subject: The Right Office Attire For Men [print this page] Whether you sit at the corner office with ceiling to floor windows or you are just the tea boy, the way you dress to the office should be highly different from the way you dress casually, unless if you work in a casual wear environment but even though clothes should be limited to certain a self dress code that brings no offence to anyone around you.
You must be sitting at the corner office as the chief executive officer, but if you call a staff meeting on a Monday and pitch up wearing black formal pants and a yellow shirt teamed with a bottle green suit jacket, be sure that when the secretary smiles at you she is just holding on to the laughter outburst.
The best way to get the power corner office look is to
1. Buy a full suit in the same color and design
2. Go for darker colours which give you an authoritative stance in front of the staff. Go for the navies and charcoals.
3. Always mix black and white. If you choose a dark suit wear a cream coloured or white shirt.
4. Patters are great for the weekend, for the office choose plain material in solid colours.
5. Leave your father's day tie with bug's bunny at home. A simple look projects more power.
6. Even with a simple look choose quality accessories.
7. For shoes choose a tried and tested pair and polish the shoes for a finished power look.
8. Dress to sell your product or service with confidence
If the full suit is not your kind of style and you'd rather wear a pair of jeans and still have the power look, the best way to dress them is
1. To keep them dark, dark colours, dark colours automatically give you a higher level of authority
2. Team them up with a formal long sleeved shirt. Go for a slightly bright shirt to wear with the jeans but not too bright.
3. To wear a formal jacket on top to give the denims a smart casual touch with an office appeal.
4. Always wear black leather shoes to the office, no sneakers.
5. Never wear a tie with jeans, rather leave the top button open and neatly laid against the collar of the jacket.
But remember never consider wearing jeans to the interview, it is unprofessional.
Now you have given yourself the power look to the office or the interview, a bit of mannerisms are crucial as well. Here are a few tips on how to behave during an interview.
1. As they say first impression make lasting endings, if you get to a job interview late be sure the interviewer will remember that. And no matter how good you do during the interview that will stick. Show up 45 minutes early
2. Having an excuse for the silly mistakes you do, like showing up with a wrinkled shirt and saying you only found it in the morning you had no idea the iron had short-circuited two weeks before
3. Nothing beats it all than answering the question without even understanding the question. The best is to look the words prone to that industry in a dictionary. Avoid stammering through your answers, it takes out your intelligence and projects you as a confused person. If you sound bored when giving and answer it gives the impression that you have no interest in the job but just for the salary at the end of the month.
4. An untidy look gives the interviewer an impression of your work. Leave the denim jeans at home and wear a full suit with solid matching colours. Never attempt to be modern and try to add color, the end result is you looking like a clown.
Another thing for men to remember it that what looks good on Tommy probably won't look good on Roland, when you see someone wearing something you envy and desire to buy it, better to look at the shade and color. Tommy might look smart in pink but that is no reason for Tommy to go and get a pink shirt too.
You probably have your own unique style, stick to it.
