DORÉ

Cool, i love this kind of look!
Passa a trovarmi VeryFP

it depends on what you do for a living. perhaps if you’re not meeting clients on a daily basis… :)

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Encore une fois, ça dépend du métier que tu fais ! Un créatif qui vient me voir avec un jean déchiré et un tee shirt trop large parce qu’il se sent plus à l’aise avec ca pour brainstormer, me parait plutôt bon signe :)

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jeans yes, but not ripped.

I think It depends on your line of work. If I had a job like yours I would definitly go with jeans. But in mine – I work as a lawyer in a big company – its impossible. We have like a unofficial dress code here. I would rase some eyebrows if I dare to.

hey!
oui tout le temps et aussi parfois déchiré….
et souvent mon préféré le acné pop un peu court, un peu fesses plates, me vaut quelques regards en coin….
bon je bosse dans le bâtiment, le jean c’est pratique et resistant sur les chantiers; et pour les rdv client un peu de vernis à ongles, du parfum et quelques bracelets et le tour est joué…..
alors je dis oui au jean! même si je sais que dans d’autres secteurs pros ca ne passe pas du tout (voir par exemple les chartes vestimentaires de certaines banques…)
bisou Garance et merci de mettre de la féminité dans mes journées un peu trop masculines parfois!

NO WAY

It depends on the culture of your company. For me, wear jeans and flippers to work is definitely ok in my company. Casual wear makes me feel more energetic all the time compared with formal suits for work.

I think that what we wear to work depends upon the workplace culture and whether you work in a corporate or creative profession. Having said that I think that our work wardrobes are changing, and there are more opportunities to create greater synergy between personal style and what we wear in the office.

Paloma

Love jeans, and I think they can look incredibly sophisticated, but it’s more difficult with ripped jeans. Personally, I’m not a huge fan, and the rest of your outfit really has to make up for them… Garance’s look with the coat plus ripped jeans looked great, but Paulina’s look above, with that kind of sneakers….? Nope, I couldn’t take anyone seriously at a meeting who looks like a disheveled version of my 11-year-old godson.

In the building I work I see a lot of people with jeans but they work for creative businesses, I work in a medical clinic and I never wear jeans, I would love too but I don’t dare, it is my business so I could probably, let me try next time and see what happens.

I work in a library and I wear jeans to work all the time. Would I wear jeans with a rip in the knee (from actual use)? Yes, if they were balanced with another dressier piece, absolutely! Would I wear the jeans in the photo? No, but not because it’s not “appropriate” for certain work environments. I just think that there is nothing sillier than pre-ripped or pre-distressed clothing. It’s too fake for my taste.

Le jean, déchiré ou pas, n’est-il pas devenu un uniforme très très banal? Voit-on Anna Wintour en jean ou même en noir, ni l’un, ni l’autre. Il y a tellement de choix, pourquoi se limiter à un seul?

Dans les médias, oui au jean partout-et-en-tous-lieux
en occident, j’entends
ailleurs dans le monde…. oula!

It’s true that the work wardrobe is changing, I don’t think people are stuck in pant suits anymore but like many of you said, it depends on your work culture.
I work in the non-profit area, and the culture defer office to office. But for instance, if I am to meet with a big donor, I can’t be overly dressed cause then you portray that you get paid more than you actually do :) But I can’t be in torn jeans as well cause then I look like I don’t care. My to go to outfits are pencil skirts and fun or plain t-shirts paired with a heel of course. Looks laid back but at the same time, professional enough that my donors don’t feel disrespected. But on the days when I am just in the office or in the field, jeans torn or not, are okay in our office. I love my boyfriend jeans, so those get out of the closet often when it’s not insanely hot. I only wear jeans in the fall and winter, summer & spring are meant for skirts and maxi dresses :)

I think it depends on the nature of your work. When I worked at a history museum I wore more traditional business attire because I regularly dealt with the public, but my colleagues in the basement archives dressed much more casually, often in denim. I think if it fits with the culture of your place of work there’s nothing wrong with it, and can look very pulled together/chic/etc.

I don’t think my clients would trust me if I turned up for a meeting in ripped jeans! Having said that if I’m only going to pick up i.e papers from the office, I would wear raw denim and a jacket (or leather trousers and jacket). Outside of work, I love ripped denim with jacket and white shirt!
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Hello,

I only wear dark jeans (raw or grey) to the office and always with heels and a blazer – and still it depends on which clients i am visiting. On Friday I allow myself blue jeans but never ripped and only if I don’t have meetings.
Ripped jeans are weekend territory and the good side is that i value them the more for it.

But anyway, I have to admit I don’t like when they are so ripped as the ones in the picture.

A

PS: And I would never wear these jeans with trainers. Either jeans + shoes or trainers and classic trouser/ Skirt or dress.

Je ne porte même pas de jean “bien” pour aller travailler alors un jean déchiré ! No way… Pourtant, je suis juste prof…

I have hated the ripped jean look every time it comes back around!
It is the epitome of brainless fashion.
With all the cool, edgy, beautiful clothing out there pick something else.

It never will. Ripped jeans have been around for the last thirty years, I thing its going to stick around. Best stop waiting for that train to come. In fact, I think its safe to say its not a trend. Its simply ripped jeans. After all, no one will ever throw out the perfect pair of jeans simply because they got ripped, and are now even better. Personally I detest dark wash jeans, suavely, just because they look like denim pants, and not really jeans. But I imagine they will stick around too :)

How can i send the message to my patients that it is ok to be or feel different, that everybody hurts sometimes if i am dressed in a polish suit with no wrinkles ?! It doesn’t feel real or welcoming so i am the crazy (in a very mentally healthy kind of way) Psychiatrist with tattoos, dyed hair and ripped jeans :)
You’r the best Garance

Beijinhos from Portugal

Stylish, yes. Appropriate, no. Depends on the profession though. For a lawyer, it could trigger a huge reprimand by the seniors. For a stylist, a marketing consultant, a creative director etc. it could trigger a compliment by the seniors. O tempora, o mores!

I work in fashion and I’m wearing jeans right now. I don’t always wear jeans but when I do it’s a dark–midnight blue or black cigarette jeans. Tapered at the ankle. Blazers, dressy tops, distracting scarves and crazy hair pull the attention away from the fact that I’m wearing jeans. My friend in graphics at the same company wears the same style jeans but ripped at the knees and a little bit of me gasps every time I see her, although it’s extremely tasteful and quite Parisian… it’s still “The Office.”

No? Fashion or no fashion.
No? Yes?
I dunno.

I think it all depends on your profession. I don’t think that wearing jeans is wrong if you are in a creative field, but I am not sure it would be appropriate for bankers and lawyers.

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Depends on the type of job, no? I used to be a banker (and it was business formal everyday except Fridays in the summer); then I moved to a broker and could wear jeans to work (but still avoided ripped denim and skinny jeans); and now I am in tech and e-commerce and I wear what I like (and since I work from home, sometimes that includes pyjamas in addition to jeans!). Hehehe

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AH AH PAS DANS MON JOB ! je suis avocate et je peux dire que si j’arrive au cabinet avec un jean, a fortiori déchiré, je n’atteindrai jamais mon bureau ;-)
Dommage mais en même temps j’aime l’idée de dissocier mon look de travail et mon look perso…un peu comme un uniforme… bref si vous voulez comprendre de quoi je parle matez SUITS !!

Does anybody know what coat this is?

J en porte tous les jours pour travailler, de moins en moins usé et délavé au fur et à mesure des années qui passent,
Je suis psychiatre libérale, assise derriere mon bureau, les Susanna aux pieds et c’est harmonieux.
Mais auparavant dans ma clinique privée c”etaient des tailleurs …..

“aller au bureau” ou à une réunion pro quand on bosse dans la mode et quand on bosse dans un autre secteur, ça n’a rien à voir ! Bien sûr que je ne mettrais JAMAIS un jean déchiré dans le cadre pro

She looks polished enough for a creative type job. I doubt she works in an accounting firm. In general ripped jeans like that are not appropriate for going to the office but it all depends where you work. Working from home (sometimes in PJ’s) means you can wear whatever you want but it doesn’t give you license to become sloppy. That’s the key. She looks great!

Aucune chance de faire ce genre de choses en Suisse et cela dans n’importe quel type de job !!!
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En tant qu’étudiante, j’ai réellement une liberté totale dans la manière dont je peux m’habiller. Un jean, un chemisier, un gilet, des baskets, c’est mon uniforme.
Après, j’ai tendance à me dire que pour garder un jean longtemps, il faut y mettre le prix, mais franchement j’ai du mal à mettre le prix dans un jean déjà déchiré en sachant que si je met réellement beaucoup mes jeans, ils se déchirent tout seuls … (Après j’avoue que les jeans déchirés ce n’est pas trop mon truc…)

Après le jean déchiré oui, mais avec de beaux talons, un joli chemisier. Il faut casser le côté masculin je trouve.

C’est vrai que c’est un problème récurrent pour moi ! J’adore ce genre de jeans, mais c’est toujours délicat à porter en milieu professionnel. Finalement je les porte ces fameux jeans, mais je fais attention d’être ultra chic au niveau du reste et des accessoires !

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Garance… la seule chose que je voie sur cette photo c’est le trench…. it steals the show!! :-))

Je ne pourrais porter un tel jean (déchiré ou avec des trous) pour mon job et surtout je n’ai pas un esprit moutonnier : pas de soumission, pas de conformisme ! ce n’est pas classe..loin de là ! et pas chic, ….désolée Garance de vous contredire.
Il fut un temps (il y a 30 ans du temps de nos mères) où ce sont les travailleurs qui pouvaient porter des jeans déchirés et d’ailleurs pas souvent…alors n’y aurait-il pas inconsciemment un certain mépris pour ces personnes là ?
Bref je trouve que porter ces jeans est de mauvais goût et n’est pas esthétique : en regardant la photo du jour j’ai la confirmation de ce que je viens d’écrire.
Ceci n’est bien sûr que mon avis, libre à chacune de penser différement et d’abord à vous Garance.

It probably was already answered but it surely depends on where you work and what your area of expertise is. If you work in a bank, it probably isn’t that appropriate to wear ripped jeans. If you work in a creative field, design, architecture, freelance, the lines get more blurry and it’s more accepted even within piers or colleagues. I’ve worn them to interviews and didn’t feel it was inappropriate.

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I would love to get away with ripped jeans but no go. However, I can wear regular jeans at my new job and I am eternally grateful for that. At my previous job, I had to be dressed in suits, etc. Not fun.

If you are a young creative then yes of course but this look of combining business smart with uber casual in such an extreme and literal way looks like trying way too hard. Chill out lady!

I think jeans that have ripped from wear are fine but too but a pair ripped already is trendy and ridiculous. No ripped jeans at work period.

I’m working in the uncoolest sartorial place ever (we even had casual friday “cancelled”). But I think the reason you’re seing more and more people with ripped denim at work is because you’re working in a creative branch. I can assure you that in banking, law or other traditional branch, ripped denim are far from being the uniform. As one of my partner said, we as adviser are supposed to dress to impress. Wearing ripped denim could, especially with those older guys, make you appear “under” them (even if not the case).

J’arrive dans le monde du travail, avec toute ma naïveté et mon peu d’expérience, cependant je ne peux pas m’empêcher de penser que se sont mes compétence, mes idées et mon travail qui devraient être jugées et non ma tenue, mes potentiels tatouage/piercing ou mon nail art. Et ce quel que soit mon domaine ou même mon niveau hiérarchique. Derrière une blouse de laboratoire je suis en jean déchiré et pas moins compétente que derrière mon bureau en marketing. Je trouve cela triste et hypocrite de voir mes ami(e)s en finance ou en consulting “se déguiser” en costume pour aller travailler.

can anyone tell me what the shoes are that she is wearing. i LOVE this look, and wear jeans often to work.

Absolutely adore the look above.

However, I agree with everyone of the mind who feel that ripped jeans and tousled hair with sneakers depend on the the culture of your profession – and don’t work in anything apart from fashion circles.

Jeans are absolutely wonderful, but I’d never ever wear ripped jeans – even with a nice jacket or shoes or bag – to my work as a health consultant, tutor, teacher, or public speaker. Just looks sloppy and inappropriate in those situations. Plus, it makes clients and students in these situations feel uncomfortable.

I do however, wear them casually – but almost all mine are naturally worn and torn from years of wear, and baggy like the ones pictured (even with the raw, un-edged ends). I’ve also cut a hole across right knee of my dark grey fitted jeans, as I tore my meniscus (it has taken eight months to get to walking normally), and I’ve only now been able to wear fitted jeans to walk (previously, the jeans would restrict and pull at my knee cap when I sat or drove, causing pain and swelling), but I don’t like the skinny ripped-at-the-knee jean look, and have now accepted I will probably never be able to wear skinny jeans ever again.

I just wear big jeans like above – and definitely not ripped at the workplace – only occasionally after hours.

I wouldn’t feel comfortable with my lawyer, accountant, doctor, teacher or tutor exposing their skin – knees and upper legs, as I spoke to them. I’d also think, “Don’t you are enough about your job and your clients to wear one pair of good jeans?” And, ironically, since I adore fashion so much, I would think to myself of the torn-jean wearer: “Are you so fashion-oriented that I can’t take your medical and business advice seriously?”

I could never wear jeans to work. It wouldn’t put me in the right state of (work) mind! Although sometimes I think very dark black denim is acceptable. I see very rarely that people wear jeans to work as I work in finance, which requires a very formal type of dress!

je suis avocat à Paris et depuis quelques temps on peut s’habiller plus cool au boulot : je porte souvent un jean même pour aller plaider (impensable quand j’ai commencé à faire des stages il y a 6/7 ans). mon look me ressemble et ca m’aide à me sentir bien dans mon métier. il y a quand même des petites règles à suivre: je suis toujours maquillée (légèrement), en talon et il est impensable que je porte un jean à trou, un total look jean, ou un jean-basket et je suis contre les chaussettes en collant mais ca c’est personnel

Je pense que ce n’est qu’un conformisme comme un autre. Dans ma profession, rien qu’à la façon de s’habiller, on sait qui fait quoi dans l’organigramme. Les commerciaux, les créatifs, les administratifs, la direction… le jean comme sur la photo c’est plutôt la nouvelle petite amie du patron!

Nice look.

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Well, if my job was mucking out stalls in the barn I would wear these jeans.

Le jean oui mais avec modération. Je travaille dans la mode et pourtant j’essaye d’éviter, cela dit j’adore le denim: boyfriend a trous, shorts déchires pour les week ends et vacances. Si jamais je craque je le porte droit ou slim avec des talons et jamais déchire ou taillade. Le jean noir ou gris est une bonne alternative je pense!
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I am a lawyer at a small firm that is pretty casual as far as law firms go, and I would never get away with wearing any kind of jeans at work. Most of my clients are regular people (ie. not high flying business types), but even regular people prefer to get legal advice from someone who looks the part. Even on days that I do not have any client meetings scheduled, I would not wear jeans, as you never know when a client may drop in to the office, and also because I want all of the senior partners to see me (young junior lawyer) as a professional person.