Since the beginning of the early 2000s, students across college campuses have been
dressing up more casually than they ever have. Students would dress up in the latest fashion
trends or dressing up in nothing but a hoodie, sweatpants, and a pair of sandals to school or
work. Some have debated that there are benefits to students who dress formally than their peers
who dress casually. It’s true that there are benefits to those who dress formally, but there are also
benefits to those who dress casually. We should be allowing students to dress casually, for it can
improve their workflow, and improve their self confidence. Dressing casually shouldn’t affect
how students perform in school or at work, and we should be encouraging it more. …show more content…
We would wear the Save-A-Lot shirt that
we are given, but some of us would wear different styles of pants, shoes, and outerwear. Even
though what we are doing at work is against the dress code, we are all fully capable to doing our
jobs around the store. The most surprising thing about dressing somewhat casually at work, we
don't receive any complaints from our bosses or customers. In the article “Does Casual Dress
Affect Productivity?” by CC Holland, she describes that if employers are more lenient with the
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dress code, it could improve “employee morale” and “employee performance” at work (Holland
6). Holland even mentions that of the “9,015 employees” that took part in a poll, “60 percent of
senior managers” suggest that “going back to corporate dress would be a step backward and
would actually hurt productivity” (Holland 5). An employee should be able to dress casually for
work, because the clothes they choose to wear shouldn’t hinder how well they work. The same
can be said to students who dress casually for school and excel at it. In retrospect, it’s not the
clothes that show how qualified someone may be, but instead their own personal …show more content…
For me, I personally love to wear t-shirts with graphics from cartoon shows, simple
style of pants, and high or low top sneakers. I wear them because I love what I’m wearing and
feel comfortable when I wear them. People dress casually not because it's easy to slap on any
piece of clothing, but rather what we personally like and what makes us feel comfortable. In the
article “Your are what you DRESS: Clothing has a significant effect on self-esteem and
confidence, claims expert” by Jonathan O’Callaghan, interviews Professor Karen Pine on what
we wear can have an affect on our confidence and self-esteem by affecting our “mental processes
and perceptions ( O’Callaghan 5). Professor Pine operated a test to have some students in a test
group to wear a superman t-shirt in order to see if the t-shirt had any effects on their
performance. The superman t-shirts not only made the students “more confident,” but the t-shirts
had made them ‘think they were physically stronger” than other students in the test group”
(O’Callaghan 13). For students who dress casually for school or work, the clothes we choose are
like the superman t-shirts the test group wore, they give us the confidence and strength we need
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dressing up more casually than they ever have. Students would dress up in the latest fashion
trends or dressing up in nothing but a hoodie, sweatpants, and a pair of sandals to school or
work. Some have debated that there are benefits to students who dress formally than their peers
who dress casually. It’s true that there are benefits to those who dress formally, but there are also
benefits to those who dress casually. We should be allowing students to dress casually, for it can
improve their workflow, and improve their self confidence. Dressing casually shouldn’t affect
how students perform in school or at work, and we should be encouraging it more. …show more content…
We would wear the Save-A-Lot shirt that
we are given, but some of us would wear different styles of pants, shoes, and outerwear. Even
though what we are doing at work is against the dress code, we are all fully capable to doing our
jobs around the store. The most surprising thing about dressing somewhat casually at work, we
don't receive any complaints from our bosses or customers. In the article “Does Casual Dress
Affect Productivity?” by CC Holland, she describes that if employers are more lenient with the
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dress code, it could improve “employee morale” and “employee performance” at work (Holland
6). Holland even mentions that of the “9,015 employees” that took part in a poll, “60 percent of
senior managers” suggest that “going back to corporate dress would be a step backward and
would actually hurt productivity” (Holland 5). An employee should be able to dress casually for
work, because the clothes they choose to wear shouldn’t hinder how well they work. The same
can be said to students who dress casually for school and excel at it. In retrospect, it’s not the
clothes that show how qualified someone may be, but instead their own personal …show more content…
For me, I personally love to wear t-shirts with graphics from cartoon shows, simple
style of pants, and high or low top sneakers. I wear them because I love what I’m wearing and
feel comfortable when I wear them. People dress casually not because it's easy to slap on any
piece of clothing, but rather what we personally like and what makes us feel comfortable. In the
article “Your are what you DRESS: Clothing has a significant effect on self-esteem and
confidence, claims expert” by Jonathan O’Callaghan, interviews Professor Karen Pine on what
we wear can have an affect on our confidence and self-esteem by affecting our “mental processes
and perceptions ( O’Callaghan 5). Professor Pine operated a test to have some students in a test
group to wear a superman t-shirt in order to see if the t-shirt had any effects on their
performance. The superman t-shirts not only made the students “more confident,” but the t-shirts
had made them ‘think they were physically stronger” than other students in the test group”
(O’Callaghan 13). For students who dress casually for school or work, the clothes we choose are
like the superman t-shirts the test group wore, they give us the confidence and strength we need
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