Our Dress Code

PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND ATTIRE OF EMPLOYEES

Requirements for all employees in every department:

• All clothing must be clean, pressed, and of an appropriate fit
• A well-groomed appearance
• Appropriate undergarments
• Clean, neatly styled hair for women
• Clean, neatly trimmed hair, mustaches and beards for men
• Clean, neatly groomed hands and fingernails
• Clean, neatly groomed feet and toenails if exposed in sandals

For employees with customer contact, including but not limited to salespeople, estate buyers, sales managers, store managers, administrative repair personnel who check repairs in or out or work with customers on custom designs, sales assistants, receptionists:

Customer/Vendor Interaction Attire for Men:

• Long or short-sleeved dress shirts; necktie is optional
• Dress slacks
• Dress shoes, dress boots
• Socks

Customer/Vendor Interaction Attire for Women:

• Dresses
• Skirts or dress pants; with jacket preferred
• Dress blouses or sweaters
• Dress shoes, dress sandals, dress boots

For employees with no regular customer contact, including but not limited to accounting, administrative, shipping, building maintenance, inventory personnel, marketing, management (excluding sales or store management who have contact with customers):

Business Office Attire for All Men:

• Long or short-sleeved dress shirts, shirts with collars, sweaters
• Slacks or colored jeans not including blue jeans
• Dress shoes, dress boots
• Socks

Business Office Attire for All Women:

• Dresses
• Skirts, pants, or colored jeans not including blue jeans
• Blouses or sweaters with or without jackets
• Dress shoes, dress sandals, dress boots

For shipping and receiving personnel only:

Business Casual Attire for Men:

• Slacks or colored jeans not including blue jeans
• Long or short sleeved shirts such as polo shirts
• Shoes that do not look like tennis (athletic) shoes
• Socks

Business Casual Attire for Women:

• Skirts, pants, or colored jeans not including blue jeans
• Blouses or sweaters
• Shoes that do not look like tennis (athletic) shoes

For bench jewelers or watch repair only:

Upscale Casual Attire:

• Business casual slacks including blue or other colored jeans that are clean, of an appropriate fit and length, with no rips or holes
• Business casual shirts including polo shirts
• Business casual shoes that do not look like tennis (athletic) shoes
• Beanie hats, to be removed before entering the showroom

Vendor Branded Attire:

• Branded attire from vendors with current accounts that does not conform to the standard dress code may be worn if permission is obtained from the Sales Manager.

NOT PERMITTED is including but not limited to the following:

• Hats of any kind except beanie hats for repair personnel
• Hairstyles of extreme appearance
• Casual shoes: Sandals made of casual materials such as canvas, rubber, and cork, thongs of any kind, tennis, sport or other athletic shoes, including those with white laces and/or white/light rubber soles, hiking type shoes, casual or combat boots, Ugg boots, or shoes that may pose a safety hazard
• Casual or revealing tops including clothing of sweatshirt material, spaghetti straps, halter tops, tube tops, T-shirts, tank style T-shirts, midriff baring tops, crop tops, and low cut or bare-back tops; tops must cover all skin in the midriff/hip area even when arms are raised and/or when seated
• Exposed undergarments including bra straps
• Any piercing of extreme appearance
• Casual pants including blue jeans (except as noted for bench jewelers), shorts of any kind, sweats, leggings (unless worn under a dress or skirt)
• Fabric types inappropriate for the business environment including revealing, sheer or see-through
• Makeup that is extreme or distracting
• Fingernails or toenails of a length, color or fashion that is unprofessional in appearance, distracting, impedes performance, or affects safety
• Very tight/form fitting, very baggy, or very sheer/revealing clothing which looks unprofessional
• Clothing decorated with words or sayings (excluding brands and logos)
• Sunglasses or any tinted eyewear

Anything that could be considered offensive, distracting, unprofessional in appearance, or not in the best interest of our image to our customers will not be permitted. Employees may be asked to return home to change clothing or appearance that does not conform to the policy.

Sports Team Saturdays: Management may allow employees to wear sports team logo clothing on Saturdays that one of our home teams is playing. Blue jeans and athletic or tennis shoes are allowed on Sports Team Saturdays. Clothing must still be professional in appearance, not too tight, sloppy, or revealing etc.

Dress sandals are made of dress shoe material. They can be flat or have a heel.

• Sandals reveal the majority of your feet, making legs look longer
• However, sandals with ankle straps will make your legs look shorter
• Do not wear socks or sheer pantyhose with sandals

Thongs as well as sandals made of casual material such as canvas, rubber, and cork, would be considered casual, not dress.

• Thongs are women’s shoes with two straps that make a Y shape, passing both sides of the foot to meet in between the first and second toes
• They come in all shape and size heels, most are backless, but some styles have backs
• Flip flop sandals are the most casual style of women’s shoes and are a fashion faux pas in almost every workplace
• Thong sandals are casual, but embellishments and fine fabrics can make them chic