How Gen Z Is Shaking Up Office Appropriate Workwear

Z世代如何摇晃办公室适当的工作服

WSJ Your Money Briefing

2025-01-24

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As Gen Z enters the office, work wardrobes are out but crop tops, pajama pants and miniskirts are fair game. Wall Street Journal reporter Lane Florsheim joins host Ariana Aspuru to discuss how online trends like “office siren” and “corpcore” are establishing new, edgier rules for work appropriate attire.  Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • The line between getting dressed for the office and getting dressed up for fun is becoming more hazy as younger workers are obliterating traditional rules about how to dress for work.

  • I think

  • that a lot of Gen Z and people in general want to invest in pieces they can wear anywhere and really get their money as worth.

  • So if you're buying a blazer you want it to be like your office blazer,

  • you're going out blazer, you're running out to brunch blazer.

  • We'll talk with Wall Street Journal reporter Lane Floreshine about how you can make your clothes work beyond nine to five and stay on trend.

  • That's after the break.

  • Classic office staples like suits and pencil skirts are getting a new twist as trends like office siren and corp core gain popularity with younger workers.

  • Wall Street Journal reporter Lane Floreshine joins me.

  • Lane, why is workwear such a constant conversation, especially online?

  • Workwear like all clothing is emotional.

  • One of the women I interviewed for this story about how Gen Z is dressing said

  • that a lot of Gen Z thinks that going into an office would be more fun

  • if they dressed well and I think that's something that anyone in any generation can probably relate to.

  • How is the way we thought about workwear evolved over the last few years?