“與我國比照，歐洲穿制服的人不那么多見。從事服務業(yè)的人依然穿制服，由于這能夠投射出你所期望的服務和專業(yè)”，她還說，“制服是客戶怎么看待你的一個標準，但職工的感觸也很主要，合身的制服穿在身上能夠展示自傲和漂亮”。

Calin believes there will be more emphasis on uniforms'appearance in the future: "Chinese ladies are starting to become more conscious of their appearance and beauty. This flows through to the places they work, which have to fit their needs," she says, citing staff the New World Hotel’s Yin on 12 bar as an example of progression. "They wear short black skirts, rock-style shoes and dark make-up. This brings a very cool image to the bar."

“外國學生在咱們校園不用穿校服。我也不想穿，由于我覺得咱們的校服不美觀，我覺得別的國家的校服要美觀得多。”

She tells us that her school has three uniforms (though all are variations on the tracksuit), which cost RMB480 altogether. The tracksuits were designed – like many school uniforms – to prevent comparisons between students' appearances and to eliminate worries over clothing choice. The style fulfills these criteria, but at what cost? As one online commentator bluntly assessed: "They are the ugliest in the world."

Younger employees would prefer to go to work with the same set of clothes they wear to hang out with friends, instead of having to buy a potentially expensive wardrobe just for business hours, said Daryl Pigat, a division director at OfficeTeam, a staffing service.

人力服務公司“作業(yè)間團隊”(OfficeTeam)的部分總監(jiān)達利爾?皮加特(Daryl Pigat)說，年青職工想穿戴與兄弟出去玩時的衣服去上班，而不是被逼去收購也許很貴重、又只能在作業(yè)時刻派上用場的服裝。

For employers, letting employees dress down at least some of the time has become an increasingly standard benefit. In a January survey of 3,490 human resources professionals by the Society for Human Resource Management, 59 percent said their companies allowed casual dress at least once a week, up from 55 percent in 2012. Forty percent of the companies allowed casual dress every day, up from 36 in 2012.

對雇主來說，讓職工最少能偶爾穿得隨興點，已逐步變成標準福利了。人力資源辦理協(xié)會(Society for Human Resource Management)在本年1月對3490名人力資源辦理從業(yè)者進行調查，受訪者中有59%表明，他們的公司每周最少會讓職工穿一天便服，這個比例在2012年只需55%。40%的公司答應職工天天穿便服上班，而在2012年只需36%的公司這么做。