New dress code in large Wall Street firms present new puzzles for men, and possibilities for shopping.
For years, many men were housed in the security zone of fashion and wearing a suit to work every day. But the recent easing of dress code in large companies JPMorgan Chase -
Saks Fifth Avenue is achieved with six pages of occasional manual update of the company, is the luxury retailers begin to distribute to customers next week. "Can attract a single on a dark blue suit, white shirt and tie, and it is very easy for him. He is her work uniform," he said Tom Ott, Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager at Saks Fifth Avenue. But "business casual dress is really talented had arm".
Saks began in June in the manual work, shortly after the news of an internal memo from JP Morgan Chase & Co. give workers permission to use the casual business attire on most occasions.
Saks guide, entitled "The New Casual Office" offers five recommendations for the casual business look, with detailed descriptions of each set and men can choose the whole sentence to buy rather than to arm themselves. The four eyes one or two of the seven elements in place called "essential" office casual to the inner highlight.
Other companies have their wardrobe requirements eased recently. BlackRock, the giant money manager, more relaxed to allow their dress code in June jeans pants and short-sleeved shirts. The company had to meet its casual dress code business since the 1990s, while the elderly and customers do not have to dress BlackRock for the occasion, others may take less formal, depending on their location and function.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has a "dress for the day" dress code established this summer encourages employees to wear clothing US, they deem appropriate for this day. "When we travel across the country, our people were clear that they wanted to dress dress their customers," he said Tim Ryan, President of the United States. "In some cases it is a suit and tie, in some cases it's cowboys. We wanted to listen to our people." Before the dress code formal dress in the East and Midwest and relaxed in the office of Northern California was specific, Ryan said.
The changes come as the financial sector is in competition for talent with technology companies known for less buttoned work environments. Change is also a call to a younger generation of workers who dusty from generation office dress at the idea bristle.
Many companies are now accepted policy loosened recalcitrant, ie potentially new wave of men who work clothing in a new fashion. Business
"Business casual is less than a formula and may be more open to interpretation than the dress in costume, and many people are worried that they will be wrong," he said Julie Rath, Men's style consultant and founder of NextLevelStyle.com, an online course for men. "There is no margin for error."
Some men have to buy a new wardrobe. And some men find they spend more, or almost as much a cabinet casual office polished as they did in a suit and tie.
A suit Saks Fifth Avenue Collection Basic wool over Saks.com costs $ 1,298, not counting shirt, tie, shoes and accessories. The Saks Fifth Avenue Collection corduroy jacket, sweater with scoop neck and pants on the cover of the manual Saks was $ 1224th
The new seven essential elements in the leadership wardrobe dress and casual mix Saks. They are refined top, perfect fit pants, dress shoes hybrid, sports, shoe clean, simple and jacket leather bag sports. A single layer is to wear as a neutral color described on a T-shirt and a jacket, vest jacket, a sweater or light jacket in soft sport jersey or knitted. Higher refining ", a high or dress again, always on, and when the setting for your body is right," said the leader. Chinese, sweatpants (now "runners" called in the industry) and cargo pants are fine as long as they are scarce and adapted.
The manual is conservative start and gradually with each new page be bolder. "The hard part is that each company has different rules, dress codes, so we had quite general and specific enough to be at the same time", vice president and fashion director said Eric Jennings, who came out with the idea for the hand and its concept.
The trader has tried to keep the simple manual. "We have had a version of it, where everything was not close there, and he was like" Argh, too! "Said Jennings." We do not want information overload is. "
In addition to customers in stores to the post and distribute sales staff also send the manual for customers. Saks also offers casual Store Mannequins Business cluster display. "We hope that we become the headquarters of the new office casual," Ott said.
Be ray.smith@wsj.com to Ray A. Smith
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