To break our company dress code in the name of fashion?

[ManhattanMama]

Our company dress code was written years ago (ie before the advent of beautiful peep-toe shoes).

It states "No open toe shoes, ie sandals/flip-flops". Here I am wearing my amazing yellow peep-toes, with my nicely manicured red nail-polished toes peeping out, and our new manager comes up and tells me I'm not allowed to wear them! Suggested that I pop out at lunchtime to buy something "appropriate" (is he going to pay I wonder? Christian Loboutin round the corner...)

He only started on Monday so has obviously just read the Employee Handbook and is trying to make an impression.

Gah.

And YES I know I'm breaking "the rules" but he's being a jobsworth.

Your company's dress code was written before the Forties?

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Knob. Your yellow shoes and red nails combo sounds divine. Pass him a copy of In-Style and tell him to get a grip.

Why? I mean why was the original policy no open toes? Got a sneaking suspicion it could be the dreaded health and safety and you know you can't win that one.

The bank my SIL works for ( a big one) insists on no bear legs - tights all year round!

that's bare - not big furry legs, which obviously should be banned

how awful! i hate dress codes, but that seems a little extreme

no bear legs?? what do the bears put on their legs then???

Bear legs are a fashion no no...

Depends on what the company business is. If you are all sitting around in offices then I think you could have a word about at least wearing them for the rest of the day. But if it's dangerous in some way ie something could drop or splash onto your toes, or you have to walk through a warehouse in which plastic strapping might catch on toes and trip you..whatever... then the original dress code is reasonable. Also hygiene related, having feet covered in some industries is an essential hygiene requirement.
What's the company business?

What about blouses that allow people to see you were NOT wearing a bra?

No bear legs, lmao!!!

Does that mean no women with really hairy legs and if they are really hair then cover them up wiith tights??!

Am digging the red toes and yellow shoes combo. Tell the guy to get a grip, and a sense of style!

didn't mean to suggest that you were all "sitting around" doing nothing, just realised I was accusing office workers of doing nowt all day!!

My Dh had to 'have a word' with someone once for wearing combat trousers (in a city bank FGS) and she said they weren't combats they were cargo trousers! (not much difference is there?!) cheeky

It's a bank too, so no dangerous chemicals or heavy thing to drop on my toes! I think it was originally written like that to stop people wearing flip-flops to work - they do specify no flip-flops as I said.

And no not quite the Forties . When did peep-toes make a come-back? I don't really remember them being on my fashion radar till the last few years.

And yes, whoever said it sounds divine - it looks it too!

We had this discussion before re someone going to an interview in peep toe shoes - I am against them but only because they connote glam evenings out and not dull work!

ah, banks=very fuddy duddy! I too used to work in a bank, they also had a dress code of similarly out of date fustiness. I think the original concept was to de-glam everyone to make the customers think you are serious and working hard with their cash. Flashy suits, shiny ties and glam shoes were frowned upon as seeming too frivolous, so an elderly bank chap once told me! He also said winkle pickers were not allowed in the 50's in that particular bank as it made the customers nervous to think their cash was being looked after by teddy boys and not by serious minded studious banky people

But I think your new boss is being a bit over zealous and unreasonable to ask you to buy new shoes at lunch time unless he has a REALLY good reason, everyone is expected to use some discretion with these things. And I'd like to see him argue that one to HR.

Perhaps he's got a shoe/foot fetish and your gorgeous yellow shoes/red nail varnish combo are too much for him!

No peep toes here (bank) I'm afraid but am beign a rebel today and haven't taken off my Converse all day (no training shows either)!

you're wearing yellow peep-toes to work .. why? Do you like, think you're living in, SATC?

bankers should be formal and serious (pleasant and nice) and not style victims

IMHO

ha ha

I remember a male colleague being taken to one side and advised not to wear brown shoes and a vaguely greenish suit. Only black shoes and dark navy/grey/black suits were acceptable

YANBU! This is a real bug bear of mine. I hate dress codes.

Does that mean you can wear trainers/boots etc. even if they look ridiculous with the rest of your outfit.

Are you in an office, or working with the public?

Did he seriously want you to go and buy some new shoes?

I have leather converse

they are NOT trainers

I too work in a no-bare-toes zone

live with it