![]() There is a good reason for casual attire-nothing looks less creative than an office of men and women all wearing suits ranging from charcoal to navy-but it sometimes feels like you’re being asked to wear 17 pieces of flair to express yourself. One of my friends found out when a manager somewhat-jokingly threatened to cut off his tie if he ever walked into the office wearing one again.Ī hobo pirate on the Willamette is not particularly interested in speaking to a dude in an immaculately pressed suit. How about that nice yellow button-up you wore last time we met? Maybe with some nice, not-too-worn jeans.” ![]() “No suits or ties,” it read, “ thinks of itself as a casual, laid-back workplace. The less aware of us didn’t pick up on the unofficial dress code until we got an email from our staffing agency just after we bought a new tie to match our blue mohair suit for that upcoming job interview. Many of you, I’m sure, figured this out on your own. The suit & tie is more of a downtown hotel bar thing. Visible tattoos, piercings and gauges are welcome. It requires you to look presentable in interviews (read: like you didn’t just toss on some clothes after rolling out of bed 10 minutes prior) and to wait until you get the job to break out the funny t-shirts, beat-up jeans and Chucks. It’s on the casual end of business casual. Just keep in mind that Portland does, in fact, have an unofficial professional dress code. Portland is that town where you can actually do you. ![]() Let Chicago have whatever it is that Chicago has (pizza casserole, I guess). Let Los Angeles have its summery business casual. ![]() This is especially true of the creative industry, and doubly so in Portland. Now, nearly every office outside the banking and legal rackets is a casual one. Sometime in the 90s, “Casual Friday” gradually overtook the rest of the work week. ![]()
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