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Work Clothes: Casual Dress for Serious Work

Sunday, August 10th, 2003

How to survive and even flourish with the new corporate casual dress code. Illustrated with lots of pictures and tips

So much of this stuff seems tailored for the size sixes of the world, but maybe not. The colors and match of the outfit would be universal. But someone with a bit of a heavy bottom might not go for the short jacket (I guess) but for a longer one (but would that throw off the line?).

I liked the store listings in back with descriptions of what you’d find there. I thought it interesting that Target is listed but not Walmart ;)

The change in font size and foo seemed a waste of space. I’d rather have more clothing photos than a 45 font size headline that says “Where to Start.” Photos please. Worked for that food portion size book guy.

Random tips:

  1. Belt should be a bit darker than your trousers and match your shoes in color and material.
  2. Uh… that’s about it that jumped out at me.

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