What is suitable office attire?

[Yellowbowlbanana]

I start a new job next week. My previous job had a very restrictive dress so I've lost my perception of what's normal. The new job has a smart/casual dress code with suits for some parts. I think it's no jeans. Are the following considered acceptable for the office:

Sandals with an open toe?
Bare legs with dresses/skirts or does it need to be tights?
Sleeveless tops?
Smart trainers (Veja type things)?

Thanks

Our dress code is smart casual. No denim, no trainers, although I do wear a denim jacket coming in.
I usually have one of the three things on: cropped trousers with a shirt/blouse; fitted t-shirt with a midi skirt or a dress. Sleeveless is fine, strappy not so much. I wear open-top sandals but like PP I have regular pedicures. I do have a colleague who wears smart white trainers every day and no one seems to mind so I think it depends how put together you look overall

No trainers or jeans where I work
Sandals aren’t banned as such but I rarely wear them
Sleeveless tops and bare legs are ok
I’m mainly linen dresses with pointed flats in summer

This was more to prevent the equally young teenage boys from reacting unacceptably

Obviously micro minis etc are not suitable in an office environment but for that reason? Alternatively you could teach boys not to react unacceptably in the first place rather than put the onus on the girls

I'm newly office based and it's extremely casual.
Most people wear slim leg trousers or knee length skirt, plain blouse or t-shirt tucked in and trainers.

Most of the offices I have worked with have been fine with bare legs.

Sleeveless tops are normally ok but strappy is inappropriate, so a sleeveless shirt, shell top or slip dress is ok but a camisole style is not.

Trainers are generally only for dress down Friday, for the commute or offices that have a less formal dress code.

Sandals can be a bit of a minefield. Places worry about the tripping hazard of very open sandals so flipflops, open toe mules and strappy sandals are generally out. Most places are fine with a peep toe, a slingback, or something like the fit flop covea. The in-between is a grey area though. Best to play it safe with something more enclosed for the first couple of weeks.

Bare legs are ok almost everywhere nowadays.

I'd say open sandals are also fine if your feet are well looked after. Far safer in my opinion from h&S point of view than high heels.

Sleeveless tops ok if high cut ( no cleavage) and made from woven fabric not jersey fabric.

Trainers - I'd wait and see what others are wearing. Ditto jeans.

Generally speaking nothing too revealing, no logos, clean and ironed, no dangly jewellery.

I'd say smart for the start then adapt

My workplace is smart but informal. Smart jeans are okay unless there is an important meeting. I told my team that there should be no bellies shown and no cleavage back or front, the only holes in the clothes are where your head and arms and legs go in, basically neat and clean and you’re okay. It gets very warm in our buildings so sleeveless tops and bare legs are fine, smart shorts for men and women alike.

re modest and inoffensive....I always used to say wear what you want but i don't want to see your tattoos, piercings or know where you buy your knickers. Doesn't work anymore now that almost everyone (well at least more than in the past) has tattoos and multiple piercings and there's that crime fashion for blokes (mostly) of having high waist boxers and low slung trousers.

Our office officially says no sleeveless tops, no jeans, no sports shoes, no sandals or open toed shoes, no logo tshirts, modest length (one manager used to measure) skirts or full length trousers and no hats. But currently it's a free for all for the women and even the guys are in denim shorts, sandals and shirts bought at the last big gig they went to. Management is just happy that people are showing up and can't police those who are WFH.

one manager used to measure skirts

Were you working at an office in 1955??

@KillingMeDeftly

one manager used to measure skirts

Were you working at an office in 1955??

Nope! that was 3 years ago. she also wouldn't allow leggings of any sort even if they were under a full length dress.

It really depends, dress overly smart and then look at what others are wearing. Jeans and trainers are common place here (cool tech place) but I used to work in the banking sector where even bright nail polish wasn’t allowed.

My office has a great deal of variety depending on the role - very, very smart at the client facing end to very casual at the other. I’m not client facing but I like to play around with my outfits so I can be either smart or casual depending on mood. If I wear something casual like a pair of jeans they will be smart, dark indigo and I will make the rest of the outfit quite tailored or conservative to counter them. I have worn a jumpsuit ( probably the only person to ever wear one in my office)but they’ve been black. I would never wear a flowery print or a dungaree style. I do wear open toes and smart trainers but I have SLT who I’ve seen in both too. ( how is a sandal a H&S risk but not high heels?). I like the upper half to look smarter because I’m sat at a desk a lot. I have a colleague who wears spaghetti strapped tops with her work trousers.. I’m really not a fan. That’s a lot of skin on show. I’d rather have tailored knee length shorts or culottes and a shirt on. I haven’t braved shorts yet but I’ve got to go in the office tomorrow and it’s due to be 28 degrees and the train has no aircon. I do like the jumpsuit OP. I’m not sure I’d be brave enough the first week. Slim cropped trousers and shirt or silky top or T would be a safer alternative until you get the lie of the land.

My office you can wear all of that, your gym kit even ! Come as you are 😂

[quote Yellowbowlbanana]Thank you for all the replies. I will definitely err on the side of conservative initially.

Do you think something like this would be okay with ballerina flats and a cardigan or is that a bit controversial to start off with:
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Love this !