Business office attire & Fashion

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1. This is a copy of your post for archive/search purposes.

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   **Business office attire & Fashion**

   I’m (28yo female) about to move to Tokyo for a work soon, and I will be working in a big, more traditional japanese company.
   I’m aware, that they wear more business clothes and are more strict on a dresscode, compared to what I was used to in Europe (jeans and tshirt were totally fine at my old place).
   The thing is, that I’m someone who quite enjoys fashion in general, and would like to avoid wearing combo of blue pants and white shirt for every day…

   So I wanted to ask, if someone has any tips, how to be a bit more fashionable and how to show a bit more personality in the clothing, without breaking a japanese office dress code?
   Also what kind of stores you would recommend me to look for for nice and comfy, office friendly clothes in Tokyo? (Apart from Uniqlo)

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2. don’t most people at your work show up in casual clothes and change before and after work?

   if not, why not just go to work wearing the most conservative/formal clothes the first week and observe what all your coworkers are wearing then make adjustments from there?

3. It depends entirely on how strict your company’s dress code is. For example, I can wear whatever I want (within reason) while other places are so strict that they even mandate what store to go to.

   If you work at a place that says you just wear navy pants and a white shirt, you will likely have virtually no room for personality in your outfits, and that’s the entire point of the strict dress code. It removes the distraction and allows you to focus on your job, which is why you’re at your job in the first place.