Message #57955

[officeguru]

Our corporate wide dress code is business casual.  We are allowed to wear jeans/capris on Fridays.  Memorial Day - Labor Day women have the option of not having to wear hosiery.  

As a temp - I usually worked in offices that had a 'casual' dress code or provided set shirts we had to wear with khakis; so when I started working at this company I really did not have the wardrobe to fit how I feel I need to present myself.  

I have worked at slowing building up my closet with new clothes - ran into a hiccup when I unexplainably gained a significant amount of weight and no longer fit in clothes I had just purchased months previously.  

I'm not the 'dress up' kinda gal - I am most comfortable in jeans and khakis.  On weekends - it's nothing but t-shirts.  But during the week I have nice 'dress' shirts I pair with khakis when I occassionally wear them (usually Thursdays - but wore them today cause I just couldn't get into the 'professional' mode this morning).  Otherwise it's nice slacks and a shirt or pullover sweater.

We have quite a few people who push the boundary of the dress code.  Low cut shirts are common and I can not believe how many women will wear a dark colored bra under a light or white shirt.  Or... shirts that are thin enough (and obviously wearing a thin bra or perhaps not wearing one at all) and it becomes very evident when they get cold.  If I'm noticing it - surely others are as well.  

My boss will not put up with anyone in our team wearing inappropriate clothes.  She will call them out - behind closed doors if it's something major - and let them know.