Will people wear black tomorrow?

[MintyFinty]

I work in a fairly traditional environment. Not sure if I should wear black tomorrow or not? What's everyone else doing?

@OnlyEverAutumn yes, really. I'm not in mourning either, as HM Queen Elizabeth was not a member of my family or a friend, but she was Queen of this country and as such it feels appropriate to show respect. If you feel differently, that is your prerogative.

I'm not sure I can find a complete outfit, but I'll wear my bright yellow raincoat on the school run in the morning! Am a SAHM, so no work outfits!

Not given this a thought and don't own any work suitable black other than my trousers really. I am sad the Queen has gone but won't be observing any mourning and as far as I know work haven't said anything. I am front facing civil service

DH's workplace is. Black tie for those in suits (or black suits for women)

Black armbands for those not in suits

I only wear black, so yes.

@TwoMonthsOff Norman Hartnell

This is so funny, Did you really think that I thought that the request was made by the Queens family?? Ha ha. Of course not. As I said if I was a wage slave & my employer made such a request I would tell them where to go & come to work in a red outfit. The being sent to the tower was just tongue in cheek humour, nothing to do with the royals sending people there.

@TheEggChair
thank you

I will, I work in local government, nothing major. I wear muted colours quite often in the office though so it’s not a huge departure from my regular work wear.

That kind of depends who your employer is.

If it's the Crown (civil service, government agencies, police, courts etc) then it's the same thing

@Tania64

Well you've been pretty vocal about your distate for the monarchy so far so what was I supposed to think? Which is fair enough, not everybody is a royalist, that's fine by me. But there is also a time and place to be posting about 'rotten institutions' and respectful threads posted about a 96 year old woman who served this country until 2 days before her death isn't one of them

What? Only if you have some connection with government or the Royals like some PPs have mentioned. I'm not wearing anything different.
You don't even wear all black to funerals these days.

Blimey, I was planning on wearing a turquoise and pink leopard print dress! Will I be quietly judged on the tune?!

I will be wearing lime green, with matching hat, shoes and handbag. Might also have a flutter on the horses, it's what she would've wanted

Education sector: a message tonight asking us to wear smart/muted clothing tomorrow

Btw I'm actually quite a fan of the Queen, it's just a bit much isn't it? My beloved grandfather died, I didn't wear black until the funeral

Don’t be daft. I have a new leopard print shirt and some black trousers i.e. what I’d have worn anyway.

Am of republican persuasion but yes I'll wear black. I fundamentally disagree with the concept of a royal family but I admire and respect the Queen and, at the end of the day, a worthy woman has died. It isn't a betrayal of my principles to show respect.

I’ll be wearing black, though it’s a regular thing anyway.

Nothing special black T-shirt but then I wear those anyway usually with dr or Star Wars on them.

I think people are more than welcome to wear what they like tomorrow or sky other day but the disparaging "why would I wear black/show respect/I'll wear what I like" type comments-that's fine too. Just make sure that you raise your hand to work on the day of the funeral when the rest of us are mourning and please don't ask for extra pay because you're not missing out on anything you care about.

I wear black most days to be fair!

Nope. This is about her family. I'm not making it about me by wearing mourning clothes. I never even met her so it's sad in an abstract way but not particularly meaningful to me.

Besides, I don't actually own any black clothing apart from a pair of jogging bottoms.

I have loads if you need to borrow anything 😁

Well said. This too-cool-for-this sneering is a deeply unflattering look, btw.