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Article: CASUAL DRESSING AT WORK SEEMS HERE TO STAY.(LIVING)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- August 13, 1996
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Byline: Catherine Fitzpatrick The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
As corporate America continues to evolve, the hard-and-fast rules that once governed traditional 9-to-5 workplaces are bending.
A case in point: getting ''dressed-down'' at the office doesn't mean what it once did.
For generations, men were expected to wear a dark business suit or serious sport jacket at the office; white shirt, conservative tie, wingtips. Women rarely deviated from severe suits in solid colors, prim blouses, tan hosiery, medium-heeled pumps.
Leave it to that cutting-edge style-setter - the United Way - to turn the status quo topsy-turvy.
The United ...