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Q: Is there a dress code policy for women here or is it unspoken?
I've seen women walking about in the office building I work in walking about in what most of us would be called mini-skirts, showing off a lot of leg. Others with very 'moulding' dresses. As a guy I'm not complaining for the distraction, but wouldn't that typically be against the dress code?
Though I will say, showing cleavage seems to be a big no-no here.
Most of the girls who dress in revealing clothes are hunting. Either for a new boyfriend or a promotion. The other ones probably work in sales and use the distraction to their advantage. :)
Actually, I knew a Chinese guy who insisted that all of his female staff wear mini skirts. Strangely enough, they all complied. Of course, he was also sleeping with half of them, but that is another story.
It will be nice if here are stipulate rules about NO PAJAMS dressed woman
look-like a parade out from the door.......What is the RUDE intention about?
Or foreigner husband agree with their chinese wife, dress that same as a local couple wifes dress????
I would venture to say that there is no "dress code" at all here, just as there is no "dress code" in the United States, etc., etc. One can see every fashion and every lack of fashion here and combinations of things which just take my breadth away.
cooter:
So you've never worked anywhere in the US? Most places have a dress code...even if it's a lax one.
I think a lot of it is in the UK, USA, Europe, Australia, NZ, Canada, etc when there isn't a written dress code, there is an unwritten one, i.e. most people in an office will wear clothes we deem appropriate for that job. In China I don't think there is any similar unwritten dress code, so in the absence of a written one many people wear whatever they feel like.
I have noticed though that while showing legs all the way up to the cheek (and often beyond) is totally normal for all ages from 16 to 60, showing cleavage is rarer than hen's teeth. Perhaps because traditionally large breasts are not something Chinese ladies are noted for, or maybe there is an unwritten dress code, just that it's different from 'ours'?
If you are working at a restaurant your dress code is the same all the workers are all in the same boat. Other jobs like working at an office it probably depends on your boss.
Yeah, the women I used to work with would happily wear skirt/boot combinations that would make a King's Cross hooker blush (Sydney reference), but the slightest hint of cleavage was an absolute no-no.
sorrel:
I second your description of how some local girls dress. Even the male foreign teachers I worked with comment on how inappropriate they think the girls dress in class. There is a time and a place for this kind of dressing, and it is not during the day. When I am at work, I dress like a professional, during my free time, I would dress differently.
Women like to dress so they feel good about themselves and anything that gets attention is reinforcement. Hot weather, wear short clothing. Chinese have nice thin legs, who can blame them for showing off their best asset. Most women don't show cleavage because they wear padded bras. Some women I see that have it will show it, but thats not many.
