Some law firms adopt "casual business attire" - unless you're meeting with clients - dress code in the summer, but they all define it differently.
In Kingsley, I see Grandpa's directness and firm logic, visible organization, and impeccable attire with attitude.
"A downside of casual attire, especially in a professional firm, is the need to constantly remind people there is a line.
In a recent poll by Jackson Lewis, a national employment law firm, 45percentt of human resource managers said casual attire contributed to employee tardiness and absenteeism, 40percentthoughtht it promoted workplace laxity and 25percentt said it encouraged flirting.
If you're working at a big company or law firm, you'll probably be expected to wear business attire.
Mr. Boxer favored natty attire and was given to a salty wit and firm opinions.
He used Lizzie Grubman's public relations firm to send invitations to his holiday party in 2001 ("festive attire" was requested).
"Men now look at golf attire as office attire, too," says Marshal Cohen, president of the market research firm NPD Fashionworld.
By 1989, the Supreme Court, in Price Waterhouse vs. Hopkins, upheld a sex discrimination claim brought by a woman who was denied partnership at an accounting firm because some male colleagues thought she was gruff and aggressive, not "feminine," in her attire.
"Conservative interview attire is definitely in vogue," said Dana Roth, executive recruiter with LV Interim Solutions, an accounting and finance search firm in Rye.
