A work event sits in a slightly awkward middle ground between professional and social and the dress code is usually vague enough to be unhelpful. Smart casual is the phrase that gets used most often and it means almost nothing in practice. What actually works is thinking about it as a smarter version of your everyday work wardrobe rather than a dressed down version of going out clothes. Something polished and put together that reads as professional without being stiff. You still need to see these people in a meeting next week so the goal is to look genuinely good rather than memorable for the wrong reasons.
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Work Event Dresses Smart Enough to Mean It
A work event sits in a slightly awkward middle ground between professional and social and the dress code is usually vague enough to be unhelpful. Smart casual is the phrase that gets used most often and it means almost nothing in practice. What actually works is thinking about it as a smarter version of your everyday work wardrobe rather than a dressed down version of going out clothes. Something polished and put together that reads as professional without being stiff. You still need to see these people in a meeting next week so the goal is to look genuinely good rather than memorable for the wrong reasons.
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