Dress Codes at Work

Business Formal & Business Professional

Business Formal and Business Professional remain at the more formal end of professional business dress, but today’s workplace requires more interpretation and less automatic rule-following. This IBLCode guide explains the differences between Business Attire, Business Dress, Business Professional and Business Formal, when each level is appropriate, how professional dress can adapt to hot climates, and the concept of Seasonal Dress Code — maintaining professional presence while adapting intelligen

The Workplace Dress Code Is Changing

The workplace is changing — and so is the way we dress for it. Hybrid work, Gen Z, Streetwear, sneakers, Relaxed Tailoring, climate, color and personal expression are reshaping the boundaries between formal and casual. Has the dress code disappeared? Quite the opposite. The opening article in Dress Codes at Work | IBLCode introduces a new way of reading professional dress through role, context, culture, people and the message we want to communicate.