office wear

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I work in an office and the majority of the peole wear casual and by that I mean jeans and t shirts and trainers. I always dress smart for work. Some who have tatoos wear short sleeves and show huge tattoos down each arm. I do not think that is appropriate for the office. I really wish i worked for a company who has a strict dress code wehre the women have to wear smart trousers and jackets and dresses and skirts and the men have to wear shirts and trousers and maybe a suit. I could not go to work looking sloppy even if there is no dress code

Do you clutch your string of pearls in horror?

Maybe you should get a job in sainsburys then?

😅I actually quite like this comment and am going to pop it into conversation.

I have a jewish friend. She has to dress appropriately according to her religion. They cannot wear trousers and skirts have to be well below their knees. Does this make them any more religious. Someone posted on here about pearls and yes I own a string of pearls and wear them on the appropriate occasion, When you see Government Ministers they are always dressed very formally. The prime minister always wears a suit and a tie. The head teacher of a school always wears formal clothing. When would you ever see a head teacher turning up to run a school wearing jeans or leggings or a t shirt showing tatoos on arms,

Our firm allows casual unless we have clients meetings. ‘Casual’ translates as very well groomed, with immaculate hair and nails albeit possibly wearing trainers. It’s a lovely aesthetic and everyone is very presentable.

The prime minister doesn't work in an office tho. He's the prime minister 🤣

You need to loosen up or get a new job. How is someone wearing a t-shirt affecting you so much?

Enjoy your PGL trip this weekend.

You pushed it too far now.

What are you doing that's so important that you NEED to be in corporate get up to do it effectively??

A surgeon wears scrubs ffs.

Guess what, I have two full sleeve tattoos. I'm still in my 30s. I run a successful company and I've hired people for my team that barely even acknowledged my tattoos. I've doubled my company turnover this year already and I have corporate clients that like what I do.

Shock horror when it was hot I had a short sleeve blouse on.

Even worse I wore vans on my feet at the same time.

suits are so low status these days - some salesmen, some teachers at schools with the wrong priorities, and some politicians wear them

Casual work denotes higher status, greater confidence, more respect.

You are comparing apples and oranges. Public authority figures have a dress code that acts as a uniform.

The school head may have to wear a suit, but the other teachers at my son’s
school dress very casually. Most of the female teachers wear leggings with hoodies or long tops. DS’s class teacher has a septum piercing, flesh tunnels and visible tattoos. No one cares.

there you go. Apply for Sainsbury's! problem solved 🙂

… and while we are at it, maybe there should be a knicker inspection every morning 😀😂.

Or maybe we should just let people be themselves to do their job. You are paid to use your brains.

We can wear what we like other than sports wear but I wear smart casual as that puts a distance between work clothes and home clothes. I'll always be in jeans and a smart jumper at least.

The headteacher of my daughter’s primary school is usually in shorts and a polo shirt. The uniform is smart but comfortable (polo shirts rather than shirts). It makes for a great learning environment.

The headteacher of her secondary school is never not in a suit, year 9+ have to wear proper shirts, ties and blazers (utterly impractical) and I wonder why he is so resistant to joining the 21st century. (I’ve just become a governor to try and get it changed).

(I work in the city and almost never see shorts and ties. What exactly is he trying to prepare kids for with an uncomfortable and impractical uniform, because it isn’t the world of work!)

My god a self confessed pearl clutcher, we have reached peak mumsnet. 😂

So go and work in the city. This obviously really grates on you. Realistically, only a few sectors / jobs have smart office wear. I work in an office, everyone looks like how you describe.
You have agency - use it.

OP not sure where you are or what you do but there is an IT company near Nottingham that is a family run concern that has a strict dress code for all employees that extends to suits and ties for all male employees, bans visible tats and even dictates haircuts. Perhaps you could apply there.

Is it Nottingham, North Korea?

Is it 1947 again?

I work in analytics for a large multi-national.

I wear dungarees and docs to work. My tattoos are visible.

Makes zero difference to how well I do my job.

Which company is this?

I work in the city. It’s 90% jeans these days.

Your example of the PM and Head Teacher are 'customer' facing roles. If someone is producing work, that is what they are being judged on, they should wear whatever allows them to produce the best work.

Get back to the 1950s.

Op surely if you with you worked somewhere that enforces a business dress code then the solution is to go and apply to these places?

Is your issue that the others make you look very overdressed?

We have a "dress for your day" policy at my work. So unless seeing clients it's casual dress. More formal wear if seeing clients.

Not infallible though as soneyimes clients just drop in on the off chance or call asking if they can pop in that day. They then just need to take us as they find us.