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Would you wear shorts to work? Like the ones in this picture?

23 replies

JonahAndTheSale · 16/09/2016 07:53

like these

Styled similarly with th ankle boots?

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Lj8893 · 16/09/2016 07:54

That link is to a pair of boots?

JonahAndTheSale · 16/09/2016 07:56

sorry try again

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MoreGilmoreGirls · 16/09/2016 07:59

I used to wear shorts to work (in an office) similar to those pictured with opaque tights and boots so yes I would.

Mrsderekshepard · 16/09/2016 07:59

Depends on lots of things, where you work, your age, and your size.

CatherineDeB · 16/09/2016 08:01

Agree with Mrsderek, depends on a lot. Dress code? Would you wear a skirt that short?

They wouldn't cut it anywhere I have worked, much too short.

LifeIsGoodish · 16/09/2016 08:01

I wouldn't. I work in a school, and I would wear a short skirt styled the same way (thick tights/leggings, with boots), yet shorts just seem...wrong. I can't put my finger on why, though.

daftbesom · 16/09/2016 08:02

Depends on your job, I suppose. I wore shorts to work one very hot day years ago and got told off! They were knee-length, quite smart, had a matching jacket. Male boss (shiny, too-tight trousers) enquired if I was heading to the beach.

I like the ones in the picture but I wouldn't wear them to work - then again, I am ancient now and work in a conservative office environment.

Lj8893 · 16/09/2016 08:03

I wouldn't only because I'm fat and would look hideous in shorts! But if I was slimmer then yes I would wear them to work, but only styled like the picture, I wouldn't wear them without opaque tights.

Runningupthathill82 · 16/09/2016 08:06

Yes, with the opaque tights and ankle boots in autumn/winter, not with sandals and bare legs in summer.
My office is smart, but creative/media type stuff, so it would be fine. And I'm slim, which I think helps.

Ilovewillow · 16/09/2016 08:08

Yes as in the picture with opaque tights and boots or shoes but if would depend where you work and the environment. I would in financial services as an accountant so no but more creative role then yes I would!

HunterHearstHelmsley · 16/09/2016 08:12

I would. I work in an office with a very relaxed dress code and I'd wear those with or without tights.

SinglePringle · 16/09/2016 08:14

Would and do. Very similar to the picture. I'm 45 and work in a creative industry. No-one would bat an eye. I do have cracking legs though.

SinglePringle · 16/09/2016 08:16

Actually, on closer inspection, my shorts are shorter. Wool and tailored.

WanderingTrolley1 · 16/09/2016 08:18

I think they're too short for work.

SomedayMyPrinceWillCome · 16/09/2016 08:22

I'm a nurse. This summer I discovered that we can wear shorts (written in uniform policy). I wear navy blue knee length shorts with black trainer type shoes. TBH it looks a bit silly with a nurses tunic but seeing as my dept is regularly 35+ degrees I didn't really care. By the end of the summer there were quite a few of us in shorts

sentia · 16/09/2016 08:24

It really depends on the office. In my office, which is quite formal, there is no way I would get away with shorts. But in a more casual office I don't see the problem.

Gwenhwyfar · 16/09/2016 08:29

I don't think shorts (unless knee length) are appropriate for the office. You're not on the beach and you're not out clubbing.

INeedNewShoes · 16/09/2016 08:32

I think shorts like that can look pretty smart with the right top and shoes.

I wish I had the legs to pull off a pair of shorts!

ItGoesWithoutSaying · 16/09/2016 08:56

They ain't that short! I'd wear them with tights to the office.

This summer I've been wearing loose knee-length shorts to the office with bare legs. Fine. Office is fairly relaxed, however.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 16/09/2016 08:57

Yes, I would.

idontlikealdi · 16/09/2016 09:01

My office is too 'corporate' so no but if I worked somewhere else, definitely.

Mittensonastring · 16/09/2016 09:02

I can remember wearing denim cut offs to the library I was working in as a yound newly qualified librarian The boss was a hippy anarchist and we all walked around bare foot. This was the the very early 1990's. One woman wore those novelty animal head slippers quite often as she had sore feet.

Ah eccentricity is not allowed in any sector anymore it's a shame.

foodiefil · 16/09/2016 09:04

Yes to those shorts and yes for work. No to those atrocities you're calling boots.

Unless you live in an igloo.

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