CASUAL VS. BUSINESS DRESS

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As late as the 1870s surgeons could be seen performing openoperations on their patients while dressed in Brooks Brothers suits with full Bemberg lining, corozo buttons, and double besomflap pockets. They would wear a white pinpoint cotton dress shirt

with French cuffs, forward point collar, and the tie would be optional.

Today’s doctors don a pair of Wal-Mart scrubs in the color of

the season and a pair of Nike Air tennis shoes to perform a three-hour

operation. Professional dress has changed over the last 136 years,

but have we (salespersons) have gone too far? Sometimes I cannot

tell business attire from casual attire. The term business casual

does not apply to us, salespersons, or maybe we need a clearer

definition of the term. Business casual is crisp, neat, and should

look appropriate even for a chance meeting with a CEO.

It should not look like cocktail or picnic attire. Avoid tight or baggy

clothing; business casual is classic rather than trendy.

When do you dress business, casual, or business casual?

The answer to this question is will depend on your industry, business,

and event. We seem to comprehend the words business attire dress

and the words casual dress but the wording business casual dress

seems to confuse most of us. Let’s set the record clear. Let’s define

business for both men and women.    http://www.mimsmorningmeeting.com/

CASUAL VS. BUSINESS DRESS

~ by mimsmorningmeeting on March 26, 2007.