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Post by Subsound on Feb 29, 2016 18:29:08 GMT -6
Hi all,
I couldn't find a thread on this topic. Most of my clothing purchases are casual workwear, however I work five days a week in a reasonably conservative office so can't wear jeans & workshirts.
I'm tired of wearing ordinary business shirts & pants, or occasionally a suit, to work. I'm looking for ideas & photos on how you incorporate some of your workwear (or other) style into the office while still complying with your company dress policy.
Thanks.
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Post by Griffin on Mar 1, 2016 7:50:12 GMT -6
Personally I did it step by step as to cradle them into a false belief that I was only a tiny bit stretching the policy.
I started by wearing for example Oxford to more and more faded jeans, or wore really crisp jeans and the wabisabi for casual Friday, then I'm wearing straight stuff for Monday and whops I wear crisp jeans and khaki workshirt on Tuesday.
Next level after some months is full denim tuxedo on casual Friday and then omg I wore denim tux today on a Tuesday and I don't think most people noticed.
I do wear them newly washed and also try and keep my boots clean and really work on my facial hair and hairdo specially carefully for those wild days as I think it helps in opposite of wild grown brows, nosehair and wrinkled denimshirt and spotty pants.
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Post by drewcandraw on Mar 1, 2016 10:01:33 GMT -6
At my work, when I first started I was pretty conservative about what I wore. My director only wears chinos/slacks paired with oxfords/sweaters and leather dress shoes. I don't think this man even owns tennis shoes lol. My own manager just wears the same thing every day chinos with a polo. I used to wear oxfords and chinos daily for a 1.5yrs cause I didn't want to show my tattoos as my group was really conservative and so forth. It got too hot working in the warehouse area so I just started to casually come in jeans and workshirt/t-shirt. Now I rarely wear business casual as I am the one getting dirty in the lab anyways. I just need to remember to wear my lab coat as tiny splashes of acid make holes in all my jeans (at least they look cool  ) I think chinos and a chambray workshirt seem fine in an office environment then again i work in Silicon Valley where everyone just wears jeans/chinos. |
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Post by exophobe on Mar 1, 2016 10:43:14 GMT -6
The thing I've always found funny about this is people in polo shirts tucked into ill-fitting chinos look far more shlubby to me than someone in decent or well fitting anything. True business casual seems to be defined as dress pants/slacks with a button-down (or up) and shiny leather shoes, but the thing about "nicer" clothes is that they look terrible when they don't fit. Anyway, you have to play it by ear based on your particular environment, otherwise you could end up like Peter in Office Space -- promoted.  |
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Post by nate001 on Mar 1, 2016 11:01:43 GMT -6
I too am not allowed jeans at work. I think canvas chinos are a nice way to get a little more of a workwear look in an office. My CF canvas chinos fit the bill nicely there. Indigo chinos might be another possibility. I'm currently waiting on indigo selvedge canvas chino from G which I'm pretty excited about. I think I could probably get away with denim that wasn't blue too, but haven't tried.
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Post by MiddleAge on Mar 1, 2016 11:04:39 GMT -6
As long as you keep your bottom formal (it means no jeans), you may bw able to pull off a business casual with more casual work style shirts and nice leather workboots.
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Post by bentin on Mar 1, 2016 11:07:17 GMT -6
I wear black tonal jeans during the week. People wear pleated Dockers and golf shirts. I'm classing the place up.
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Post by drewcandraw on Mar 1, 2016 13:54:40 GMT -6
The thing I've always found funny about this is people in polo shirts tucked into ill-fitting chinos look far more shlubby to me than someone in decent or well fitting anything. True business casual seems to be defined as dress pants/slacks with a button-down (or up) and shiny leather shoes, but the thing about "nicer" clothes is that they look terrible when they don't fit. Anyway, you have to play it by ear based on your particular environment, otherwise you could end up like Peter in Office Space -- promoted. well at least my boss wears a belt lol, he doesn't wear dress shoes though. He has running shoes or his safety boots on, clothes are clothes too him. We talked about running shoes and how I paid about $100 for my brooks versus the $30 he paid for his new balances. |
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Post by Subsound on Mar 1, 2016 22:04:44 GMT -6
Some good ideas, thanks. Yep dark selvedge chinos with folded cuffs might work.
Does anyone get away with workboots in the office?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2016 22:20:29 GMT -6
When you say "work boots", what exactly do you mean? In a casual work environment, I think you could EASILY wear Iron Rangers, 1000 Miles or Indy's.
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Post by MiddleAge on Mar 1, 2016 23:02:39 GMT -6
Some good ideas, thanks. Yep dark selvedge chinos with folded cuffs might work. Does anyone get away with workboots in the office? yes, Indy, OSB or Viberg with flat toe box boots will work. Redwings IR, Chippewa or Whites with rugged look maybe a bit more difficult to pull off as business casual. |
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Post by Subsound on Mar 2, 2016 0:34:23 GMT -6
When you say "work boots", what exactly do you mean? In a casual work environment, I think you could EASILY wear Iron Rangers, 1000 Miles or Indy's. I'm referring to a conservative office environment where the norm is suit or business shirt & pants. |
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Post by exophobe on Mar 2, 2016 1:01:14 GMT -6
When you say "work boots", what exactly do you mean? In a casual work environment, I think you could EASILY wear Iron Rangers, 1000 Miles or Indy's. I'm referring to a conservative office environment where the norm is suit or business shirt & pants. could probably pull off clean and shined Alden or 1000 mile, anything with a thick or lug sole is gonna be out. Viberg would probably be pushing it with the heavy double stitching on the welt, though the profile of the service boots could probably hold up. As long as they aren't all chewed up like that one pair posted a couple weeks back, the gustin boots would probably work in an office without drawing too much attention. Basically, if you would want to do outside work in them, you probably shouldn't wear them in the office, but that doesn't rule out everything called a workboot. |
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Post by nate001 on Mar 2, 2016 7:45:45 GMT -6
Some good ideas, thanks. Yep dark selvedge chinos with folded cuffs might work. Does anyone get away with workboots in the office? I wear my red wing beckmans nearly every day to the office when its cold out, which is most of the year in MN. |
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Post by brentkuz on Mar 5, 2016 6:00:28 GMT -6
Cap toe red wing iron rangers I would say no. But a Chippa 1925 or Indy I would say yes.
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Post by usctroll on Mar 15, 2016 12:11:40 GMT -6
I wear canvas chinos, redwing Pecos and IR, chambray workshirts and button downs and generally toe the line of business attire suitable for engineering in Austin. I'm also the director of a department so I'm basically responsible for dressing for success without The Man telling me what to do. On Fridays without serious business meetings it's denim tuxedo time.
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Post by exophobe on Mar 15, 2016 18:09:36 GMT -6
I wear canvas chinos, redwing Pecos and IR, chambray workshirts and button downs and generally toe the line of business attire suitable for engineering in Austin. I'm also the director of a department so I'm basically responsible for dressing for success without The Man telling me what to do. On Fridays without serious business meetings it's denim tuxedo time. Most offices consider it a success if they can get the engineers to even wear real shoes. |
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Post by seth on Mar 15, 2016 19:09:16 GMT -6
I wear canvas chinos, redwing Pecos and IR, chambray workshirts and button downs and generally toe the line of business attire suitable for engineering in Austin. I'm also the director of a department so I'm basically responsible for dressing for success without The Man telling me what to do. On Fridays without serious business meetings it's denim tuxedo time. Most offices consider it a success if they can get the engineers to even wear real shoes. Most offices consider it a success if they can get the engineers to even wear shoes. |
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Post by Griffin on Mar 16, 2016 13:14:35 GMT -6
Haha good one.
Seems your offices are way more strict then mine. We dont actually have a dresscode that im aware of it Seems more like people are officerats and wear what they are used to...so we have:
The full suits
The sportscoat and chino/jeans
The chino and shirt / and sweater
The jeans and shirt
All shirts are polo, gant or something like that...moods of norway is also popular.
Nobody have ever Said anything to me about faded jeans and tshirt or any other combination...ironheart indigo Western Seems ok....however the few days i do wear sportscoat and shirt i tend to get alot of comments so maybe they are telling me to dress better in a friendly way...
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Post by usctroll on Mar 16, 2016 19:57:42 GMT -6
Most offices consider it a success if they can get the engineers to even wear real shoes. Most offices consider it a success if they can get the engineers to even wear shoes. A couple of my younger guys wear AE boots and shoes, most wear pretty cringe worthy stuff. I've mentioned that anybody who dresses like a slob gets left out of client meetings and happy hours. |
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Post by DigDug on Mar 16, 2016 20:12:47 GMT -6
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Post by exophobe on Mar 16, 2016 20:47:12 GMT -6
Most offices consider it a success if they can get the engineers to even wear shoes. A couple of my younger guys wear AE boots and shoes, most wear pretty cringe worthy stuff. I've mentioned that anybody who dresses like a slob gets left out of client meetings and happy hours. This is why engineers dress the way they do. |
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Post by devastitis on Mar 16, 2016 20:49:19 GMT -6
A couple of my younger guys wear AE boots and shoes, most wear pretty cringe worthy stuff. I've mentioned that anybody who dresses like a slob gets left out of client meetings and happy hours. This is why engineers dress the way they do. I take it you're not a happy hour kind of guy. |
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Post by exophobe on Mar 16, 2016 20:53:23 GMT -6
This is why engineers dress the way they do. I take it you're not a happy hour kind of guy. I'm not an engineer, I've just spent plenty of time fighting with them. |
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