https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:26:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1920051 Thu, 17 May 2018 03:02:01 +0000 Sydney 1920051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have worn Talbots curvy bootcut jeans for years -- love them.&nbsp; And if you are looking for other casual pants, I have a couple of pairs of the curvy perfect chinos.&nbsp; Love those too.&nbsp; I have a hard time finding pants that fit, and Talbots curvy generally works for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919837 Wed, 16 May 2018 13:51:13 +0000 Beth Ann 1919837@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm wearing jeans a lot in my new work, Thistle.&nbsp; I am a dressy person, but I feel like I can wear my jackets and nice tops and shoes when I pair them with a nice bootcut, dark wash jeans.&nbsp; The effect is a bit more casual, but still intentional and polished.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919701 Wed, 16 May 2018 01:58:22 +0000 Nadya 1919701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Some of my favorite jeans. NYDJ is a brand I go back to again and again. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919640 Tue, 15 May 2018 22:32:33 +0000 Thistle 1919640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tried James Jeans before and they were so long I could walk on them with my whole foot!</p> <p>I had bought boot cut, so hemming was not really an easy option.</p> <p>I snapped up a couple of Talbots jeans when they were running their sale yesterday. I grabbed some Lucky jeans, too, but those aren't getting rave reviews, so we'll see.</p> <p>I need to do more searching for these other brands. i tried to find Levi Curve ID by me, but no one carries women's in the stores, so I will have to order on line. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919628 Tue, 15 May 2018 21:48:19 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1919628@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, did you know Cookie Johnson seems to be out of business? I've been snapping up my size on eBay when I can find it but even that's slowed down in recent months. </p> <p>Talbots is a good bet. I used to get a lot of jeans from Loft, but they've gone the skinny and/or distressed direction big time this spring. Chico's has a great cut and fabric for a 'business jean', I believe it's their so slimming slim Jean in dark denim. Also Boden might have something; I can't remember if you fit in their range or not.</p> <p>If you really feel like splurging, James Jeans's plus sizes are killer good, but run over $100 retail. I've got two pair of the Hunter Z but I got them both secondhand. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919587 Tue, 15 May 2018 19:30:42 +0000 Jillian 1919587@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hear you.&nbsp; My office did this a few years ago and recently allowed "fashion" sneakers.&nbsp; The change has been hard and not inexpensive for someone with a well-established business casual work wardrobe!&nbsp; As a woman of "a certain age," I have found a jeans jacket and dresses to work better for me than jeans on the bottom.&nbsp; I have two jeans jackets (blue, white-- both shorter and more tailored) and wear each once a week.&nbsp; I also have a denim shirt I wear with pencil skirts </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919556 Tue, 15 May 2018 17:49:39 +0000 Angie 1919556@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>More curvy jeans suggestions:</p> <p>Poetic Justice, Ashely Graham and Cookie Johnson </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919548 Tue, 15 May 2018 17:21:19 +0000 AviaMariah 1919548@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My office went the same way about 3 years ago.&nbsp; I have found that it makes planning my wardrobe much simpler because my work and nice/casual wardrobe are the same.&nbsp; Ironically I find that now I don't want to wear jeans on the weekends - I am reaching for leggings &amp; athletic pants more and more! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919505 Tue, 15 May 2018 14:24:02 +0000 Aquamarine 1919505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Check out Wardrobe Oxygen...Allison has lots of ongoing recommendations for plus-size denim.</p> <p>My kids are millennials and I am astounded at how casual their offices are. One works closely with surgeons in big East Coast city hospitals, and jeans and sneakers are par for the course. Scratching my head... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919454 Tue, 15 May 2018 10:55:55 +0000 Staysfit 1919454@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I suspect more businesses will go this route. As a physician I found my patients related to me better when I was dressed in a more casual manner. Never sloppy, but in jeans and with the rest of my look still retaining a more refined and dressy look than they might adopt. It works well for me. No advice at all about the jeans except I try never to purchase anything with whispering or fading, etc. Sometimes it’s hard to find solid even washes. When I shop with my friends, most of whom need the type of jeans fit you are searching for, we go to Macy’s, Kohl’s, and Talbots. Most of the brands mentioned above can be found at those stores, but maybe not the Levi’s. Every once in a while we find something at JC Penny’s also. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919452 Tue, 15 May 2018 10:45:17 +0000 kkards 1919452@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thistle- we made the same change last year...but we went from not even having casual friday's to a casual business....2 weeks before Memorial Day last year we announced we were "testing" casual dress for the summer, and it was on...i should note that our CEO hates casual dress &nbsp;but the times demanded that if we wanted to recruit and retain talent we needed to change....our dress code formally states no rips, tears or distressing and no shorts....<br />i'll add that i find it freeing...i can dress up a pair of jeans with a blazer if i want, or wear jeans and a tee, and both are good. last summer i wore casual cotton pants (like Angie's ulility pant) as i find jeans to warm for summer.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919373 Tue, 15 May 2018 02:11:38 +0000 Thistle 1919373@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's an interesting change, that's for sure. Most of our customer are already casual, and for a long time, we knew who the customers were int e office as they were the ones in jeans.</p> <p>Still, it's a change, so we'll see. I've already told my department nothing distressed, no rips, no holes, no fraying. They're at work, not at a club. I have no intention of getting rid of my business casual trousers, and I plan to wear the same dressier tops with the jeans, so we'll see.</p> <p>I know when I bucked the jeans day Friday trend for a while, the pressure to conform was enough that I went out and bought two pairs of jeans.</p> <p>Talbots was running a 40% off everything sale today, so it seemed like fate. I snapped up a couple of pairs to try. And maybe a few other things hopped in my cart :)</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919317 Mon, 14 May 2018 22:30:50 +0000 Angie 1919317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Calvin Klein, Universal Standard, Talbots, Loft Curvy Fit, and Levi’s Curve ID.</p> <p>I echo Suz about the Summer dresses. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919313 Mon, 14 May 2018 22:24:57 +0000 Anonymous 1919313@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am jeans impaired, so no advice from me on that topic.<br /> Interesting move to more casual- it will be equally as interesting to see how soon the memos start flying telling folks they are moving back to more professional wear.<br /> I have seen it happen because people go from “work casual” to ridiculous casual ( read sloppy, dirty) real fast. then there will come a time when higher ups realize the company looks too casual and as a result are not taken seriously in their sphere of influence.<br /> I was in one setting that went more casual- no surprise that those that dressed “more professional casual “ ended up getting promoted faster. But it could have been a coincidence.<br /> Suggest you move to casual slowly and not everyday. Mix it up and always be the best dressed “ professional casual “ at meetings when higher ups are in attendance . Balance between team player and promotable </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919282 Mon, 14 May 2018 20:40:31 +0000 unfrumped 1919282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No jeans advice, but I’ll be interested to hear how this affects your own work wardrobe.<br /> Kind of like Lisa p but different— this could be a freeing opportunity IF you can now pick and choose from amongst more casual and dressier business - casual. So if you find great fitting jeans or you find comfier shoes are allowed, and you can still wear any great black pants outfits or dresses you have or find, then you’ve got more options. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919269 Mon, 14 May 2018 19:16:54 +0000 annagybe 1919269@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Universal Standard has some good ones.<br /> Kari recently got some. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919260 Mon, 14 May 2018 19:00:03 +0000 Anonymous 1919260@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lucky jeans has reasonably priced ones that might work for you.<br /> I am a 14/16 with curvy abdomen/hip/thigh and found some I like there. I found some at Uniqlo too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919257 Mon, 14 May 2018 18:57:21 +0000 Thistle 1919257@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't have to wear jeans, but they will be allowed going forward.</p> <p>Yes, I think the whole dress code is going to skew really casual based on the questions I'm being asked by my younger staff.</p> <p>Time are changing. We're in a super tight labor market, and we're willing to do a lot to attract top talent. Including let them wear jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919245 Mon, 14 May 2018 18:21:18 +0000 Suz 1919245@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do you have to wear jeans? Or are they just allowed? Does it mean the whole place will skew quite casual? I am thinking dresses for hot weather...but casual dresses. You wear dresses really well as I recall.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919244 Mon, 14 May 2018 18:21:13 +0000 JAileen 1919244@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bless the millennials. I would try Kohl’s. I like the Gloria Vanderbilt, and they come in plus size. Also, great prices. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919242 Mon, 14 May 2018 18:16:09 +0000 pil 1919242@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Does that also mean you could wear the Ecco sneakers to work if you find that they work for your fussy feet?<br /> A friend of mine has good luck with jeans at Dress Barn and also the George(?) brand at Walmart. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919239 Mon, 14 May 2018 18:02:39 +0000 Katerina 1919239@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting about the dress code - times are changing...<br />I am sorry, but I am no help in the jeans department. Will follow this thread with interest.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-change#post-1919224 Mon, 14 May 2018 17:39:57 +0000 Thistle 1919224@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Our dress code at work just changed, starting today.</p> <p>They are embracing the millennials and jeans are now appropriate every day of the week.</p> <p>I am astounded as we only got jeans on Fridays about 5 years ago.</p> <p>Any recommendations for good jeans for pear-shaped plus sized gals? </p>