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- Dress code standards for corporate America are becoming less formal.
- Business casual work environments will eliminate the stress of having to wear a full suit every day, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't put effort into your outfits.
- We rounded up 12 of our favorite brands to help you build your business casual wardrobe, including staples like Bonobos and Cole Haan and newcomers like Twillory and Mott & Bow.
While our grand- and great-grandfathers probably wore three-piece suits for some of the most insignificant occasions, younger generations today are perfectly fine with navigating most aspects of life - including working in corporate America - in casual clothes.
As millennials and Generation Z continue to become the majority of today's workforce, their values are slowly but surely changing workplace norms. And for many working-class men, that means the days of having to wear super formal attire to work are coming to an end, even in some of the most suit-and-tie industries.
Earlier this month, investment banking firm Goldman Sachs announced that it would be implementing a "firm-wide flexible dress code," allowing its employees to wear more relaxed and casual clothes. If your place of employment hasn't loosened up the rules for what you can wear to work, it will likely happen soon. After all, stiff suits and hard-bottom dress shoes won't exactly help you do your job any better.
That doesn't mean you should start wearing ripped jeans with gaping holes, silly graphic T-shirts, or downright ridiculous things like skin-tight cycling shorts, so to point you in the right direction on where to shop, we rounded up 12 of our favorite brands with business casual attire.
Between these brands, you'll find essentials like chinos, polos, button-up, sweaters, jeans, and more.
Keep reading to find out our favorite places to buy business casual clothes.
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