Are these two dresses dated for workwear?

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I know “if you like it, wear it “ but also I was loved the era of a power Galaxy dress, and would live in them for the rest of my working life, so need some perspective.

https://www.hobbs.com/product/meera-dress/0125-5237-9045L05-ZINNIA-PINK.html?utm_source=google&utm_source_platform=google_ads&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=NEST_Hobbs_UK_EN_BoF_Shopping_Brand&utm_id=22300217733&utm_content=agid_171138532490-ad_736662908342&network=g&device=c&targetid=pla-293946777986&utm_tpl=live&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22300217733&gbraid=0AAAAADC5o-KwGWjelOitcXVX5sd7rkULg&gclid=CjwKCAiAzOXMBhASEiwAe14Sac3hzLKfFRuXOlOBqVaIJQVk1lrUH-RBsTvlRqGi-flYMFJ-RP3vIxoCkeIQAvD_BwE

https://www.hobbs.com/product/hallie-dress/0125-5635-9045L00-HYDRANGEA-BLUE.html

The pink dress is gorgeous. I'd probably wear this for something more formal than work though.

Not as keen on the blue.

All work dress codes specifically state no cardigans to be worn by either sex

Specific exemptions exist for libraries or museums

They are lovely but 100% polyester. For that price not worth it.

No they don’t.

What is your issue with cardigans?

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That poster is making a joke.

They look like 'panic buy wedding guest outfits' that perfectly serve that purpose but never get worn again. Or 'politician visiting the public somewhere' dresses. Plus, they're polyester so I'd avoid for that reason.

This is why the removal of the 😂 was a travesty

Where I work banned "gardening cardies"

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Is this a specific style or related to its state of repair?

Omg that's just unlocked a memory! When I first worked in city law I worked at a US law firm's London office. We (the trainees) were all flown out to the head office in New York for a sort of induction with all the US first years. Smart casual dress generally - suits required for some meetings. This is late 90s. One of the speakers was a guy who used to be managing partner and had since retired. He must have been 80 odd and so his heyday would have been 1950s I suppose.

Anyway he said that "y'all look like you're ready to work in your gardens" about our smart casual wear. He also had a great anecdote about a grumpy old partner of his day asking him sarcastically if he perhaps needed a loan to buy a suitable hat.

Nothing to add except that a lot of the comments on this thread have made me so glad I work from home!

But it would dress it down a bit. We don't know if the op works in a school canteen or teaches or digs roads or does something with spreadsheets.....

I never had a corporate job and now I'm retired so I'm not going to try and advise but I am agog at this thread. I've not been well and it's proper cheered me up, although it's disconcerting to learn there are posters who don't remember the Galaxy dress.

Also I need a gardening cardigan right now. I never garden and I've no plans to start but they sound right up my street.

I have come across dress codes before, of course. I still maintain that a neat black cardigan would be acceptable almost everywhere now.

Sorry you’ve not been well. I had a couple of velvet Galaxy rip offs from Miss Selfridges iirc. One of them was one of my favourite dresses ever.

I'd never heard the name 'Galaxy dress' but recognise the cut. I always hated that look - hated the neckline.

Is this the galaxy dress?
Rent The Galaxy Dress - Roland Mouret | HURR

Ha ha my husband is a partner in a City firm and literally wears his gardening clothes to work, often with mud still attached 😭

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You forgot art and geography teachers

And the librarians must wear big glasses and have their hair in buns, of course.

Whenever I buy beautiful new clothes, intended for conferences, meetings with colleagues, tramping through city streets - I assess them for their ultimate purpose, once shabby and unshapely, as gardening clothes. It makes me very happy …

I’m sure it’s a spectrum.

I don’t sit on the board but spend a lot of time with investors. If I showed up to Morgan Stanley TMT in a cardigan I’d be an outlier for sure.

I'm struggling to think of what shoes you could put with these dresses that wouldn't look too dressy and old fashioned. Heels and court shoes are very dated and impractical for work. You could end up looking like you're going to a wedding. What shoes did you have in mind?

Aw thank you. It's nothing sinister but extremely annoying. I remember trying lots of knock-off Galaxy dresses but never found one that fitted.

@HugoThatway yes that's the one.

from what you've said here your team is unusual (in terms of what they wear) within your own organisation. Does it not stand to reason then that it’s likely your own office wear preferences are likely atypical and perhaps stridently offering them up to all, is at best, a waste of time?