Business Casual Fashion Advice
Starting my first “adult” job soon (basically not a pizza place or something like that) and the place Im working has a business casual dress code. To clarify that, my employer said “Collared shirts, khakis, or jeans”. Not sure how flexible they are with pants since I have some dressier pants that don’t fall under th3 category of khakis or jeans. Anyone have any advice on how to spice up business casual?
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I mean...how spicy do you want?
OCBD with PRL Andrews or J. Crew giant fit chinos will be fine
maybe tone down the top a bit to balance it out if you're wearing dressier pants?
And if you start with that, you can play with adding a tie, blazer and you'll be better dressed than your coworkers.
also gauge what other people in your office are wearing. ive seen places call themselves business casual where everyone is in slacks and collared shirts with the occasional suit with no tie. on the other end of the spectrum, ive seen business casual places allow tee shirts and ripped/heavily distressed jeans
I doubt it will be a problem if you wear dressier trousers. "business casual" can mean so many different things.
Yeah, wear your trousers on the first day. Look at how your coworkers are dressed, and adjust if necessary.
Just make it unique I mean, not looking to do anything super out there but want to stand out as someone “well dressed”
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Off the top other folks whose fits could largely fall under this umbrella are art, GSH, Ethan (teenage gentleman), beans
Looking at this fit rn (ignore the wrinkles lol), not sure how I feel about the pants choice tho. Any reccs on pants choice?
khaki chinos would be very safe
in general when starting a new job it’s safer to err on the side of dressier your first few times in the office, until you can get a read on what everyone else wears
but i think that fit you posted would be fine in an office setting and agree with Jfarrell that khakis are a good / safe option
tried the Khakis, gotta say I like them a lot.
thanks for the recommendation
olive is another good option if you need or want another color
biggest thing i'd say is pace yourself when buying stuff
you can probably get away with mixing and matching a smaller number of tops and bottoms at first until you get the swing of things/more money