Do you have a separate work wardrobe?

[THFCSteph]

As above - we’ve a dress down policy at work e.g no need to wear anything too formal.

Do you have a selected wardrobe or do you wear your ‘best’ and dress to impress?

@THFCSteph I do I have a business casual wardrobe, usually dark blue/black jeans, shirt and blazer with knee boots or loafers dependent on weather/time of year

Yeah I sort of do! I don’t tend to wear new things for work, they usually get relegated to workwear - apart from shoes. boots trainers!

Were the same but I try to have separate work and home clothes. My work ones are a little smarter than my home ones so I feel in “work mode”

No, all seasons is the same dresses with or without a cardigan

Yeah, pretty much.
I occasionally wear a work thing at home, but id never wear a home thing at work.

No, I just have smart casual and slightly more smart outfits of different types and wear them wherever. I don't wear jeans or the most casual tops etc in the office, but the things i wear to work i would mostly also wear out of work as well.

I do, and always have, in fact I don't feel right wearing work clothes anywhere else. I have been thinking about this recently and it's a bit ridiculous. My work wardrobe is mostly smart casual (office) and occasionally a bit more formal for certain occasions, so why do I need separate clothes?

I wouldn't go into the office in my weekend cleaning clothes but I could mix it up a bit. I also have clothes that I save for "best" but hardly ever wear, again a bit pointless.

Not really. Everything I wear to work I'd wear at home, but not the other way round, so no to exercise or gardening clothes at work, also no to business dress (I only wear that in my role as a school governor) or evening wear. We are very casual at work, I often wear hoodies and trainers and so do others.

I think it's a reflection of the fact that my work and home lives are very blurred, totally flexible, might nip out on personal errands during the working day (I don't WFH) and catch up with emails in the evening, I love my job and this works well for me (everyone else is the same). Whereas previous jobs I have had strict demarcation of both tasks and wardrobe because I didn't enjoy work and wanted to leave it behind entirely at 5pm.

I have suit trousers and blouses i only wear to work when onsite but I have recently discovered side striped trousers ( probably late to fashion) that i would wear in my non work life.
When I wfh I wear a smartish top. My company is anything most of my coworkers (male) wear jeans and a branded polo shirt. I have the option but don't think it's professional.

When I was in an office I very much had a separate work wardrobe. It was casual dress code, which some of my colleagues took too far, tracksuits and the like, but some people also dressed up in business attire so really a massive mix.

I tended to wear smart dresses, skirts/wide leg trousers with a blouse, typical office wear really. In the summer maybe go a bit more casual and wear trainers with a dress, but I really liked the dressing up aspect of going to work. Plus I started office work in the 90’s where it was expected to that you wear business formal to work and I’ve never really moved too far away from that.

I’m fully remote now so I’m integrating some of those clothes into my every day wardrobe, but also still dressing up a bit for work as I spend a lot of time in meetings, but definitely more inclined to wear my “normal” clothes for work.

I think that’s why I do have a work wardrobe- because I want work and home to be very separate!

plus work wear is a bit smarter and home wear is normally jeans. I find dressing smarter also feels a bit like putting on armour 😂

Yeah, I really don't need armour for work, we are very chilled. It is the best job I've ever had.

I think also for me that even though I started work in the 80s I've never had a job that requires business dress, it's always been smart casual to very casual. So the dressing up for work thing is not something I've ever really had to do.

Yes. I work client facing, but just wear comfortable dresses, or trousers and buttoned up cardigans/jumpers/tops for work. And decent fitting bras. Smart but comfortable.

I always get changed as soon as I get home, and I never wear work clothes in the evening or at weekends.

I have a clinic uniform and rarely have to attend anything in my own clothes so everything I buy is for my personal life.

I try to keep mine separate which seems a bit silly when I think about it. But a PP nailed it with the comment about wanting to keep home and work separate.

My job is stressful and I don’t enjoy it. I have to look fairly professional, so when off duty I want to look like me.

that said, since the pandemic the boundaries have blurred a little and I’m pleased that I can forget about heels!

Yes - we have been on permanent 'dress down' for about 10 years now but I prefer to have separate work clothes that are 'business casual' - it makes things easier when I'm getting dressed.

My work is smart casual. During the pandemic I did a big wardrobe overhaul. Now, as some other posters have said, I just have my clothes and can wear them anywhere including at home. Everything is beautiful and comfortable!

There's a divide but it's becoming more blurred. My whistles jackets, for example, I wear all the time. I also have tops that I wear all the time. But I'd never wear my smart work trousers or work dresses outside work.

I haven't bought any strictly work stuff for about 18 months because I am working towards retirement.

Work is smart casual but I'm senior so avoid anything too casual but it isn't corporate or smart by any stretch. The only rules for staff are no shorts and no flip flops (the latter for H&S).