Dress down day or freaky Friday originated from the US of A, thanks for that all of you over the pond!
US owned, UK based companies started the trend and it has spread over the last twenty or so years. The original idea was that as the weekend approaches we wear more casual clothes to work, the business thinking behind this was that if people are dressed in a more relaxed style, they will feel more relaxed on the inside and so enjoy the day more and so in turn performance should increase, (I’m not too sure about this last point).
So the professional business dress will be relaxed for a day and instead employees are invited to wear smart casual clothes.
Our European cousins “do” smart casual to a tee, they have it captured in an art form, indeed a lot of disposable income in the Europe is spent on clothes, grooming products and accessories. In contrast, we in the UK would rather go to B&Q and buy geraniums, or even a whole new kitchen then invest our spare cash on some clothes that are not normal at work wear so why waste our money.
The outcome of this is that on a Friday morning, millions of wardrobe doors across the UK are flung open and people frantically rummage to find something to wear that they haven’t worn all week. It's a challenge!
Belinda Coaten...Passionate about supporting you to move on or move up in your career.
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