The long-held notion that the shade signals mourning or invites bad luck has, at last, faded into irrelevance
In this case, they might be wearing sweaters, jeans, chinos, or skirts with crew neck, v-neck, or open collars
These days, most of the offerings at rental outlets are cartoon-colored costumes for high school proms
As a result, I tend to favor the safe (and sometimes boring) practice of uniform dressing, rarely experimenting with anything that could be conceived as particularly casual, or, you know, fun. (Lets just say that I stick with things that read as office-appropriate.) This does not always seem to be true of my colleagues, who manage to sport all sorts of cool and creative looks, the sort that I always thought would make me seem insane or out of place
A seamless or light-colored underwear is recommended but not a necessity