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I always had a rule of turning down interviews at a company on Fridays. For me, onsite interviews are a chance to see what the company is like ie. stiff or relaxed. Dress-down/casual Friday masquerades that.

Anyway, I always practised dress-up Friday. I always wear my loudest flowery Hawaiian shirt I can find on Fridays. Every Friday.

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> Anyway, I always practised dress-up Friday.

I don't mind Casual Fridays, but I wish we also had Suit Mondays (or even better, Formal Mondays with morning jackets & dinner dress). Dressing down is fun, but so is dressing up.

And honestly, I don't think fashion has come up with a better look than white tie: waistcoat, bow tie, tailcoat. Flatters the figure rather more than a hoody and sneakers.

I'm a very tall man. Any piece of business clothing I buy ends up coming from a big or tall, costing an extra arm and a leg. I'll never be able to purchase from a thrift store, and any suit I've ever tried to buy costs enough to make my eyes water - I'll never be able to get anything from any discount rack. Formal Mondays sounds like my version of expensive hell.

For you, the day my Hawaiian shirt graced our workplace was the most important day of your life. For me, it was Friday.

(I wear mine on Tuesdays.)

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