By Kwon Mee-yoo
While hot summer weather is impeding work efficiency, companies are relaxing dress codes to promote better working conditions. However, it often leads to revealing attire, making other colleagues uncomfortable, a survey showed.
Saramin, an online job portal site, surveyed 578 recruitment officials on “ugly” business attire during summer and clothes exposing too much of the body, such as miniskirts and low-cut dresses, topped the list.
As the heat is unusually sweltering this summer and miniskirts and shorts have become popular among females, while males wear V-neck shirts, showing their chests. But wearing such revealing clothes to work might be offensive to other colleagues.
“I understand it is hot, but wearing very short skirts to work doesn’t seem proper,” office worker Kim Ji-won, 27 said. “My office recommended against wearing miniskirts and shorts, but the warning only worked for a few days.”
Second on the list was see-through clothes. As the see-through look has come into vogue for ordinary people as well as entertainers, more people are wearing this look to the work place.
Unwashed garments followed, as dirty clothes smell particularly bad in summer.
Other unseemly business attire included wearing a pair of slippers with bare feet, flashy-colored outfits, skimpy or wrinkled garments and sleeveless shirts or dresses.
“Wearing casual wear could raise efficiency, but it can make colleagues feel uncomfortable,” said Lim Min-uk of Saramin. “Office workers should watch what they wear when going to the office.”