Dr. Vandana Speaks

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I am back with corporate dressing etiquettes as I promised. So here are some Do’s and Don’ts about how you should dress while in office

First and foremost, keep in mind that it is your office not college or any fun time place. Keep your flashy clothes and jewellery for the weekends even if you are newly married girl!!!!

In some cultures it is essential to wear some jewellery especially for the newly weds ones. Just stick to basic requirements that you can’t avoid as in Punjabis it is mandatory to wear “chuda” and in some families a gold bangle or a “mangal sutra” too. If you can’t avoid them, just wear them but make sure you don’t put on flashy clothes and make up. Infact, “chuda” looks really cute when worn with simple dresses. Try it out!!!!

Now, some basic dressing rules

Formals for girls include the following

• Trousers and Shirts
• Cotton Salwar kameez, preferably “chooridar” Short knee-length or long formal skirts with formal shirts
• Formal jacket for winters especially goes well with trousers and skirts
• Saree in pastle colours, without flashy designs and pinned up properly
• Wear small studs for earrings or very small hanging ones
• No bangles, no danglers, no “jhumkey”!!!!!
• For shoes, go for closed ones preferably. However, you can go for simple flats also.
• No hair clips!!!!
• Keep your hair short. If long, make sure you either tie them properly or maintain the hair cut it you like to keep them open.
• For make up, wear nude make up. Nude make up comprise of peaches and light pinks.
• No eye shadow for the day. It looks horrible!!!!
• Put kajal if you like to.
• Keep your make up to minimum.
• For shirts, no fluorescent colours. Prefer pastle colours. If you like wearing dark colours, match them with light trousers and make sure they are not shining like a band uniform!!!!
• Avoid wearing sleeveless unless you carry them off really well!!!!!!

It’s not as difficult as it sounds to be girls!!!!!

The basic idea behind the dressing rules is that it should not hamper your work and others too…

The other thing is it should make an impact on others. Everything counts when you are into professional life. Right from your attitude, knowledge to how you present yourself.

Your workplace might not have any strict dressing codes. However, following some of your own will definitely help you in climbing that corporate ladder. It will show your seriousness for work and life as a whole.

Now some rules for the guys too…

• You can’t think of anything but a shirt and trousers.
• Stay away from bright colours.
• Make sure you match your socks with your pant!!! They should be of same colour
• For ties, they should either be of the colour of your trousers or shirt. Atleast the shade should be matching and if you wanna wear some contrast colour, be sure it is not too eye catching.
• Be simple and formal.
• Pinks and mauves are not a NO NO for you. However, be careful when you chose these colours for yourself. They should suit you. You should be able to carry these colours well and let it be pastle colours.

Now some common rules for all

• Make sure your clothes are clean and ironed and shoes must be clean and shining!!!!
• Put a deo on!!!! Even if you bathe everyday and even if your office is fully A.C.
• If you like wearing a perfume, never go for the cheap ones and don’t be too generous while applying the perfume
• Try to stick on to similar fragrances.
• Put the perfume on points like wrists, inside of your elbow, under your ears and side of neck. The idea is that at these points, the blood flow is higher and your perfume will stay for long.
• Wear a simple watch it adds on to the effect.
• Guys shave everyday. And girls.. stick to your weekend parlour visits. You may not want to go for those expensive beauty treatments, but make sure you look clean and happy!!!!

Many offices have Fridays as casual wear days. So some tips on the same

• Friday dressing doesn’t mean you can turn up in your shorts or payjamas!!!!
• Wear a denim with a t-shirt which is preferably collared one. If not, it must not contain any quote on it.
• For girls, we know you have the sexiest clothes in town!!! But keep them for your weekends.. Weekends are not far away!!!!!
• Be casual yet formal enough so that you can attend any short notice meeting with a client or the manager.

Clothes matter but without attitude they won’t matter!!!! So wear your attitude and let your clothes compliment you!!!!!!