NEW REALITY: Office Dress Code Forever Altered
A silver-lining to this pandemic: Work attire is relaxing.
Employees working from home embraced their Zoom shirt. They do not want to go back to a stuffy wardrobe. A survey found that just 10 percent of employees want to return to the office wearing what they did before the pandemic.
The style director at Esquire magazine confirmed, (quote) “Dress codes have been gradually relaxing. So much that big banks got rid of suits and ties for most employees.”
The Urban Dictionary defines theZoom shirtfor men and women as “kept on the back of your desk chair to quickly be presentable for video conferences.” Otherwise, they’re working from home in comfy clothes.
During this pandemic, the typical work from home attire has been shorts, no shoes and a Zoom shirt. Bra is optional.