Are these pants appropriate for the office?

[docka]

http://bananarepublic.gap.com/brows...1&sem=false&sdReferer=https://www.google.com/

I like the pattern, and I think the quality is pretty good for the price, but are these pants appropriate for the office or is it too casual?

 

[jeff in vancouver]

Tell us about your office. At my work, with the right SC these would be fine for day with no big meetings.

 

[docka]

business casual. corporate bank

 

[TM79]

They're part of a suit, and I don't think they'd look good at all if you just threw a solid shirt on and went to work that way.

Typically, trying to pull off half of a suit will not look good.

 

[ImTheGroom]

I think, if suits aren't de riguer at your workplace, they're fine.

 

[eluther]



They're part of a suit, and I don't think they'd look good at all if you just threw a solid shirt on and went to work that way.

Typically, trying to pull off half of a suit will not look good.

With patterned pants like this, I think you're mistaken. They could very easily work as a pair of odd trousers with a more sedate jacket (Pitti-esque, but acceptable) or without a jacket in most of the civilized Western world. You're not going to reach Sartorial Transcendence with them, but it's not because Banana Republic dictated that they're half a suit.

To the OP – those are fine for most any office environment in America. I would recommend investing in a pair of plain grey slacks instead, but if you like them and they're going to make you happy, there's no faux pas you're committing there.