# A special dress-up day for work **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 13, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-dress-up-day-for-work/506286 "2009-08-13T14:11:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-dress-up-day-for-work/506286/21 "2009-08-13T20:37:02Z")
Ugh, I hate these things with a passion because even if it’s not _required_, if a bunch of people do (especially management), they’ll often feel the ones who don’t participate are “no fun” or “aren’t a team player”. The only one I’d not seethe at is the Mad Men suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-dress-up-day-for-work/506286/22 "2009-08-13T23:38:31Z")
animal print day? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-dress-up-day-for-work/506286/23 "2009-08-14T17:39:51Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > - it must be business casual dress. Essentially, we stop just before the tie. Some do wear one. Bang goes my suggestion of black tie and ball gowns. How about a Hawaiian shirt day? Prizes for the loudest / most garish etc. Or a loud tie / headscarf day? One of my workplaces used to do this sort of thing every now and then. Once, they had a medieval theme and a friend went in in a suit of chainmail, battle axe, and all. But I suggest you have several ideas and make each a one-off, every other month at most, and have a lunch which follows that theme (e.g. Hawaiian). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-dress-up-day-for-work/506286.md?page=1)