For years, people have dressed to impress and completely disregarded comfort. A new trend is emerging in formalwear, however, and it’s called comfortcore. People are throwing away poorly fitting shoes, tight and restrictive pants, and embracing comfort. Comfort is especially important when it comes to your work attire. Work’s uncomfortable as it is. Sitting around five days a week in an office surrounded by people you hate and wearing clothes you can’t stand is like torture. This post’s intention is to tell you why comfort is key when it comes to choosing work attire so that you can make some positive wardrobe changes.
Buying a New Pair of Shoes
If comfort is something you’re concerned about, the first purchase you should make is a new pair of shoes. The folks from GatsbyShoes make clear on their website that footwear should be casual, pleasant to wear, and professionally crafted out of high-quality leather. Finding a pair of shoes that meets all three of those criteria can be very difficult. Most leather shoes are downright uncomfortable, whether it’s because they’re too tight in the toe or because they wear on your heel.
The reason that a new pair of shoes is important is because unless you’re working from home, you’ll be moving around a lot at work. Getting up to go to the water cooler, using the bathroom, or walking to and from your car might not seem like a lot of movement, but in an uncomfortable pair of shoes, it can feel like it is. Wearing the wrong shoes can lead to blisters, which can distract you from your work and leave you suffering. Before purchasing a pair of shoes, read reviews. A product’s reviews will help you to decide if it is the right one for you. Customer testimonials published on the manufacturer’s website can also come in handy.
Well-fitting Pants for Flexibility
For a long time, tight-fitting pants have been the norm in menswear. Fortunately, this trend is on the way out. More and more people are adopting looser trousers. Looser trousers are more classic and comfortable. Being that comfort is the most important thing, consider investing in a pair of loose-fitting trousers yourself. That said, make sure that while they’re loose, they also fit. Lots of people make the mistake of purchasing trousers that are designed to be slim or straight fit in sizes that are larger than their normal ones then calling them loose fitting. You need to wear trousers designed to be worn loose in the correct size. Trousers that are too big or too small for you in the waist will make you look unprofessional at work and be a nuisance.
If you have never had to buy a pair of trousers for yourself before, which surprisingly many men have not, you may want to consider going to see a tailor. Taylor will be able to create a bespoke pair of trousers for you that are fitted perfectly to your body. They will take measurements and dimensions and then use these to craft a pair of trousers from scratch. Before you consider working with the tailor, make sure that you read their reviews. Some tailors are simply not worth working with. Ask to see some of the tailor’s past work, too.
Keeping Your Concentration
One of the main reasons that comfortable clothes are important is because they’ll help you to keep your concentration at work. When the clothes you wear are tight or pulling at you, you’re never going to be able to focus, because your attention will constantly be on your clothes. If they are too loose, you’ll be worried about them falling off every single time you stand up. As alluded to in the previous section, clothes that do not fit can make you look unprofessional, too. This is because you’ll look like you haven’t made an effort for work. When it looks like you haven’t made an effort, it looks like you simply don’t care.
Searching for clothes can be a difficult task, though. This is especially true if you’ve never really had to before or you haven’t put much thought into what you wear. If you are confused and unsure of yourself, consider hiring a stylist or posting on a forum that’s dedicated to formalwear. A stylist or an experienced fashionista who’s giving advice on a forum will be able to give you the attention and care that you need in order to put some good work outfits together.
Dressing uncomfortably can ruin your focus. If you want to look your best and perform better at work, take this post’s guidance and buy some new clothes. Pay particular attention to shoes, as they can make or break an outfit.
Fraquoh and Franchomme
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