’s right but might be a factor.

Lots of men in my office wear shorts, and they look fine. It's a very casual media company. Nobody is showing too much unlike some women who are wearing extremely skimpy dresses

Sandals or boat shoes/loafers are fine. Sandals or boat shoes/loafers with socks are NOT FINE.

Unfortunately, at the risk of generalising wildly, men tend not to take such good care of their feet as women do in terms of rough skin, keeping toenails short and tidy etc, and being subjected to horrible naked feet in a working environment can be grim.

Surely the second paragraph is contradicting the first. I know socks with sandals is considered a fashion fail, but in absolute terms, a clean sock in good condition is a more pleasant site than the average male foot.

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My dh would wear a skirt. His gone to work in pjs before on pj day even though his work where not taking part but they have air con which they can set to each office to no need for him.

In our non customer facing office men are allowed tailored shorts when we get heat like we have now. I think any other policy would be mean and double standards. Feel for the poor men who are forced into trousers!

And this dear fellow vipers is one of the many many reasons I decided to set up my own company after maternity rather than return to the utter idiocy that is the corporate world!

DH worked with a man who did turn up in a skirt after being told off for wearing shorts.

AlpacaLypse

Business owner here too. Corporate offices are just so bizarre/ridiculous.

Although I do think the PP that said neither of those outfits would be permissible in most UK offices is a little off the mark. It really depends on what sector you're in –as already pointed out in this thread, lots of media and tech companies allow casual wear. And most modern companies are nowhere near as stuffy about stuff like this as offices traditionally are.