What's the modern business casual?
Like a lot of millennials, I'm hitting my professional milestones late and my styles are informed by a decade or two ago.
I have never really liked business looks, I feel absurd in them, but I'm trying to update my wardrobe for my new position and attempting to get an idea what professional business casual is these days, or at least how it diverges from where it has in recent memory.
I'm from the Midwest US and traveling through Italy currently and my wife bullied me into getting some inexpensive jackets in a brighter Island style: they were like 80% off so it made sense, but I wish I knew what I should even be dressing like before I'm making or passing on purchases my last few days here.
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Does your office have a dress code?
professional business casual encompasses a lot of styles along the same spectrum and is mostly informed by your profession and workplace culture
if your office is in the US it might be worth just getting the bare minimum (a couple basic chinos, a couple button down shirts) to tide you until you get an idea of your workplace culture
this album might be of value https://discord.com/channels/1116793467654381685/1117803378521673768/1240355583538761901
Not that I know of yet. It's mostly lawyers but I'm not a lawyer myself. The day I was interviewing the two women I met were dressed nicely in jackets and skirts and the senior director had discarded his suit coat and tie. Didn't reveal much
That's what I was able to figure out, yeah. I think I'm just going to wing it for now.
I'm a project manager so I'm not an executive, and I'm in an office where I'll often be the only non-lawyer, so the level of formality might vary wildly.
That's going to be my plan for the short term. Over-dress until I've got a good handle on things pretty much.
Thanks for the link! It's already helped me realize that I prefer dark pants, even for my more casual looks, and that's pretty easy if I want to stay on the business side of business casual.