I have long been jealous of those people who got to do casual Fridays at work. In an academic medical setting the only people you ever saw wearing jeans were patients' families and the community pediatricians rounding on the weekend. Everyone else wore business casual wear or scrubs. I sometimes longed for my days as a camp counselor when dressing up meant your sparkly flip-flops and a non-holey t-shirt. Then again, it is probably good that we don't have an official casual Friday policy. We all saw what happened on the Office when they did that (warning: not intended for impressionable viewers).
Anyway, now I am one of those community pediatricians. I answer questions about funky rashes, baby poop and now I get to wear more fun stuff. One of the other doctors in our office and I decided to "go rogue", so to speak, about a month ago. We decided between ourselves to wear jeans on Friday! I have done it a couple of times since and it definitely breaks up the monotony of the winter wardrobe.
Earrings: J.Crew Heirloom Floras
Top: J.Crew Evie tank in ivory
Jeans: Banana Republic straight leg jeans
Shoes: Nine West flats
Open to show the ruffles
Jeans for the office should be...
- Darker rinse...
- Not too baggy or else you look like a sk8erboi...
- Not too tight - you are not going clubbing...
- Tailored if possible...
- And for heaven's sake, make sure the rise isn't too low in the back (trust me, nobody needs to see that).
Next week for casual Friday - tube tops! Just kidding...and by the way, tube tops, flip flops and miniskirts are never appropriate for casual Fridays. Ever. Just in case you were wondering. Yeah, you.
