What do you wear to work?

[user79]

I used to enjoy dressing up for work (office job) but now I can't be bothered anymore. I usually wear a dark wash straight legged jeans (without embellishments or special washes) or black trousers, and a semi-conservative top (not showing cleavage or sleeveless). I wear a lot of black & white clothes so I don't have to waste time in the morning combining colours and making sure everything matches. Sometimes I'll wear a bright patterned scarf or headband just to throw in a bit of colour. I have some blouses but I HATE ironing so I rarely wear those. In the winter I wear a lot of wool sweaters, or blazers with a simple top underneath. In the summer when it's really hot I wear knee-length skirts.

Actually a few times I've rocked up to work wearing a hoodie sweatshirt, lol! No one said anything.

 

[COBI]

I am controller for a bank in rural NH, so my attire is fairly business classic. I am somewhat known for kicking up my suits with non-traditional business tops; not in a bad way, of course. However, typically, unless I am presenting to the board (for example), I leave the suit jacket on the back of my chair or during the summer, it's often left at home.

Like some others, the departments all have slightly different dress codes and levels of tolerance. For the accounting area, we are pretty laid back (staff in the office are probably bordering on business casual), but for my own position, I need to respect the position that I am working towards (senior management) by being on the more conservative end of business professional.

By the time the weekend comes, I am all about casual.

 

[seonmi]

I'm still a student but I have an internship at an investment consulting firm this summer so I get to (or have to) wear office clothes. The dress code is business casual so no suit for everyday, which is so great.
It is just an internship so I don't want to spend so much money on new office clothes so I try to work with what I have. And it's freezing cold in the office so I kinda regret not bringing any fall/spring clothes. Usually, I wear black dress pants or knee length pencil skirt with cotton top or dressier top when I feel like with a cardigan

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About shoes, I can wear anything I want except sneakers and flipflops. I love my shoes because they add colors to my very basic work wardrobe. I used to keep my makeup quite neutral and light at the beginning, but now, I kinda know people so I started wearing brighter colors, but still trying to keep it not so vibrant.
I wish Friday was our jean day

. As much as I love dressing up, I wouldn't mind being able to wear my cute jeans once in a while

 

[spectrolite]

I am fortunate enough to be able to wear what ever I want to work. Every single day I play dress up.

I work at a store that sells lots of gorgeous garments and jewelery from India, Indonesia and other countries. They do encourage us to wear some of the clothing we actually sell and normally I do. I like to dress up most days, in something silk or brocade or anything elaborate but on days where I know there will be lots of manual labour like when I re-merchandise the shop, I will wear casual yet dressy clothing.....with tons of jewelery hehe. The best part is that I get to go crazy with my MAC every day and nothing will ever be too over the top!

 

[redambition]

i work in an office where almost anything goes - i am lucky because i can wear jeans if i don't have any meetings.

i tend not to dress up too much. i think it helps make the department more relaxed.

 

[User93]

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Originally Posted by MissChievous I used to enjoy dressing up for work (office job) but now I can't be bothered anymore. I usually wear a dark wash straight legged jeans (without embellishments or special washes) or black trousers, and a semi-conservative top (not showing cleavage or sleeveless). I wear a lot of black & white clothes so I don't have to waste time in the morning combining colours and making sure everything matches. Sometimes I'll wear a bright patterned scarf or headband just to throw in a bit of colour. I have some blouses but I HATE ironing so I rarely wear those. In the winter I wear a lot of wool sweaters, or blazers with a simple top underneath. In the summer when it's really hot I wear knee-length skirts. Actually a few times I've rocked up to work wearing a hoodie sweatshirt, lol! No one said anything.

thats exactly how i do aswell, i dont have a permanent job, i work part-time cause im a student, so far i had jobs like a receptionist, program assistant, personal assistant etc.. When i was working as a translator at the exhibition or had a conference i used to dress up, wearing a black cocktail dress and a jacket plus heels, or a pencil skirt and a loose blouse.. But now as im at the office i dont care, i wear flat shoes, black pants, no need to tell, thats exactly how it is in the quote! And i wear black and white + gray, so really matching clothes in the morning is no problem at all.

 

[jenniferever]

I work at a fashion/beauty magazine and I can wear pretty much whatever I want as long as it's not too hoochie. Well, some girls wear hoochie but I don't think stylish means to dress like a skank so I tend to wear a lot of knee length dresses and pencil skirts.. but always with 4.5 inch heels

 

[glittatrix]

I work at a cosmetics counter and I have to wear all black. Its pretty boring and Im always looking for black clothes everywhere I go!

 

[Karen_B]

Jeans and t-shirt and a cardigan, mostly... I'm boring, plus I am a PhD student so I'm a science nerd surrounded by other science nerds, and we're all pretty clueless about fashion

 

[M.A.C. head.]

I'm a stay at home mom, so I wear whatever I want!

Some days I bum it out but I like to dress and "put my face on" most days.

Yesterday I did a really glam look with purples and it was cute! Even if I have nowhere to go, I still like to do it for myself.

As for working in an office, I would suggest neutrals with splashes of [appropriate] color. No bright lip sticks, but sheer is okay and tinted glosses or balms work too.

 

[KikiB]

Our dress code is solid black or white dressy shirt, and then black or khaki pants or a skirt. We can also wear black dresses but the main rule is that it has to at least have a cap sleeve. Usually I wear a black bandage dress from Express with a cheapy white button-down and then a waist cincher belt, or khaki knee-length pants with a black short-sleeved blazer and a tank top underneath. We don't really have a ton of restrictions as far as makeup goes but it has to be still tasteful, so that's where I can go a bit crazier. Makeup is art after all. Not to mention our store is the only store in Seattle so we are a lot more fashion-forward than most.

Oh yeah, we have to wear black aprons over it, but it's not THAT big of a deal.

 

[funkychik02]

Well, I just started a new job today. It's super casual as far as dress codes go, but I'm definitely investing in some cute tops and sundresses! For now it's t-shirts/tank tops, jeans/capris and a messenger bag.

 

[georgiabarredo]

i'm an ER nurse... and we have to wear navy blue scrubs... ALLL YEAR LONG... so during HOT summer days... i wear navy blue scrubs... yuck... and my beloved MBTs heheh i guess i dont mind bcoz i never have to worry about what to wear and what make up to put on... i dont really wear that much make up to work anyways... only when i'm in the mood.. and most days i just go with moisturizer and lipgloss.... but i get really festive during the holidays bcoz sometimes its not as busy coz most days i sweat and i run around and i do heavy duty work and sometimes its bloody hehehehe we used to have a resident who came in crazy color scrubs and really colorful make up.... that was cool hehehhe

 

[jurex]

I love to wear pants and blouse and 1 inch heel shoes plus accessories. It is okay to really dress up as long as the "company policy" will not make it an issue.