[Closed] working clothes?

jeggings and a knitted smock for me

waterproof windproof gloves please.....
please?

just sort my hands out and I'm happy!

I work from home normally but I have to visit a FTSE 100 client once a week and for that I wear non-denim jean cut trousers, an open necked collar shirt, brown shoes.

I hate suits and ties.

How long is a piece of string?

Really depends on environment and circumstance.

I lead a software development team within a national institution in the public sector. Although there is no written code, we tend to wear shirts, smart jeans and jumpers in colder weather with suitable smart footwear. Generally it would be considered smart-casual. We don't meet the public and we don't even deal with suppliers often. We do meet regularly with project stakeholders within the institution though which is why we don't turn up in World of Warcraft t-shirts and trainers. It shouldn't really matter, as I believe my staffs strengths are their abilities rather than their wardrobes, but other people put more emphasis on facades.

Trousers & a shirt. Shirts should be white, pink or blue. As for whether you wear a tie or not, that depends on how formal the office is.

In our office, the people who matter are in shirts and ties, so if you've got a brain in your head you go with that.

Basically, if you wear similar clobber to the bosses, you're on the right track.

Old job was Goretex, whatever quick drying trousers happened to be cheap and the like...

Stoner, if you want to just admit you wear chinos... 😉

what about the fatties?

only on the building site like the rest of the flooring guys.

Whether closing deals with major hedge funds or perhaps delivering a lecture to the Royal Society, I always make a point of wearing dunagrees.

HTH.

Summer, shorts and a tee, winter, at the mo' a pair of Danish M84 flektarn combats and a tee with a fleece if it gets a bit chilly. But then, I don't work in an office so it don't matter.

Right now...

Volcom jeans
grey tee shirt
Finisterre Etobicoke jacket
Clarks Originals desert boots

Jeggings with camel toe.

😆

Black DM shoes with the non-stitched welt, charcoal grey socks, similar coloured trousers. Plain white or pastel coloured shirt, top button done up. Tie, never with a 'Whacky' pattern (Oh FFS!), Pullover- 1/2 length fleece. I regularly meet pupils, parents, governors and external agencies such as Social Services or the Police. If you are content/ confident in yourself how much does your appearance matter. Having said that I've never arrived in school just in jeans, tee and trainers.

I'm a teacher in a secondary school where all the pupils are expected to conform to the uniform rules.

How long is a piece of string?

42 cm? Isn't it always 42?

project stakeholders within the institution

Are these the same as colleagues or what were known as the internal customer, how business [s]bollox[/s] jargon changes...

noteeth - Chris, if you're back in academia, presumably you're accessorising the dungarees with the classic elbow patched tweed jacket for the Royal Society lectures? Under or over the dungaree straps?

Ian in Helsinki

Isn't that piece of string 42 inches long making 106.69cm long?

As for the clothes, it's all about the shoes in my experience. As a consultant with a big company, we were told to dress to fit in with the client so it could be anything from jeans to suit and tie. However, you can get away with a lot if you have a really smart pair of clean shoes.

Jeans and a shirt look completely different with brogues and a jacket than they do with trainers (even smart black ones) and a fleece.

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shorts all year if i can, black trousers and a black company shirt when i can't.

I don't technically work in an office though.....

if the client requests 'smart' then i change my shoes to slightly less scruffy ones. Sometimes i even shave.

Sometimes i even shave

I have to shave once a week 🙁 If I dint have to go into an office I wouldn't shave at all. I probably wouldn't get any cuddles from Mrs S either though... 🙁

[i]presumably you're accessorising the dungarees with the classic elbow patched tweed jacket[/i]

Ha - but of course! Complete with William Buckland-esque top hat for full gentleman-scholar effect. And a hi-viz site safety vest.

Hope all well in Helsinki - the Scandinavians must be baffled by our snowbound dysfunction...

For my part, I've finished my MA and am pondering doing something further at Bristol. Maybe. 😀

Dewalt Goretex boots, woolen boot socks, fluorescent orange Snickers winter trousers with reflective bands, tee, biking top, hoodie, softshell, goretex motorway spec fluorescent yellow coat, buff, trapper hat, gloves of various desrciptions dependant on task in hand.....