Out: Work Wardrobe. In: CorpCore.

A fashion revolution is taking place in the office.

This article in The Wall Street Journal got my attention.

“As Gen Z enters the office, some of them are obliterating old rules about how to dress for work. Crop tops, pajama pants and miniskirts are all fair game. Classics like suits and pencil skirts are getting a sexy, youthful rebrand, with trends like “corporate fetish,” “office siren” and “corpcore” proliferating online. Brands are eagerly marketing less-than-traditional workwear that speaks to both of these shifts.”

It got my attention because I’m wearing shorts into an office today.

The old ‘me’ can’t believe it! I’ve always been a strictly jeans guy and will dress it up (when I need to) with either a collared shirt or a jacket over a t-shirt. Shorts is a stretch and I don’t just mean at the waistline.

It isn’t particularly warm (21 degrees celsius mild in Melbourne) but I wanted to go for a walk before work and just carried the shorts through to business hours.

It used to be the other way round, yes? Taking a change of clothes was for the gym or after hours. Now we prioritise what we’re doing outside the office first - if we go into an office at all - and don’t worry about changing.