Business casual is a popular dress code that emerged in white-collar workplaces in Western countries in the 1970s in response to the energy crisis of that decade. Government mandates to raise thermostat settings in office buildings led managers to authorize employees to dispense with ties and jackets that had been part of expected business attire. Many information technology businesses in Silicon Valley were early adopters of this style of dress.

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  • Business casual is a popular dress code that emerged in white-collar workplaces in Western countries in the 1970s in response to the energy crisis of that decade. Government mandates to raise thermostat settings in office buildings led managers to authorize employees to dispense with ties and jackets that had been part of expected business attire. Many information technology businesses in Silicon Valley were early adopters of this style of dress. In the United States, a plurality (43%) of non-self employed workers commonly wear casual business attire. Casual street wear is the next most common work attire (28%), closely followed by uniforms (19%). Only a minority (9%) of workers wear informal business attire. Business casual has partially supplanted business formal attire wear, which was previously the standard apparel for managers and professionals. Trousers complete the package; jeans are rarely acceptable in workplaces as part of business casual attire, but some Silicon Valley entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs are known to wear jeans as part of the business casual look. In academic and research settings, however, jeans may be worn with a dress shirt. The second-from-the-top button may also be opened in addition to the very top button. Business casual is sometimes equated with (or depending on perception, confused with) smart casual.
  • Die Bürokleidung (auch Business Casual genannt) ist eine Kleiderordnung, die sich in Abwandlung der Geschäftskleidung/Business Formal für Büro-Angestellte entwickelt hat.
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  • Business casual is a popular dress code that emerged in white-collar workplaces in Western countries in the 1970s in response to the energy crisis of that decade. Government mandates to raise thermostat settings in office buildings led managers to authorize employees to dispense with ties and jackets that had been part of expected business attire. Many information technology businesses in Silicon Valley were early adopters of this style of dress.
  • Die Bürokleidung (auch Business Casual genannt) ist eine Kleiderordnung, die sich in Abwandlung der Geschäftskleidung/Business Formal für Büro-Angestellte entwickelt hat.
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  • Business casual
  • Bürokleidung
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