The Mini-skirt Ban has now started...

[Gromit]

Southampton City Council bosses have banned staff from wearing mini-skirts and could send them home if they flout the rules.

Women staff received a memo telling them they needed to dress respectfully and wear skirts of 'reasonable' length.

The memo insists they dress in 'appropriate' clothing for their line of work, including trousers, informal dresses or skirts of 'reasonable' length - but 'not mini-skirts'.
Outraged Southampton City Council staff say they fear bosses may start prowling offices armed with a ruler or tape measure, while their union threatened to fight the ban.

The leaked email, which was sent to around 400 staff, advised men to wear collared or polo shirts, cotton trousers such as khakis or chinos with a belt, and 'dress shoes'.
It warned social workers, youth workers, educational welfare officers and others in the children's services department to 'carefully consider their work attire'.

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Surely, people should be allowed to wear what they want?

[boxtops]

I agree naomi, I work much better wearing what I think of as office style. On the odd occasion when I go in casual, it's for shifting stuff or filing - I think better when I have office clothes on.

[naomi24]

Me too Boxtops. Strange isn't it?

[naomi24]

An afterthought. 'They' say 'you are what you eat', but maybe 'you are what you wear' too.

[boxtops]

I can be a different persona according to what I am wearing, certainly - if you turn up in an Indian flouncy skirt and sandals, some people treat you differently than if you are in a suit and look business-like. I had a friend who always used to wear a certain suit when going to challenging meetings, it gave her confidence.

[naomi24]

Yes, I know exactly what you mean. Clothes do 'maketh' the person.