{"id":257,"date":"2011-08-15T21:16:20","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T20:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londonerfromafar.wordpress.com\/?p=257"},"modified":"2016-07-24T10:40:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T09:40:40","slug":"boring-office-wear-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/boring-office-wear-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Boring Office Wear in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you required to dress up at work in your own countries?<\/p>\n

One of the aspects that I have always loved of London is the flexibility in terms of office clothing. I mean, I have\u00a0usually needed to\u00a0\u00b4look the part\u00b4 at the office before I arrived to London, which involved wearing suits and\u00a0other formal, boring office wear.<\/p>\n

Once in London, I discovered quite soon that\u00a0it was quite different here most of the times. Front line staff members\u00a0tend to wear what looks like\"Boring<\/a> boring\u00a0uniforms sometimes. For example, bank staff. Office staff usually wear, get ready for this,\u00a0jeans and a t-shirt! This\u00a0can depend on sectors. Bankers and the like\u00a0seem to be required to wear those boring suits, as opposed to media and most other sectors, etc. In fact, the City is mostly inhabited by men and women\u00a0wearing uniforms.\u00a0Never tourists\u00a0did\u00a0stand out\u00a0so\u00a0badly!<\/p>\n

Obviously, that does not happen when there\u00a0are external meetings. I have often thought that it could be\u00a0a bit of a contradiction. Relaxed office environment, relaxed appearance that suddenly becomes formal, as if the external people were going to think that we are not professional enough. Both parts might\u00a0think exactly the same though. \u00b4Let\u00b4s dress up\u00b4 just in case\u00b4… <\/p>\n

There is this employment agency where a note\u00a0at reception warned that their attitude on (dress-down) Fridays are as professional as other days of the week. I wouldn\u00b4t expect otherwise! Would you?<\/p>\n

Appearances do count then, as the huge office wear\u00a0in\u00a0shops such as Next<\/a> and other shops\u00a0can tell. I\u00b4ve read somewhere that\u00a0the appearance of\u00a0office staff has actually become more conservative as of late,\u00a0with the economic meltdown still looming.<\/p>\n

Still, I have seen boring office wear in London\u00b4s shops\u00a0 – with a twist! A wonderfully weird combination of tradition and modern times. It sadly is not the norm, though.<\/p>\n

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