The most common dress code in today’s climate seems to be ‘smart-casual’. When what you wear has a big impact on your confidence and productivity, it’s clearly important to get it right! How well do you understand what smart-casual means? Today we’re undressing it!
Smart Casual for Men
Smart casual menswear
gives men a lot of freedom to use different colours and fabrics all year round
to match the weather! Here are some options:
When it comes to smart
casual for men, you can’t go wrong with a smart shirt and chinos. Chinos are a
great fabric for comfort and breathability but are tailored enough to ensure a
smart and professional first impression. Dress this outfit up with watches and
simple jewellery. Boat shoes are a good match for this look.
This look definitely
sits at the more casual end of the spectrum. Tee shirt or polo shirt fabric
paired with tailored or skinny jeans in formal colours such as black, navy and
grey are also safe casual wear options. As long as you avoid ripped jeans, blue
jeans and bright coloured tops, this is a smart and respectable look!
Sticking with jeans,
this smart casual look includes layering and accessories, and whilst it takes
liberties in some areas such as the sports trainers, it dresses up in other
ways with the blazer jacket. This complicated smart casual attire can be broken
down into tailored jeans and a colourful suit jacket to match the trainers over
a simple white tee shirt. Practical, colourful, but definitely smart
casual!
Smart Casual for Women
These looks look
fantastic and professional but are simple enough to achieve! We’re going to
break down some smart casual looks for women.
This bold look is both
fashionable and formal and has perfectly achieved the smart casual balance.
It might look catwalk
complicated but it’s super simple – tailored textured trousers, a soft white
shirt and a statement jacket!
This look provides
comfort but professional approachability and is great for layering warm clothes
in the colder seasons.
For a more casual
outfit, try wearing jeans, a monochrome tee shirt and a cardigan. Much like the
men’s casual outfit choice, this look depends on monochrome colouring but super
simple fashion pieces. Dress this look up with accessories such as necklaces,
bracelets and watches and you’ll have achieved the right balance!
If you’re looking to
achieve a look that means business, whether you’re a manager or out in the
world networking, we recommend going for a smart casual look that is business
on top and casual on the bottom.
This look uses a button
up shirt, a smart tailored blazer jacket, jewellery, black jeans and Chelsea
boots to achieve the perfect managerial outfit that’s as stylish as it is
serious!
When it comes to
dressing smart casual for women, we recommend you acknowledge the two key
elements, of which you always have to achieve one – formal pattern and colour
and/or traditional silhouette.
Today’s fashion is
testing the limits by using formal print in casual cuts and casual prints in
formal cuts. This plaid monochrome jumpsuit definitely adds some personality to
the office!
