Photo by The Sartorialist.
Are we still having this conversation about jeans at work? Give me a break. Let’s be honest. It’s less about jeans and more about style. And even more than that, the issue is if women can wear jeans at work. Because men have been doing it forever. The Wall Street Journal reports:
The thing most power-jeans looks have in common is that the denim is dark and plain, and worn with the executive uniform: dark jacket, crisp buttoned shirt, good shoes. It’s as though the pants say, ‘I’m cool,’ and the rest of the outfit says, “I know how to conform.”
Jeans can suggest a leader is modern and confident, innovative, and willing to roll up those sleeves and work. There’s a bit of James Dean in the right kind of jeans (those worn without metal studs, acid washes, embroidery, skinny cuts or worn very low) and that hint of rebel can read as creative in a board room.
