# Office Dress Code Drama **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 3, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-dress-code-drama/756420 "2016-06-03T20:16:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-dress-code-drama/756420/21 "2016-06-04T11:21:57Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > I was given a lecture by a female peer about how I need to be an example, etc. Peer ? Tell her to STFU. Diplomatically of course. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-dress-code-drama/756420/22 "2016-06-04T11:32:10Z")
I’m always a tad surprised when women wear sandals or flip flops to work in places where folk would look askance if a guy did the same. . ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-dress-code-drama/756420/23 "2016-06-04T12:21:41Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I’m always a tad surprised when women wear sandals or flip flops to work in places where folk would look askance if a guy did the same. . There was a controversy in 2005 when a women’s college sports team was invited to a ceremony inside the White House and [half of them wore flip-flops](http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-07-19-flip-flops_x.htm). I think that was around the height of the flip-flop craze and most of the students grew up thinking flip-flops were formal wear. The article linked above also has this interesting tidbit: > [@](#): > > In 2001, Bush’s daughter Jenna, then 19, wore black flip-flops in court, along with pink capri pants and a sleeveless black shirt, when she pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of being a minor in possession of alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-dress-code-drama/756420/24 "2016-06-04T12:23:44Z")
> [@spamforbrains](#): > > Men aren’t allowed to wear anything that reveals the legs, but women can wear skirts and I guess capris (although I personally consider those ugly beachwear) and get away with it. How many men would be willing to shave their legs everyday? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-dress-code-drama/756420/25 "2016-06-04T14:36:17Z")
A peer dressed you down? For wearing jeans and a nice shirt? 😃 I’m glad I don’t have to put up with dress code bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-dress-code-drama/756420/26 "2016-06-04T16:08:01Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > How many men would be willing to shave their legs everyday? If a man wants to show in a kilt I’d be very on board with that… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-dress-code-drama/756420/27 "2016-06-04T16:32:24Z")
I would think capri pants are almost never business casual. Especially anything that looks like beachwear. I can think of some capri business casual looks I’ve seen - wider legs (almost "gaucho pants) in a crepe type fabric with a blouse. Of course, there is no way to tell her this…its a roll your eyes situation. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-dress-code-drama/756420/28 "2016-06-05T05:58:48Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > As for jeans, I don’t get the hate, provided they’re not worn/faded/torn/stained/tattered. I never quite understood why making pants out of denim was so bad but the same pants in wool would be fine. I drove through Nevada on I-80 once, stopping at various of those little desert towns along the way. One had a little museum. In it, there was a full _tuxedo_ made of denim, custom-made for some notable. Maybe something like [the pictures here](http://levisvintageclothing.com/bing/), although I remember it styled more like a real tuxedo and less like a zoot-suit. (This was some years ago, so I don’t remember a whole lot of detail.) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-dress-code-drama/756420/29 "2016-06-05T20:39:09Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I drove through Nevada on I-80 once, stopping at various of those little desert towns along the way. One had a little museum. In it, there was a full _tuxedo_ made of denim, custom-made for some notable. > > Maybe something like [the pictures here](http://levisvintageclothing.com/bing/), although I remember it styled more like a real tuxedo and less like a zoot-suit. (This was some years ago, so I don’t remember a whole lot of detail.) Red carpet ready: [![](http://cos.h-cdn.co/assets/cm/14/28/640x872/53c24925db5c3_-_cos-01-britney-justin-de.jpg) ](http://cos.h-cdn.co/assets/cm/14/28/640x872/53c24925db5c3_-_cos-01-britney-justin-de.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-dress-code-drama/756420/30 "2016-06-07T14:51:43Z")
My brother got married in a denim tux. Enormous lapels and huge bell bottoms. It was 1975 in California so not too out there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-dress-code-drama/756420.md?page=1)