"Dress for success" is an oft-repeated motto. But recent studies have shown that wearing nice clothes in the office can actually be an effective strategy — dressing professionally can affect the way people perceive you, how confident you're feeling, and even how you're able to think abstractly.
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2 former Wall Streeters turned startup founders share their best advice for dressing for every kind of office
It turns out that "dress for success" can be a good strategy.
Dorie Smith (left) and Emelyn Northway (right) at the opening of the Of Mercer store in 2015.
Here's what they recommended.
If your office dress code is: Business formal
If your office dress code is: Business casual
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The rise of athleisure has made this in-between category even trickier for people in the workplace. Since more and more people are wearing leggings and other performance-centric materials as they socialize and do errands on the weekends, the look has bled into the outfits people are choosing to wear to work.
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If your office dress code is: Casual
Casual dress codes are becoming more and more common these days, especially in creative and entrepreneurial environments. Still, that doesn't mean you should show up to the office in jeans and a hoodie everyday.
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