Do you wear polo/tennis/golf shirts casually?

[Al B. Sure!]

http://www.usatoday.com/money/workplace/2007-07-09-business-casual-attire_N.htm

But a backlash is brewing: The number of employers allowing casual dress days every day has plunged from 53% in 2002 to a new low of 38%.

The reason for the return to more dressed-up attire is, in part, because of the confusion generated by business casual standards. Should flip-flops be allowed? What about tennis shoes, jeans and shorts? Sleeveless dresses? T-shirts? Younger employees are more likely to push the envelope, rankling more veteran generations who have long worked in offices where ties and skirts were expected no matter the day of the week. Many employers resent becoming fashion police.

[MRT144]

Finally somebody's gotten a kick out of it!

The jokes on me though. CyberShy said my change is the last name change until the new server So I'm stuck with this.

How many denim jackets do you own?

[Al B. Sure!]

The NBA has a business casual policy:

http://www.nba.com/news/player_dress_code_051017.html

"Business Casual" attire means
A long or short-sleeved dress shirt (collared or turtleneck), and/or a sweater.
Dress slacks, khaki pants, or dress jeans.
Appropriate shoes and socks, including dress shoes, dress boots, or other presentable shoes, but not including sneakers, sandals, flip-flops, or work boots.

Note, it says 'dress jeans' although I can't imagine any player trying to get away with that... David Stern won't play that.

[Al B. Sure!]

How many denim jackets do you own?

None. It's not 1988.

[Asher]

Wrong. Nerds are known for being overly casual in the way they dress.

You're thinking of geeks. Nerds wear more formal clothes to school.

[Donegeal]

I'm wearing a polo right now. Khaki shorts and a Bears polo.

[Drake Tungsten]

Good god.

[Al B. Sure!]

Da Bears

[Asher]

It bothers me how right I am about everything in this thread, from start to finish.

[MrFun]

Why would that bother you?

[Al B. Sure!]

Asher: I clicked one of your wikipedia links and checked out the references... they seem to contradict the article...

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/Clothes%20Articles/cracking_the_dress_code.htm

Let’s separate casual into five degrees! Remember within these categories styles can range from dressy to sloppy! See the table below for examples of specific items of clothing.

The first two categories are acceptable for business and social occasions (office parties, functions at a friends house or a nice restaurant) where image is important.

1. BUSINESS, also EXECUTIVE- or CORPORATE CASUAL: The level beneath the business suit and tie, which can consist of a suit or sport jacket and/or sweater, and an optional tie. This is what you’d wear to a company party (retirement, holiday, etc.). The fabrics may be less dressy, and the tie a knit or novelty print. You may have slightly relaxed the look, but you’re still there for business.

In some cases you may want to wear a suit that’s a step up from business wear like your best Armani suit, French-cuff shirt, and Hermes tie just to show you have a life outside business!!

2. COUNTRY CLUB, or DRESSY, RESORT CASUAL, CASUAL CHIC: Apparel that you’d wear to a private country club for lunch or dinner. Dress trousers, sport shirt, dress shirt or knit polo shirt, a sweater or sport jacket and leather shoes/belt. It’s also appropriate for an off-site seminar, a party at a friend’s home or dinner at a nice restaurant. And yes the elements in your attire may have cost MORE than a good suit!!

Number 3 may be acceptable for certain businesses and some social functions.

3. SPORTY or RUGGED: The outdoor look! Off to the local pub to watch Monday night football with the guys, to a real game, when you’re invited to spend the weekend at one of Ralph Lauren’s homes, or third date out for pizza. Any activity where you might run into someone interesting. It’s more casual, but you still took some time to coordinate colors, and think about what elements you put together.

The following two categories are not acceptable for most businesses, or for any "important" social occasion (i.e. first date) where you’re concerned about your creditability, authority and/or image:

4. SATURDAY CASUAL OR LEISURE: What you wear on weekends, if you had to go out shopping or doing laundry, and there was even a remote chance of human contact.

5. ACTIVE: gear you’d wear to the gym, to play b-ball, washing your car, or gardening, but not stop off at the grocery store on the way home. It’s also what you might wear around the house if you weren’t expecting any visitors.

Polo shirts are considered country club casual... note business casual is still dress shirts and slacks.

[Asher]

The thing is there's no rigid rules for this, Alby.

Polo shirts are business casual for the vast majority of companies I've ever heard. They won't be for more formal businesses like banks, but other than that...they're acceptable.

Any site that has 12 terms for level of dress is ridiculous and not credible.

[Al B. Sure!]

Any site that has 12 terms for level of dress is ridiculous and not credible.

Askandyaboutclothes.com is apparently very popular. The forums have 52,000 members and right now have 557 users online.

I'd say that's pretty damn credible.

[Al B. Sure!]

Well I'm glad that my future employment requires me to wear a uniform all the time... so none of this confusion!

[rah]

I said non-torn. They need to be clean, straight, and not bleached, torn, weirdly coloured, etc.

Sorry, I misread that. There are a lot of younger kids at the office that wear bleached and slightly torn claiming that since they're more expensive then more regular style jeans, they are better and can be worn. It's this type of thinking that makes companies ban jeans all together.