Is it important to have a variety of work clothes, or is it fine to stick with a few favorites like some do?
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The Debate on Work Attire
Same Clothes Every Day vs. Diverse Wardrobe
Same Clothes Every Day vs. Diverse Wardrobe
– Some people wear the same clothes to work regularly
– Others prefer a wide range of outfits for the office
Personal Experience
– Some have a minimalist approach to work attire
– Others enjoy a diverse wardrobe for work
Should the variety of work clothes matter in a professional setting? Let’s discuss!
As long as they have clean clothes each day, look presentable at work, and do their job I personally wouldn’t care.Â
I wear the same clothes every day. It makes life so easy in the morning. It’s called the Steve Jobs way. I have 10 scrubs, all the same color, from the same company, that go together and the same pair of skate shoes. Takes me 1 minute to get ready.
I wear Levi’s 505s and a black button-down every day.
Why does it matter?
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I can’t even remotely begin to understand why something like this would worry someone….. Like, at all.
Women are judged more based on what they wear. Especially when I looked younger it was important for me to look professional. I definitely don’t have 30 sets of work clothes though.
I used to care and had a wide range of clothes to wear. Then I aged and started to give zero more and more. Now I wear my usual wfh attire since I don’t have to see people. Typically a pair of sweats, t shirt, socks, and overcoat if it’s cold out. When the washer is better, sub shorts for sweats. I own several of each in diff colors but all are dark. So, all I need to do is grab one of each and done.
I wear costco jeans, a tshirt, and birkenstocks to work.
But I WFH
Guys are typically minimalists. Even those that wear suits typically only have 3-4 suits and mix and match them. Women just typically buy more clothes, therefore they have more options.
When I worked in an office. I had three pairs of khakis, black,navy and khaki colored.
Three polo shirts. Black gray, and navy.
I just rotated through that.
Made getting dressed to go to work much easier. always kept my clothes clean.
Some guys just have a closet full of the same clothes. Jay Leno is a perfect example.
None of this matters. Unless you work in the fashion industry, it means nothing to your career.
As long as you are clean. Some people just don’t have a lot of stuff
I would notice but not care much. My job gave me 5 polos so i usually just wear those and not think about it.
I could probably go a full year without repeating outfits, if not more. I have a lot of clothes because I truly enjoy dressing up for work every day and looking my best.
I work with people who rotate between like, 3 outfits. As long as they’re clean and look professional, I really couldn’t care less.
It’s all about being put together and hygienic.
I guess it depends on where you work.
No you shouldn’t care about this at all
For me it’s like college parties, when you first get there you want to make a good impression so you dress up a bit, by the time you’re a senior you know it doesn’t really matter so you dress down. I’m in IT and sometimes have to crawl around on the floor, after ruining brand new clothes when I first started I now don’t dress up much unless for something special.
Last year I simplified my wardrobe. 20 shirts same color. 20 pairs of socks same color. 5 pairs of jeans same color. 5 Bahama shirts same color.
Reduces decision making to whatever is on top in the drawer or next on the rack.
No one has ever said a word.
I work in an environment that cloths regularly get wrecked. So i wear old basic clean stuff daily. Have 2 sweatshirts i dont care about that get worn daily so if they get stained or damaged its all good. 1 of my jeans is patch worked like a collage. I consider it my uniform and could care less what others think.
During the height of Covid, I was the only person in my lab, and one of maybe 20 people in a building that weeks prior held over 500 people. It was awesome to wear the same pair of jeans 4-5 days a week and wearing the same shirt 2 days in a row. I would see one or two people a week and since my lab was cool from the AC, I always wore a jacket. No one saw me long enough for my clothing to register.
I’m now in a different lab and there are a few people who enter each day. I’ll still wear the same pair of jeans 2 days in a row, but never the same shirt. But I’ll wear the same jacket every day.
I’ve realized as I’ve gotten older that very few people care about me personally. That doesn’t mean that they don’t care “for” me, just that they are only around me for the job. We get along, but the only reason we are in the same space is for work. Nobody really cares what I’m wearing. Just like I don’t care what other people are wearing. I only care if I can smell an unpleasant odor.
If someone is funky, they gotta do something about it.
I also have 3 pairs of the exact same jeans. So I can wear a different pair of jeans 3 days in a row and it may appear that I’m wearing the same pair, but I’m not. But again, no one cares enough to notice.
The only time I get comments on what I wear is if I’m wearing a Hawaiian print shirt, or a “cool” shirt.
What does it matter, if they are clean and neat and do not smell bad?
I don’t give a shit what someone wears as long as they do not smell bad. This goes for my office guys and my shop guys.
I’ve always put a lot of care into my appearance at work and have a lot of clothes. Recently it hit me that I couldn’t tell you what a single other person in my office was wearing that day. It made me realize that the pressure is coming from myself; ocoworkers usually don’t notice or GAF what you’re wearing.
Nope. Not a bit. As long as your clothes are clean, fit and are work appropriate, very few people care
Doesn’t matter. Keep yourself groomed and cleaned.
It 100% depends on your job.
Working in an industry with a business formal dress code, especially as a woman, it is important to have different outfits.
I have ten pairs of the same brown pants so I can do laundry every two weeks
Clothes make the man -Ceriso
I have 6 pairs of the same pants and 6 of the same shirts.Â
Makes my morning routine easy and those are my “work uniforms” that I assigned myself.Â
Machine shop worker. It’s way easier just to adopt a uniform, no decision making or wasted motions deciding what to wear.
Fast snap Red Cap button down, no pocket, on and off in seconds, Carhartt pants, only buy the exact same socks so no fuss trying to find matching pair.
I’m damn near ready to take it to the next level, Velcro shoes, no more laces.
Save the nice clothes and variety for days outside of work, yanowadamean?
Ah man. I’m down to a variety of 2 different pants. I really wish I had more I just hate shopping.
There was a guy in our office , Who is a senior , he bought a new hoddie at the start of winter and literally wore it everyday till the last day of winter exactly 4 months , His hoodie color fainted, Few of his team members taunted him and called him the nike guy as he was wearing Nicki hoodie but that’s it he didn’t gives two fucks and nobody cared either
I have like 3 shirts and 2 pants that I rotate
Some of us have a hard time finding clothes, so we buy multiples of the same thing when we find something we like.