Is this an okay outfit?
 

I'm going to an informational tonight and was told to wear "semi casual business attire" and well, I don't really have that because 98% of my clothes I brought home already.

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...onaloutfit.jpg

Sorry the picture quality sucks...I took the pic on my phone and the mirror is dirty as well...but the outfit is a black and white striped skirt with a black cami, white shrug and purple patent flats.

Do you have a more structured top? I think the cami and shrug are OK but a little fru fru for semi causual business atttire - so maybe a collared shirt? skirt is perfect....just think another top might work better....just my personal opinion...

I just saw this now (I was at church when you posted), but I wore my outfit and it was fine. The other girl interested was wearing jeans as were the sisters. I took 98% of my clothes home already so I had to work with what I had left.

Jeans for business casual. Interesting.

18-19 year old business casual, though ;)

I guess they need to send out a guide with the invitation.

Casual- pajamas
Business casual- jeans
Formal- tuxedo t-shirt?

I'm not sure they told the other girl what to wear, and just because they wanted me to wear semi casual business attire doesn't mean they needed to wear it as well. I was a little surprised and felt a bit overdressed, but overdressed is better than underdressed.

I looked it up:

http://www.ehow.com/video_12219167_d...sual-work.html

According to this jeans are okay for semi casual, just FYI.

That has ZERO to do with what a college organization means when they say "business casual." Or it should if the members know what they're talking about...then again this is a group running underground rushing and pledging so I guess they don't follow correct fashion rules either.

Semi-casual is not business casual.

For instance, a collared shirt, jeans (not with holes or shiny stuff), polo, nonrevealing sun dress, or khakis can work for semi-casual but that does not automatically make them business casual.

They didn't say business casual. They said semi casual business attire. I'm also not sure why everyone is getting so down on them for what they wore.

That is business casual.

We are not getting down on anything. We are members of GLOs. You are an aspirant/hopeful.

I'm not gonna bother arguing.

Just keep on singing.

The motivation behind my username is that even when things get bad or things are tough, know that they're gonna work out so keep on singing/keep moving forward.

That's deep. And not at all cliché.

Which is what the old saying and the song "keep on singing" mean.

The 1974 original "Keep On Singing":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_otv...eature=related

You have learned many things in this thread.

I know I've certainly learned one thing.

Hopefully that if you ever have an internship and the dress is "business casual" (or semi casual business attire, same thing), that you do NOT show up in jeans.

Reminds me of a girl I went to college with. After undergrad and before grad school, I had an internship that she also had. One day she showed up (to a federal judiciary building, mind you) in a short-ish skirt and a crop top that showed her entire stomach. I still remember the look on my supervisor's face.

Business casual is one of those terms that barely even means anything anymore, because it covers everything from khakis and a polo at some companies to a button-down shirt and tie, but no jacket, at others. Heck, even within a single company, it can differ widely from the IT people to the sales people.

In short, I'm sure that your outfit was fine.

I agree that hers was. Jeans...not so much.

Yes, but it is also impolite of the sorority members to ask PNM's to dress up, and then wear jeans themselves.

That skirt has to go. My goodness, I thought Marshall's went out of business...

Semit business casual...or business casual are PRESSED pants or cute skirt, simple shirt with a blazer or sweater. Business casual can be a short skirt (if you have the legs for it), tights, booties with (weather) a blazer or sweater. You can always roll up the sleeves of the blazer to make it more casual. Flats are fine.

If the outfit is bedazzled....not so much.

You mean the Marshalls where I just bought some Kate Spade shoes, a Lilly Pulitzer dress, and a couple of Vineyard Vines polos?

I want your Marshalls. Ours carries US Polo Association, Baby Phat, and Juicy Coutoure. :(