https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bare-legs-in-the-summer-business-casual Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 04 May 2026 15:39:41 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bare-legs-in-the-summer-business-casual#post-170573 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:54:59 +0000 Lisa 170573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I go barelegged in the summer. I currently work in an extremely business casual setting. Previously it was more formal and I would wear very sheer nude hose instead. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bare-legs-in-the-summer-business-casual#post-170565 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:46:38 +0000 Katja 170565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I work in aerospace engineering. I go barelegged to the office, but what's around my legs (shoes, skirt) errs on the side of formal (pumps, tailored skirts), because that makes me feel more comfortable about omitting hose.</p> <p>I'm racking my brain about the (very few) other women at work - I don't think I've seen a female engineer at work in anything other than pants in forever. So I guess I'm an outlier. I know I come across as more formally dressed than the other females engineers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bare-legs-in-the-summer-business-casual#post-170553 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:51:39 +0000 Maya 170553@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is so funny Steph! Open toed shoes without toe cleavage. I guess they think they don't have to know what it is. Knowing it was some form of cleavage was provocative enough to ban it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bare-legs-in-the-summer-business-casual#post-170552 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:46:02 +0000 Steph 170552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I worked in one of the biggest law firms in the world and our dress code did not require hose (if you went to court or met a client, however, it was expected that you would be dressed business formal and that would include hose). I was actually on the firm's dress code committee at one point, and I specifically joined because I wanted to make sure they didn't decide to require hose. </p> <p>Seeing how the dress code decisions were made was so eye-opening. People (mostly men) who knew nothing about clothing would just propose things with absolutely no idea of how it would work in the real world. At one point they wanted to require hose but allow open-toed shoes (I told them that hose with sandals was not acceptable, so we simply couldn't mandate hose). At another point someone suggested allowing open-toed shoes but banning "toe cleavage." They had zero idea what toe cleavage was but thought that it sounded cool and wanted to include it in the dress code. I showed them what toe cleavage was and was successful in keeping it out of the code. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bare-legs-in-the-summer-business-casual#post-170551 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:34:49 +0000 Kristine 170551@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the replies! You've given me the confidence to go bare legged! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bare-legs-in-the-summer-business-casual#post-170527 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:48:14 +0000 Angie 170527@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would and absolutely do go bare legged when I'm dressed business casually. I also wear micro fishnets if it's chilly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bare-legs-in-the-summer-business-casual#post-170420 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:36:09 +0000 Losermom 170420@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I work in a very casual setting. I do wear skirts without hose/stockings a couple of times a week. Mostly because I don't have very many summer appropriate bottoms. If I have a really important meeting, I would wear nude fishnets. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bare-legs-in-the-summer-business-casual#post-170413 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:02:03 +0000 Michelle 170413@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bare legs have always been ok where I've worked. Our summers get very warm and asking ladies to don hose would just be mean some days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bare-legs-in-the-summer-business-casual#post-170410 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:35:32 +0000 Dusty 170410@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I worked at an insurance company pre-kids, our dress-code was business casual and hose were required. It was specified in the dress code as such, though, so I'd probably be okay with it in a similar environment where it was not specified. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bare-legs-in-the-summer-business-casual#post-170404 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:15:18 +0000 Frances 170404@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kristine, I've recently begun to quietly bare-leg it at the office. I really want to wear skirts more, and I personally have an aversion to stockings, esp. in the heat of summer! Luckily, my office is less conservative than most, and I usually reserve this for days when it's expected to be quiet and I don't have meetings with outside colleagues. I know that skipping the stockings is unacceptable in ultra conservative places like law firms, but I was inspired by Angie's blog post on this a few weeks ago to give it a try. I feel like women in professional settings are never going to have the option to go bare-legged unless they start boldly marching into their workplaces with bare legs, and I'm hoping that if this starts with women who work in more creative, flexible or casual professional settings, it will become more of the norm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bare-legs-in-the-summer-business-casual#post-170402 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:13:41 +0000 Kristen 170402@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wore nude hose or microfishnets when I worked in my old department, but this summer once it gets hot enough I will likely be bare-legged. I try to emulate what the higher-ranking women in my office wear, and my new bosses definitely wear cooler clothes in the summer. I have seen them in sheaths, bare legs and flat sandals plenty of times. </p> <p>Follow the lead of the higher-ups and you should be fine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bare-legs-in-the-summer-business-casual#post-170393 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:53:49 +0000 Maya 170393@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The place I work now has a range of dress codes. Account executives typically go biz casual and all the girls go bare legged with skirts and dresses (I guess I should call them women but they are close to my age so it seems weird...I still feel like a girl!). The designers and creative staff are mostly casual and going bare legged is not a problem. On casual Fridays, one of the account execs wore this oversized batwing t with bra straps sticking out. We really don't have high standards in terms of dress (I should say the outfit itself was cute, but probably not appropriate for most professional settings). </p> <p>At the museum, I went bare legged all the time. Didn't even think twice about it.</p> <p>I am wondering if it's a combination of WHERE I work and my line of work. I honestly never even realized hose is considered an issue of modesty and professionalism until it was mentioned on YLF. Maybe in NY we get away with more? I can't speak for what goes on at law firms and Wall Street, but it doesn't seem like I see too many be-hosed legs in summer or spring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bare-legs-in-the-summer-business-casual#post-170385 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:42:12 +0000 Kristine 170385@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought I'd take an informal poll. If you work in a professional setting and wear skirts in the summer, do you wear bare legs? Microfishnets? Something else? I'm stlll trying to figure out what I'm most comfortable in. I've been avoiding skirts because of it. At work I've seen everything from bare legs to regular nylons. </p>