Business casual is a going-out look again

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMen's ties and pleated trousers are showing up at a midtown Manhattan venue, and E! News says business casual is a going-out look again.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPleated trousers, Kenji. On a dance floor. I need everyone to sit down and loosen their collars.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI'm calm. I don't care what people wear to a club. It's a lanyard with a bass line.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou've leaned forward in your chair. Twice.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHere's the detail that matters. E! News credits the Together Together residency at that venue, and says the look has grown since back-to-office work returned.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the return-to-office mandate has a wardrobe department now. I'd call that a successful rollout of the workplace brand into nightlife.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd plenty of people online mock Gen Z for not knowing how to dress for the office. Now they're wearing it better than the office does, after midnight.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFine, then. By the standards of this studio, this rates a seven out of ten on the BBN Drama Index.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSeven? Millennials wore ties to clubs because the door staff banned sneakers.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe dress code used to keep people out, and now people are queuing in it.