boss has offered clothing allowance.

onlyforboards_2

What a brilliant sounding boss! If you are unsure what to wear ask him how he'd like you spend the allowance!

liney

henpecked1 wrote: »

thanks all. I can afford a £500 suit but my role does involve client face to face and dealing with dusty files, on hands and knees sorting computers out, humping stuff around the office so I choose not to waste hundreds on clothes that will get very dirty, but if the boss is paying... just a bit of a hit in pride.

Your boss maybe earmarking you for bigger and better things, but wants you to improve your image first.

Your workwear isn't just about how Customers see you, it is also about how collegues perceive you. No idea what you are currently wearing as you don't say, but the term "Primark suit" is used to describe anything that is probably from Primark/supermarket type store by the blokes in our place. Unless you are a Work Experience student you have no business wearing one in an office regardless of what your actual job entails.

reehsetin

HellsGranny wrote: »

In an office a man should always wear a tie and a woman should always wear earrings.

Cheers, HG

seriously!?!? I've never worn earings in my life I can't stand them, I can understand how your general dress sense should be appropriate but I cannot understand what difference earings would have

DKLS

You dont have to spend £500 on a suit for it to be good, but always take a friend will be very honest with you. A badly fitted suit whether it costs £30 or £3000 will always look a dogs dinner.

Never skimp on shoes, that's always the give away, and always ensure they are clean and polished. Notice how the ladies check your shoes out after checking you out.

rsykes2000

HellsGranny wrote: »

a woman should always wear earrings.

Cheers, HG

Just curious as to why you say that ? My fiancee doesn't have pierced ears and doesn't want to, which I support her in, are you saying that girls with pierced ears tend to do better than those without ?

rsykes2000

ckerrd wrote: »

What is a media office?

Something like magazine publishing perhaps ? If it is 'yoof' or fashion oriented then you wouldn't expect the staff to wear suits...

ckerrd

Fair enough

I knew someone who worked in advertising in London and everyone in the office wore very expensive designer clothes. These from the days when admen (and women) made money hand over fist

BexInLondon

Wow - people are getting very tetchy about a bit of advice on earrings!

rsykes2000

BexInLondon wrote: »

Wow - people are getting very tetchy about a bit of advice on earrings!

Nobody's getting tetchy as far as I can see 2 people have questioned why he thinks that, that's all.

anamenottaken

rsykes2000 wrote: »

Just curious as to why you say that ? My fiancee doesn't have pierced ears and doesn't want to, which I support her in, are you saying that girls with pierced ears tend to do better than those without ?

One doesn't need pierced ears to wear earrings!

(Earrings can be found as clip-ons or screw fittings too.)

And of course it is not necessary to wear earrings every day at work. It became pretty much the norm in the 80s (power dressing and all that) but times have changed.