LogoBlog Poll 4 – Inappropriate Office Wear
Why in the world do people go wearing flip-flops and T-shirts to the office? At the beginning of the 90s, the ‘causal business attire’ trend, or ‘business casual’ as it is commonly called, began to be a part of every office environment, and at the end of the decade, the trend boomed.
According to the Society for Human Resource Management, 95 percent of the U.S. companies had some sort of casual day policy in place in 1999, compared to the 24 percent in 1992. Furthermore, the casual clothing manufacturer, Levi Strauss, estimated that about 75 percent of Americans went to office daily wearing casual clothes in 1999, whereas only 7 percent in 1992.
But what does all this have to do with logos and logo design? What’s its significance to the designers? Well, a lot actually. It turned out that this ‘business causal’ trend has been a constant aspect of designers and designing firms. No other business category has been infiltrated with this casual movement than the designing industry. But often, this trend is distorted by many people who rather than dressing up casually, take steps further and totally give a new meaning to the ‘business casual’ trend by wearing shorts, singlet, and other ultra-casual things to the office (I still remember a professor of mine, who use to come to the class wearing flip-flops in the winters).
Thus, the reason behind this week’s LogoBlog Poll is to conduct a survey of our viewers’ perception about this trend and things that are inappropriate to wear at work, no matter how casual they look. So, what is the most inappropriate casual thing to wear to work, well: it’s Flip-flops. Other inappropriate things include Walk Shorts, Singlets, T-Shirts, Jeans. Additionally, some visitors also voted and added other options like Sandos, Swimming Costume and Sandals.
Therefore, it’s confirmed that flip-flops are the most inappropriate things to wear to work. Thus, avoid these at all times for the sake of this trend. Let’s not portray a bad image of this comfortable business attire. Until next week, happy casual living!
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