professionalism or comfort?
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there has been a paradigm shift in the recent yrs abt tis...many especially women r opting for comfort rather than looking professional...by tis, i am referring to the kind of formal office attire women wear nowadays...from my observation, i have found tat more 50% of office women dun dress in the rite type of office wear...while comfort is sought after, wad has happened to professionalism? if the les than 50% women can dress professionally, y cun the rest do the same? anyone wanna comment on tis?
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i wear wat i like......(my ex-boss is kind enuf not to set any restrictions or limitations)
unless got special situations tt requires a certain dress code.....
partly bcos i have no money to buy chanel power suit
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i think they have learnt tat even if u dress smartly but pocket no money, oso useless.
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y would u care? u fetish for OL wear isit?Originally posted by despondent:there has been a paradigm shift in the recent yrs abt tis...many especially women r opting for comfort rather than looking professional...by tis, i am referring to the kind of formal office attire women wear nowadays...from my observation, i have found tat more 50% of office women dun dress in the rite type of office wear...while comfort is sought after, wad has happened to professionalism? if the les than 50% women can dress professionally, y cun the rest do the same? anyone wanna comment on tis? -
personally i feel tat smart office wear makes any woman look gd...however, the dressing muz be matching n appropriate...so far among the best i can find r those who work at HSBC level 1 in Dhoby Ghaut...tat kind of office wear is wad i call proper n professional...from wad i noe, slip-ons r nt allowed n all r expected to wear long-sleeved blouses or blazers everyday...
i came from biz studies in poly n i often wonder how the female students will ever get use to formal wear when they come out to work if they dun dress properly during formal presentation...yet there r some who dress realli professionally like real office executives... -
well formal presentation obviously must be in formal wear, as the name suggests. however, it makes no sense to force your whole staff to be in formal wear when all they are going to do is work with each other, hence no outside contact.
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define formal dress code, or semi formal dress code?
i doubt TS, can answer,
between most company are more lax at woman dress code in office attire -
of cuz i can define...but i wun do it for nw...will do so in my later posts...
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the dress code is useless anyway unless the person is meeting clients. and even then its subjective
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my senior is a fresh NUs businees admin grad
whether she in business suit or executive wear
still look very nice to me
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wads the diff. btw business suit n executive wear? tot they r the same?
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a hot chick is a hot chick .... whether she's wearing a power suite, draped over a sofa in a frumpy t-shirt, or nothing at all .....
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wearing formal tell people ur professionalism, they need moeny to buy those clothing which are usually expensive, second, when they walk, people will feel like they got a lot of wind when they walk, so not to let people imagine this, they will wear like normal shopping wear as they can go shopping after their work or go chiong, or else people see their face not happy, when the girl walk anyplace, some idiot will just dun give way and elbow thier way through, or even bang them, and in the end just act blurr and waiting for trouble to come and act innnocent usually when they think they are big size or they have frens around them to bully those lil ones.. oh well thats my personal opinion
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exactly.Originally posted by Cool-gal:i think they have learnt tat even if u dress smartly but pocket no money, oso useless.
As long as the office wear is decent-looking (doesn't have to over the top with blazer), I think it shouldn't be a big deal. -
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I used to wear suits, and only suits in my previous job. Ever since i joined my present company, my dressing has become less and less formal. On days when i am going for special dates/events, i wear dresses too.
Guess the reason is the job requirement (whether you see clients?) and dress code of the company. I dont want to be the only one wearing suits everyday in my entire department.
Oh yes, i wear suits only on days when i go for interviews -
in spore whether...wheww, i dont wanna heatstoke
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weather is nothing but an excuse...sorry no offence....if i can find others who can dress professionally for an entire day even if they r under the open sky, i dun see y u cun do it...in tis case, u r compromising looking professional for comfort...
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u are stating about women right? how about men? do u see many men actually wear blazar to work? Not even saying about men wearing blazar.. a lot of them dont even wear tie, just a shirt & pants... not saying those housing agent, frontline banks' employees & those job scopes where they need to meet client.Originally posted by despondent:weather is nothing but an excuse...sorry no offence....if i can find others who can dress professionally for an entire day even if they r under the open sky, i dun see y u cun do it...in tis case, u r compromising looking professional for comfort... -
i am referring to both men n women...besides at least guys make it a pt to wear long-sleeved shirts even though they may nt wear ties or blazers...but there r many women nowadays who dun even wear long-sleeved blouses...n they wear shoes tat r completely casual to go wif their formal attire...total mismatch...
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yesterday in sch i saw a gal at the canteen having her lunch...she was in formal attire...as i walked past her table, i saw sth which was totally undesirable...she was wearing SLIPPERS!!!! n they were those kind u usually wear at hm...i was like oh man, how can she match professional attire wif slippers??? i can understand she did tat probably cos she wanted to make her feet feel comfortable but the entire physical image was unsightly...
i have nothing against changing out of formal wear after a formal presentation or a formal event...but surely it doesnt hurt much to remain in full formal for a few more hrs until she reached hm? even if she needed to change out of her shoes, then couldnt she bring a set of casual clothes to change as well? tis way wif casual clothes matching the slippers, she wun look so unsightly...seriously, i dunno if she even knew tat she looked horrible wearing slippers wif formal attire...i guess she didnt care at all...
my pt is if she cun even stay in full formal attire for half a day...how is she going to wear full formal attire in future when she comes out to work? working adults r required to wear formal for the entire day...if tis gal dun train herself nw, how she gonna tahan for an entire day in future? -
It depends alot on company culture
Like my ex-co, I was in sales and the first week I turned up in my power suits and all and my manager told me to dress down
My current job even better
Coz of the industry we are in, the guys usually just wear pants and a short sleeved shirt (or even a golf shirt only)
I can wear anything I like as long as it is smart casual -
Yes, i would prefer to blend in with the company culture, including dress code. who likes to stick out like a sore thumb?Originally posted by elindra:It depends alot on company culture
Like my ex-co, I was in sales and the first week I turned up in my power suits and all and my manager told me to dress down
My current job even better
Coz of the industry we are in, the guys usually just wear pants and a short sleeved shirt (or even a golf shirt only)
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my main ptis tits: if u r required to wear formal office attire then pls do so from top to bottom...when u miz formal wif casual, ur whole physical image becomes unsightly...i dun agree tat u shld stand out n be the onli one wearinf formal when no one else in ur workplace is doing tat...tats madness...wad i mean is dress uniformly...if u put on long-sleeve wif formal pants/skirt then match tis wif proper leather shoes...
for guys, leather shoes tat dun look fanciful n formal is complete onli when a tie is on n worn properly...for females, dun wear slip-ons...wear shoes tat cover ur feet...heels r nt compulsory but its been proven tat heels do add on to professional image...for both genders, blazers r optional as long as long-sleeved is worn...
the above is my personal opinion of wad formal attire shld be...anything less than tat is nt considered formal... -
cause its only the bottom ppl tt dress all those business suit, but the boss all these all wear their home clothes and very comfortable ones.
So ur dressing can tell whether ur on the top or on the bottom of the ladder.