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Jeans, they are business casual, right ?

Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:29 am
Posted by 610man
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:29 am
Jeans with a sport coat, right? That can be pulled off, for a conference setting, yes or no?
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:31 am to
Depends on the industry, but a safe answer is no.
Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:31 am to
when the OT was mostly college kids or recent college grads, I would expect these questions

but now we are all middle aged dudes well into our careers

I would think we would all know how to dress by now
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:32 am to
Usually no.

Business casual historically has been slacks with a collared shirt in my experience.
Posted by 610man
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:33 am to
I respect this answer, lol
Posted by MRTigerFan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:33 am to
It really depends on the business in my opinion. Some industries are more casual than others. In my industry 20 years ago jeans were not considered business casual and now it is acceptable. I've even seen our CEO in jeans a time or two. But most upper management still wears slacks mostly.
Posted by TDsngumbo
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:33 am to
quote:

Business casual historically has been slacks with a collared shirt in my experience.
Posted by BogeyTX
Member since Apr 2018
859 posts
Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:35 am to
According to the hair thread you better wear a ball cap just to play it safe baw.
This post was edited on 2/18/25 at 8:37 am
Posted by SOSFAN
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:35 am to
I hope so because I'm wearing jeans to jury duty. My county only pays $10 a day so they can deal with blue jeans as far as I'm concerned.
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:35 am to
correct answer. /thread.
Posted by LSUfan4444
Member since Mar 2004
55594 posts
Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:36 am to
No. Jeans are casual, coat or not.

You probably won’t get called out on it as an attire infraction but it’s one of those “give them an inch, they take a mile” example. Stick to casual slacks.
Posted by bikerack
NH
Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:36 am to
quote:

for a conference setting


Depends on the industry...and if you are a speaker at the conference.

At the annual conference I go to for my industry, I used to always wear slacks when most everyone else wore blue jeans...then over time switched to black or gray jeans...and now I just wear blue jeans.
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:36 am to
quote:

I hope so because I'm wearing jeans to jury duty. My county only pays $10 a day so they can deal with blue jeans as far as I'm concerned.


You'd be considered black tie based on some of the stuff I saw the last time I was in traffic court. The stuff some people think is appropriate to wear in public is ... interesting
Posted by Cdawg
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:38 am to
maybe if its a dark blue or black denim and you're in your 20's.

Posted by MrWhipple
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:39 am to
Depends on location too. Denver/dallas/houston - yes
Atlanta/orlando/vegas - no
Posted by el Gaucho
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:40 am to
Only at a prosperity gospel preachers conference
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
9913 posts
Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:40 am to
It depends on what your jeans are. Generally, the darker and more conservatively cut (no rips, no obvious distressing, etc.) are nicer than the khaki bullshite the middle aged frat boys wear with navy blazers.

Dress them up with fancier shoes/cowboy boots than you would normally wear with jeans. It's a conference, you're not presenting to an undersecretary for the Secretary of Defense. There will be plenty of assholes with "slacks" on that don't have collar stays in their shirts, or still rely on the plastic BS that comes stock with most shirts, or who have barely ironed their shirts, or are rocking athletic shoes in their sports coats, etc.
Posted by SteveLSU35
Shreveport
Member since Mar 2004
14513 posts
Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:40 am to
I’d say no. Always better to be over dressed than under.
Posted by BeachDude022
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:40 am to
In Texas, sure why not. My boss went off on me once bc I dressed that way, but she was from Colorado and didn’t understand that’s how we do business casual here.
Posted by Ingeniero
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:45 am to
I'll buck the trend here and say as long as they're dark, good quality jeans and you wear a good shoe with them, you can get away with business casual by putting on a sports coat. Some industries you might have to step it up to slacks
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