The idea of business casual for women (and men) started out in Silicon Valley in the 1980s. That stands to reason, considering that Silicon Valley is the poster child for innovation, rule-breaking, ...

Some of our most powerful and lasting ideas about the world around us are learned at school. Hard work pays off. Success comes from working together. Girls’ bodies are dangerous and harassment is ...

Norms for professionalism have evolved over the past century — and rapidly so in the last five years. In 2019, Wall Street saw Goldman Sachs relax its dress code. On Capitol Hill, Congressperson Rosa ...

Maggie Sunseri was a middle-school student in Versailles, Kentucky, when she first noticed a major difference in the way her school’s dress code treated males and females. Girls were disciplined ...

The length of De’Andre Arnold’s dreadlocks didn’t keep him from walking the red carpet as a guest at the Academy Awards. But his shoulder-length hair, which he has grown since he was in middle school, ...

Some senators worry that more casual dress might breed disrespect for Congress. Others argue that the harshest critics have already debased the institution, even in business attire. By Annie Karni ...

It's time for a dress code for airline passengers. Seriously. Not the minimum standards that airlines bury deep within their ticket contracts, which say you can't board with bare feet or "patently ...

Students at two public universities in northwestern Pakistan are speaking out against conservative dress codes that ban women from wearing jeans, tights, and makeup while requiring men not to wear ...

UPDATE 11/23/15: The school sent a note to parents Sunday clarifying the dress code, saying any pants with back pockets are acceptable. Yoga pants and leggings will not be tolerated. Here's the ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has quietly changed the Senate’s informal dress code to allow senators to wear whatever they want on the floor, a person with direct ...