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In most offices, the right pair of shorts will take you a long way | Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion

Wearing shorts to work might seem like a tricky look to pull off. Here’s how to nail it

We associate shorts with activities for which we deliberately dress down, perhaps because whatever you wear will get grubby or sweaty – sport, walking, gardening, lolling about on the grass. But it’s worth doing, because if you walk in and your boss or co-worker immediately thinks, “I wasn’t sure if shorts would work in the office but now I realise they can”, that is not just a win, but a win-win. Wearing something surprising to the office works in your favour if you make it clear that it’s a choice rather than the result of forgetting to set your alarm.

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