Jean are the "uniform" for all casual occasions when durable good looks are in order. The question is: Should we wear them to the office? Americans love jeans. We live in the land of dungarees; those though, honest trousers represent our rugged individualism, our collective pioneering spirit. We all wear'em. Grandmas and babies. Cowboys and accountants. Rappers, figure skaters, new immigrant, old Yankees.
According to one wide-reaching, a whopping 86 percent of Americans believe that "neat" jeans are appropriate for office wear on designated casual days. Yet a number of tricky issues cling to the jeans question. Should we wear them to the office? The biggest problem is that they're available in such a wide range of styles and not all of these styles are office-friendly. Besides the traditional boot-cut or straight-leg models with rivets and topstitching, there are oversized hip-hop jeans that droop below the hip line; trendy bell-bottoms studded with gems; faded jeans with torn knees; stone-washed jeans with pleats and cuffs from another era; and jeans emblazoned with prominent designer logos-to name only a few.
If you choose to include jeans in your professional wardrobe, keep these pointers in mind. Look for jeans-style pants in stretch twill. There'll keep their shape (and flatter yours) much longer than denim. Solid-colors jeans are appropriate in any shade but indigo blue are good choices for the office, because they read more like causal pants than jeans. Just make sure retire them when they become faded or saggy. If you're going for blue jeans, steer clear of pale or washed-out shades in the office. The darker the better. Only wear jeans that fit you well and flatter your figure. It isn't easy for women to find their dream jeans, but it's worth the extra time. Classic five-pocket jeans are always, well, classic. If you stray from style, go dressier-not more casual. A great pair of slim-leg flares might work, for example, but carpenter jeans or cargo pants could send you into the "dangerously casual" zone. Update your jeans wardrobe regularly. Favorite dungarees may get softer and more comfy with time, but they're often kept in circulation way past their expiration dates.
Though some women can adopt a standard business uniform that serves them well Monday through Friday, there are many more who require a tremendous amount of flexibility. Some are confused about what to wear to work on those casual days, you don't have to be, just stick to the pointers.
According to one wide-reaching, a whopping 86 percent of Americans believe that "neat" jeans are appropriate for office wear on designated casual days. Yet a number of tricky issues cling to the jeans question. Should we wear them to the office? The biggest problem is that they're available in such a wide range of styles and not all of these styles are office-friendly. Besides the traditional boot-cut or straight-leg models with rivets and topstitching, there are oversized hip-hop jeans that droop below the hip line; trendy bell-bottoms studded with gems; faded jeans with torn knees; stone-washed jeans with pleats and cuffs from another era; and jeans emblazoned with prominent designer logos-to name only a few.
If you choose to include jeans in your professional wardrobe, keep these pointers in mind. Look for jeans-style pants in stretch twill. There'll keep their shape (and flatter yours) much longer than denim. Solid-colors jeans are appropriate in any shade but indigo blue are good choices for the office, because they read more like causal pants than jeans. Just make sure retire them when they become faded or saggy. If you're going for blue jeans, steer clear of pale or washed-out shades in the office. The darker the better. Only wear jeans that fit you well and flatter your figure. It isn't easy for women to find their dream jeans, but it's worth the extra time. Classic five-pocket jeans are always, well, classic. If you stray from style, go dressier-not more casual. A great pair of slim-leg flares might work, for example, but carpenter jeans or cargo pants could send you into the "dangerously casual" zone. Update your jeans wardrobe regularly. Favorite dungarees may get softer and more comfy with time, but they're often kept in circulation way past their expiration dates.
Though some women can adopt a standard business uniform that serves them well Monday through Friday, there are many more who require a tremendous amount of flexibility. Some are confused about what to wear to work on those casual days, you don't have to be, just stick to the pointers.
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