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Re:Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for t... by JumpCrisscross on Saturday July 15, 2017 @02:39PM (#14778176)
Common dress absolutely drives a certain esprit de corps. The irony in my example is that the corporate code ruined the informal one we'd developed over the years (white dress shirt, fleece or vest and brown shoes with tan slacks or black shoes with light pinstripes). Before the rebellion, I could identify, on the street, our teams (and who were the interns--black suits with skinny ties, almost all of them). Afterwards, each desk went its own separate way.

In an office setting, dress is better used as a signal than a driver. If your team isn't, over the years, picking up cues from one another then maybe there's a level of social bonding that you, as the manager, are neglecting to forment. (Or your team doesn't have to be that close to be effective.) Social psychology gives a lot away for free if you're halfway perceptive.

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Re:Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for t... by OJFord on Saturday July 15, 2017 @05:22PM (#14779027)
> white dress shirt

It would seem that as an American you refer to a white shirt - but what do you term that which I (as a Briton) would call a dress shirt? (Worn with evening, or the most formal of morning attire. That is, with your -ahem- tuxedo!)

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Re:Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for t... by JumpCrisscross on Saturday July 15, 2017 @07:49PM (#14779742)
Formal shirt, I think.
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Re:Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for t... by OJFord on Sunday July 16, 2017 @09:00AM (#14781796)
That makes sense, thanks.

I've been searching around (self-proclaimed) 'all American' clothing sites - it seems 'shirt' -> 'dress shirt', and 't-shirt' -> 'shirt'.

I suppose it makes sense that as a new garment starts to dominate it adopts the shorter name - I haven't really noticed it over here though, except with polo shirts, but even there I'd say the more common contraction is 'polo'.

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Re:Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for t... by MR4D on Saturday July 15, 2017 @11:59PM (#14780408)
I think you mean "mourning"?
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Re:Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for t... by jackvalentine on Sunday July 16, 2017 @12:12AM (#14780443)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_dress
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Re:Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for t... by OJFord on Sunday July 16, 2017 @08:51AM (#14781770)
No, but that is one of the few occasions on which morning suits ([morning] tailcoat and usually pinstriped trousers) still see some use!
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Re:Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for t... by Bromskloss on Saturday July 15, 2017 @08:49PM (#14779904)
Tuxedo in the morning? Long night, eh?
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