How the way we dress for work has changed over the last 100 years


How the way we dress for work has changed over the last 100 years


  • Fashion in the workplace has changed drastically throughout the last century.

  • In the early 1900s, both men and women were dressed to the nines — but just 50 years later, casual work looks began to emerge.

  • Pantsuits dominated women`s fashion in the 1970s, and men in the `90s began to rock the " business casual" look.

  • Nowadays, many people can choose to dress up or dress down for work.

It`s the age-old question: What should I wear to work today? And it has been at the forefront of peoples` minds for decades.

Workplace fashion has undergone quite an evolution throughout the past 100 years, starting with dressy looks and succumbing to subtle casualness by the time the 1950s hit. Women began to rock pants — and pantsuits — at work in the 1970s, and men started the "business casual" trend in the `90s.

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RSK: Ha, I am all over the place but guess I am stuck in the early 2000`s.

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