I don’t know about you, but when I think about what to wear to work, I have some difficulty making a decision. The reason is years ago, I used to only wear suits. Everyone wore suits to business meetings, to networking parties and to after hours. Today, it’s different depending on your locale.
For example, if you work in New York City, it seems to be more casual. When I go to business meetings, I often see men in jeans and a collared shirt. Women wear a pair of slacks and a sweater. I even see women wearing flip flops in the summer! I usually go to these meetings and I feel totally overdressed!
But then, one day I had a meeting with my Entrepreneurs’ Organization group and I wore jeans and a tee-shirt. Everyone commented how under dressed I was. Was I really under dressed when everyone else wore jeans and tee-shirts too? Or, was it that other members never saw me so casual?
Long Island and Rochester are a little different. Business people wear suits and are more casual on Fridays.
If I wear a suit, I feel out of place and when I don’t wear a suit, I wish I wore one. So what does one do?
Why is it that the dress code is an unwritten code? When is it okay to wear jeans to a meeting and when is it not okay?
One day I had two new business meetings. The first meeting I forgot my suit jacket in the car. I felt so “naked” the whole meeting and wished I had my jacket. The next meeting I made sure to wear it. The kicker? The first “naked” meeting I closed the job, the second I didn't.
very nice.
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