The byword for dress in the Western business world is conservative. This means nothing too flashy, too provocative, too casual, too tight or too revealing.

　　For the ladies, the following dress items are common:

　　 Pant suit

　　 Knee-length skirt or full-length dress

　　 Dress pants

　　 Blouse

　　 Jacket

　　 High-heels

　　 Dress shoes

　　For men, these are the accepted norms for business attire:

　　 Suit and tie There are many variations on the cut (or style) of the

　　 suit,of course, but the most commonly found cuts are

　　 Italian, Traditional English, and Traditional

　　 American. Many business suits are double-breasted.

　　 A common pattern considered very professional is the

　　 pin-stripe. The recognized business colors are black

　　 and gray (dark or light), but some companies have

　　 established others as their recognized color, such as blue.

　　 Vest

　　 Suspenders

　　 Cufflinks

　　 Oxfords

　　The following items are usually not acceptable in most white-collar environments:

　　 Jeans

　　 T-shirts

　　 Tank tops

　　 Open-toed or low-cut shoes (low-cuts)

　　 Sneakers

　　 Loafers

　　However, many Western businesses have adopted what is commonly referred to as casual Fridays or dress-down Fridays, where they allow employees who are not dealing directly with the public to wear casual attire, including some of the usually non-acceptable items mentioned above.

　　中：

　　西方商界對于上班著裝的觀念比較保守，指衣服不能太浮華、太張揚、太隨便、太緊或太暴露。

　　對于女士而言，以下著裝款式比較常見：

　　 長褲西服裝

　　 齊膝短裙或長裙

　　 正裝長褲

　　 襯衫

　　 夾克

　　 高跟鞋

　　 時裝鞋

　　而對于男式來說，以下是大家認可的商務著裝：

　　 西服和領帶 當然西服有多種款式和系列。但常見的有意

　　 大利式的、傳統(tǒng)英國紳士式的，或是傳統(tǒng)美

　　 式的。許多男式職業(yè)裝胸前都配有兩個口

　　 袋。比較職業(yè)化的一般樣式是條紋狀的。公

　　 認職業(yè)裝的顏色是黑色或灰色（暗色調或淺

　　 色調），但有些公司采用別的著裝顏色，

　　 如藍色。

　　 汗衫

　　 吊帶褲

　　 帶袖口鏈扣的男式襯衫系列

　　 牛津衫

　　在白領層中，以下為不可接受著裝：

　　 牛仔系列

　　 T恤衫

　　 條文背心

　　 漏腳的或平底鞋

　　 運動鞋

　　 休閑鞋

　　然而，現在許多西方商務中，都采用了通常所指的休閑裝或非職業(yè)裝，他們允許那些不直接接觸客戶的雇員們身著休閑裝，包括上述一些不被公眾接受的上班族服飾。