Dear ladies, the way you dress can play a big role in your professional career. For this Fall the suits are must-have! Therefore, today we’ll talk about business formal and casual across different industries. Let’s suit up together and avoid any unpleasant situations!

Formal business attire

  • Style: The most conservative type of business wear
  • Clothing options: Matching business pants suit, skirt (knee-length or longer) suit or dress with matching jacket, button-down shirt
  • Professional occasions: client meetings, presentations, office work

1. Conservative industries – Accounting, banking, finance, government, law and others

Stick to conservative and flattering outfits

Select minimal jewellery

Have a structured black handbag

Classic (closed-toe & heel) heels no higher than three inches, loafers or tidy flats.

Choose only dark colours for the suit and shoes ( brown, black, navy, charcoal, etc…)

Bright ones for the bottom-down shirt (white, light pink and blue)

Light make-up (emphasize mouth or eyes) + structured hair

2. Creative Industries – Fashion, Advertising, Graphic Design, Music and others

Be sure to fit into your working environment!

Dress formally but chic and classy at all times.
Wear (closed-toe & heel) heels no higher than 6 cm, loafers or tidy flats.
You can choose any colour for your outfit however better to skip flashy ones.

Business Casual

  • Style: Here it is important to look more business-appropriate than casual
  • Clothing options: suit, knee-length or longer skirt, dressy pants, blouse, button-down shirt, blazer, jacket, sweater
  • Professional occasions: business trip, office work, team building

1. Conservative industries – Accounting, banking, finance, government, law and others

Here you can be more creative when it comes to a colour option, however, you should still keep formal clothing items but they can mismatch in colour or pattern.

2. Creative Industries – Fashion, Advertising, Graphic Design, Music and others

Any outfit is suitable as long it doesn’t have casual clothing like jeans, t-shirt, sportswear, etc.

Chart – dress codes for work and different industries

If you have difficulties to decide which dress code is appropriate for your industry to have a look at the chart! We created it according to general rules. Is it different in your company? Let us know!

In red we marked where you can find clothes for the particular dress code.

Dear ladies, I hope now you are ready to dress for success! Do you have any other uncertainties? Please share with us! Cheers!