"Smart casual"... what's your interpretation?

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Basically...are jeans ok? (Training day at new job).

Black jeans are definitely okay. Some smart blue jeans are okay but it’s a fine line. White jeans are okay.

Does this help?!

Where I work, jeans would be acceptable, unless we had customers in. I've worked other places where it meant suits but no ties for the men.

Id go to the smarter end at first till you get to know what everyone else does.

It’s a fine line but I’d say smart casual would mean jeans are ok if they’re dark and no rips. Business casual would to me mean no jeans.

Nice jeans (black, not ripped) and a top which isn't a t shirt - a blouse, jumper or something smarter. And no trainers.

We have a smart casual office. Jeans are fine as long as no rips, tears etc.

Smart jeans, a nice top. Bit of jewellery. Well groomed.

Jeans are categorically not smart. That said many 'professional emvironments' misuse dress codes (E. G. When corporate dinners a said to be black tie bit everyone turns up in suits instead). We need more information. Where do you work?

The problem with all these ambiguous dress codes is that they mean whatever the HR department say they mean. The only safe way to navigate is to err on the side of smarter until you see what everybody else is wearing.

In my office jeans do not meet our smart casual dress code. Black jeans will if smart, blue specifically excluded.

So the upshot, from the replies so far, is "who the hell knows?"
Means different things everywhere. Somewhere below a suit but above a tracksuit...

It depends on the workplace. All the offices I’ve worked in have had ‘no jeans’ policies - even on dress down Friday. However, in my husband’s office, jeans and a blazer are almost a uniform! I would play on the safe side for the first few days and only wear jeans once you are sure.

What kind of a role is it? I work in a school and our training day is smart casual too. Most people go in jeans, general day to day wear, not as smart as what we'd wear on a school day but not joggers, shorts etc.

No, I wouldn't consider jeans to be smart casual. maybe black jeans, at a push

It's too much of a risk to take, IMO

Dark jeans, nice top, blazer would fit in most places for women. Smart casual is generally a hilariously prescriptive chinos, shirt with no tie look for men, but I think women can get away with denim in most work settings once its not light blue/ripped/embellished jeans and a t-shirt. It depends a bit on how people normally dress though, i.e. if its a corporate law firm where everyone is usually in shift dresses and heels vs somewhere where people were skirts and cardigans and the main day-to-day rule is no jeans.

Jeans of any colour would not meet our smart casual dress code. SC is you are in the office but no external meetings. SC is smart that doesn't need to go to the dry cleaners / tailored.

I wouldn't be brave enough to do any colour or style of jeans without knowing 100% they'd be OK with it. I'd always rather be overdressed than underdressed. You can always slip off a blazer and change it for a scarf from your bag or change heels for a pair of flat ballet pumps if everyone else has turned up in jeans and Converse...

I'm a student, but have part time jobs with a "smart casual dress" code. Jeans and trainers are the two things always mentioned as not being allowed.