What do you wear for work?

[BuddhaRhubarb]

totally casual. I shave like once or twice a week, wear whatever I feel like wearing.

[Josephus]

Pretty much what I want.

Once  happened to be in the building's elevator on a Friday. I was wearing a rock shirt and a pair of jeans. Woman came in the elevator from another office and looked at me and said, "I guess you have casual Fridays too". I didnt' have the heart to tell her, that was standard uniform for me.

[Ideologue]

I actually sort of like wearing suits and ties, but I note a lot of people complain about them.  Is it just one of those things that gets old fast?

[derspiess]

I actually sort of like wearing suits and ties, but I note a lot of people complain about them.  Is it just one of those things that gets old fast?

It was fine for a while, but started to get old having to iron shirts, have my suits dry-cleaned, shine my shoes, etc.  I like dressing up on some occasions, but 5+ days a week sucks.

One odd effect, having worked under pretty much every type of dress code, is that how I dress for work tends to dictate what I change into when I get home & want to relax.  For example, when I wore a suit to work I'd often change into what would typically be called business casual or smart casual at home.  When I was business casual, I'd wear jeans at home. 

Now when I get home from work & I'm wearing jeans, I sometimes feel like I can't relax until I change into shorts & sandals.

[Ideologue]

I actually sort of like wearing suits and ties, but I note a lot of people complain about them.  Is it just one of those things that gets old fast?

It was fine for a while, but started to get old having to iron shirts, have my suits dry-cleaned, shine my shoes, etc.  I like dressing up on some occasions, but 5+ days a week sucks.

One odd effect, having worked under pretty much every type of dress code, is that how I dress for work tends to dictate what I change into when I get home & want to relax.  For example, when I wore a suit to work I'd often change into what would typically be called business casual or smart casual at home.  When I was business casual, I'd wear jeans at home. 

Now when I get home from work & I'm wearing jeans, I sometimes feel like I can't relax until I change into shorts & sandals.

It's a good thing you were never a stripper.

[Grey Fox]

Jean + Company issued shirt.

It's not mandatory or anything. Most of my co-workers wears t-shirts + shorts. It's just cheaper.

[DontSayBanana]

Khakis, polos, occasional button-down shirts.  Office casual for the blue-collar crowd or IT, basically.

[mongers]

You'd be surprised, I think.

You fags lead too goddamned sheltered lives. Not every truth can be found in Vogue or Elle.

The bear label is a big deal because of the gay community.

Well. It might shock you that a lot of women actually prefer a hairy chest. 

Apparently it is shocking to you that I don't prefer a hairless child like Grallon.

I was walking up to British Museum the other day and unusually for me was wearing a cycling top, it was rather hot, so I had the top unzipped nearly to my navel and Bonnie Greer was coming the other way and gave me a rather nice smile; did my manly hirsute chest impress her ? 

[Barrister]

I actually sort of like wearing suits and ties, but I note a lot of people complain about them.  Is it just one of those things that gets old fast?

My old job I was pretty casual.  Jeans + collared shirt, with a suit hanging on my office door to change into when going into court.  Largely because I felt like I stuck out like a sore thumb wearing a suit in and around Whitehorse.

(Of course if you REALLY want to stand out - try wearing full barristers robes in Ross River, Yukon)

But in Edmonton, I've done a complete 180 and wearing full suit to work.  And I like it - there is a sense of power in wearing a suit.

Ide, I think some people complain about suits because they're a hipster douchebag who thinks not wearing a suit is sticking it to the man.  Or, they're wearing an ill-fitting suit.  And a poorly fitting suit (in particular a tight collar) is very uncomfortable to wear.

[Zanza]

I don't understand the attraction of button-down shirts. If the collar is stiffened (or however it is called in English) I don't see the point. And I would never wear a shirt with a non-stiffened collar at work.

[Zanza]

but started to get old having to iron shirts

Don't you have Mexicans doing that for you? I never iron my shirts myself, it's way too cheap to have it done here.

[Martinus]

The place I live my shirts to laundry also does ironing. They charge about 2 euro per shirt, which is cheap.

It's a French chain, called 5aSec.

[Zanza]

They charge about 2 euro per shirt, which is cheap.

The Poles here are cheaper.  I think I pay like 1.40€ per shirt for washing and ironing.

[DGuller]

I buy iron-free shirts, so I just pay $2 in quarters to wash a whole load of shirts and pants (and another $1.75 to dry them). 

[Ed Anger]

Poors.