Smart Dress?

buckeejit · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:39

Start a new job next week and was told that the code is Smart Dress. Please explain what this is? I've gone out and bought some smart formal trousers and some shirts.

Smart Shirt (no tie)
Smart Trousers
Smart shoes
Belt

Will this be ok?

uber soldat · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:40

You don't know what smart dress is? Seriously?

Hairybudda · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:40

Get some nice ties to go with your shirts and you'll be golden.

buckeejit · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:40

uber soldat said:
You don't know what smart dress is? Seriously?

Hence this thread

Some people have told me that I need to wear a tie and some have said that I don't need to wear a tie.

uber soldat · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:42

If it was smart-casual then no tie is fine, for smart wear a tie.

D5T · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:43

Turn up with a tie on and you can always remove it to fit in.
Your employers will appreciate the fact that you were ready to fit any situation.

buckeejit · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:43

D5T said:
Turn up with a tie on and you can always remove it to fit in.
Your employers will appreciate the fact that you were ready to fit any situation.

sounds good, thanks.

jamief · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:43

Wear a tie on your first day. Most likely other people won't and you can discard it from then on.

I get around · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:44

Nah, they want you do go in with some smelly oily overalls with paint splatters and dog wee down the legs, muddy boots and washing is optional

Vonhelmet · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:44

Buy a dress, duh. Make sure it is smart.

fini · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:44

buckeejit said:
the code is Smart Dress. Please explain what this is?

EDIT: Gah vonhelmet beat me to it

Fenris · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:45

Wear a tie on your first day, no harm in it and if no one else is wearing one you may feel a little silly but the next day you can just take it off, this way you won't look scruffy if you come in and everyone else is.

Angilion · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:55

Google, which is of course never wrong, provides this as the first answer:

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?i...3&prev=/images?q=smart+dress&gbv=1&hl=en&sa=G

So there you have it. It's cheap too.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 28 Sep 2009 at 14:25

Just turn up looking like James Bond.

Mr^B · 28 Sep 2009 at 15:13

Didn't you have an interview for the job? What were the people who interviewed you wearing?*

*Note, this does not work if you were interviewed by laydeez.

Amp34 · 28 Sep 2009 at 15:17

Do wht every other office worker seems to do for their "smart" dress, wear a pair of trousers too short, and a really baggy and ill fitting shirt, then stick a crappy looking tie into the mix. Perhaps even get a baggy suit jacket that doesn't match the trousers if you want to go really "smart". Nice and "smart" then...

buckeejit · 28 Sep 2009 at 15:25

Amp34 said:
Do wht every other office worker seems to do for their "smart" dress, wear a pair of trousers too short, and a really baggy and ill fitting shirt, then stick a crappy looking tie into the mix. Perhaps even get a baggy suit jacket that doesn't match the trousers if you want to go really "smart". Nice and "smart" then...

no thanks. I'll wear a tie with my shirts. Sorted lol.

Azagoth · 28 Sep 2009 at 15:29

Are you 100% certain that "smart dress" doesn't mean just that, and that they expect you to roll up in some off the shoulder little black number?

GHz · 28 Sep 2009 at 15:36

Wear a LBD

Only kidding, wear black shoes, black trousers, smart shirt, tie and make sure you look clean and tidy and you can't go wrong.

buckeejit · 28 Sep 2009 at 15:37

Azagoth said:
Are you 100% certain that "smart dress" doesn't mean just that, and that they expect you to roll up in some off the shoulder little black number?

I'm sure, trust me