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Too dressed down? Go behind-the-scenes at an office and judge for yourself.

Well you know employers across the country have embraced casual Fridays. And many employees are happy to partake. But how casual is too casual? From open toes to exposed flesh? Extreme dressing down can be a job hazard and there are some rules to follow. Our Jeremy Happed has the Sign of The Times.

At first it seemed like such a good idea, casual Friday, once a week, lose the suit, don the duckers, dress down. But have we now lost our sartorial sense in a sea of flip-flops and cleavage, short bottoms and muffin tops? “Do you really think this is appropriate for the owner of the company?” “No!” When did casual Friday get this casual and why on earth is this guy wearing those to work? “Has the boss ever said anything about your showing off your tootsies?” “Not really, he looks down over here, just really don’t.. ” “See, this is the problem. ” For answers, we will track down Clinton Kelly, he’s host to the popular TLC show “What Not To Wear”. It’s his job to tell people what’s wrong with their fashion choices.

“It makes me wanna run away from her… ” “This fanciest most, New Yorkers. ” This poor woman hasn’t got a clue how to dress a body. And on this resent casual Friday on this busy New York street outside Macy’s, he found plenty wrong. “I think you got a lovely cleavage.” “Well, thank you.” “A lot of it for work however.” “Is this something you would wear Monday till Thursday or just on Friday?” “NO, and I’m not supposed to wear on Friday. ” “Don’t you not like your job, or you’ll get fired.” “Oh I like my job.”

Actually it is the fear of being fired that he’s recently started to reverse/ this trend of dressing too casually, Clinton says. “Well, you know when economy gets a little bit tough, you know people strut to dress a little bit better at work, because if a manager’s looking around the office and he knows he’s gonna lay off a few people. You know if everything else is equal, he might be looking for the one who aren’t the best representatives of the company. ”

But clearly not everyone is getting the message. Maybe the Internet boom is swim business casual first one bus, when billionaire bosses started sporting denim and - shirts , we all losing up a bit. And it was all down hill from there. “I think we finally got it right.” Cargo shorts won’t fall behind. “oh,Yeah, it’s a great pussy you know to steal some pencils and pen from work. But it probably not the best, the best look. ” And plunging necklines. “You know, too much boogie too much cleavage. ” The result, business casual confusions. “Well this is a real issue especially with new arrivals to the workforce, college graduates that sort of thing. A lot of them truly don’t know to dress, right?” “Right! You know the average 22-year-old has no real fashion icons. You know, for the workplace, I mean that they’ve spent their time watching MTV and you know who’s your style icon then, you know.// they aren’t gonna teach you how to dress for the workplace. You know they are dressing to go to a club or hook a hottie. You know that’s not how you dress for the office. ”

So if you are more interested in hooking a job than a hottie, here are some casual Friday tips from Clinton. First for men, no T-shirts. It’s got to have a collar. And give the shorts a rest. Khakis are better. For women, instead of a mini-skirt, trying walking shorts, but it can’t be above the knee. And as for your blouse, just don’t show your bra straps or breasts. “I have a wrote about cleavage in the workplace, and its chest not breast. So as soon as you know soft tissue is seen in the office then you know you’ve crossed the line and somewhere. ” As for blue jeans, ok, go ahead if your company dress code allows denim, and if they are dark enough, and here is most important part, they gotta fit right. “Nothing too low-rise where you know the buckram is goona hang up.” “Muffin tops are not good for the working environment.” “Well unless you actually work in a muffin factory.”

Some of our fashion victims should have known better. “// think of your // maybe is a little bit too short. Or is that?” “Too short?!” It’s questioning.” “Only when you look at it down like that…” “Where do you draw all the line? What’s the one fashion thing you are not being able to…” “You are the owner of a staffing company. So you put people out there in the world and // work. Are you giving them any advices on how to dress? ” “I tell them to dress corporate. ” “Just corporate. SO basically you say do what I am not doing it”

I am Jeremy Happed for nightline in New York.

Well I am in Casual Friday, tonight for sure. All right thank for Jeremy Happed.