# Business casual in Italy **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Tags:** vacation-travel\ **Created:** [July 10, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-in-italy/1004001 "2024-07-10T14:52:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-in-italy/1004001/1 "2024-07-10T14:52:42Z")
I am traveling to Rome and eating at a Michelin restaurant. A lot require a jacket but this one says “business casual”. Since I don’t think the rest of the world has the exact culture of the US, I’m curious what “business casual” for men is in Rome. Button down shirt and slacks like the US? Tie required? Jacket needed? Your second-best fashionable suit? I did email back asking for clarification but this is kind of a NAF. ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-in-italy/1004001/2 "2024-07-10T14:54:40Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > NAF yerwot mate? ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-in-italy/1004001/3 "2024-07-10T15:04:41Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > “business casual” for men is in Rome If there is one thing Italian men are famous for, it is being smartly dressed. A well-known website I checked suggested: _“A well-tailored blazer paired with dark jeans or trousers, a crisp button-down shirt, and leather shoes is a classic choice.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-in-italy/1004001/4 "2024-07-10T15:05:41Z")
I’d say no shorts, blue jeans, t-shirts or sneakers. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-in-italy/1004001/5 "2024-07-10T15:06:28Z")
Just checked with an Italian colleague, he said chinos or dress slacks or black (not blue) jeans, dress shirt, and a blazer or sports coat. Good shoes, not sneakers. No tie. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-in-italy/1004001/6 "2024-07-10T15:09:20Z")
> [@colinfred](#): > > yerwot mate? Need Answer Fast ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-in-italy/1004001/7 "2024-07-10T15:11:12Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > and a blazer or sports coat. > [@bob\_2](#): > > A well-tailored blazer See, this is why I come here for answers. Thanks. My son wants to wear khaki pants so that seems OK. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-in-italy/1004001/8 "2024-07-10T15:20:08Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > If there is one thing Italian men are famous for, it is being smartly dressed. Indeed. I make an effort in Italy and I still feel underdressed. There’s … I don’t know, an _ease_ to Italian fashion that I envy. I looked around for a representative article, and I found this one to have a pretty good sampling of “casually” dressed Italian men. > **[What Italian men can teach us Brits about summer style](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/style/italian-men-summer-style-tips/)** > > There’s a lightness of touch and sense of dolce vita to Italian dressing that’s hard to capture (Telegraph technically has a paywall but it shouldn’t kick in unless you’ve visited them recently.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-casual-in-italy/1004001/9 "2024-07-10T15:32:53Z")
Depending on the weather I would interpret that as “not a t-shirt”. Italians are known to be smart dressers, Italy is not known for enforcing petty rules.