BBC.COM: Whay do workplace dress codes persist

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If the volume of news about workplace dress codes is anything to go by, we’re getting less tolerant of being told what to wear.

Ever since Nicola Thorp was sent home from her job at PwC in London for refusing to wear high heels last March, we’ve been quite prickly about it. The majority of us empathised, and with good reason. Imagine the anxiety of choosing between prolonged discomfort or being sent home from work. To say nothing of gender politics.