Starting to go to work in a skirt

[jeffreyrichards2015]

Hello All,
this week has been a big one for me. I started going to my normal place of work wearing skirt and tights. I had cleared it beforehand with HR and my boss who had no issues with it, so Monday was my big day. I chose my plain brown kilt skirt and plum coloured tights, brown trainers. As people were forewarned to expect me in looking different I had no problems with it. One comment from a male colleague -"I'm loving the outfit". Tuesday was the same skirt but with some green tights. I got some double takes in the restaurant but no problems, the girls serving the food were very interested and liked the look. Wednesday I changed it a little and wore my black denim skirt and pale purple tights, grey trainers. This felt really comfortable. I am away now, hopefully I will not have to wear trouser again. I have dreamt for a long time of going to work in my skirts, and now it is real. Seems unreal. But there we are I am happy.

[RichardA]

Good for you

[Caultron]

Good for you!

What do you do?

[STEVIE]

Big step, very well done.
I reckon the workplace may be the springboard to wider acceptance.
Steve.
Word of warning though, you will find yourself expanding your wardrobe.

[dillon]

Very good! I'm glad you have an employer who is open-minded.

[Kilty]

Sounds like it went very well and it's good your HR had no issues with it. I was nervous the first time I told my HR team, they were understanding but they thought more along the lines of someone transitioning... I tried to explain I just felt more comfortable in a skirt, but after a couple of comments like "okay...?" and rolling eyes from one member of the HR department I chose dress down Friday to wear a simple grey pencil skirt and black tights, boots as it was winter, and a top that was more androgynous so I was not so much one half man, the other half woman which might have added to any confusion. Like you other members of staff had been 'warned', I am in a customer facing role, but although I was scared as hell inside, customers didn't seem to be too bothered from what I observed. There were double takes and some of the black girls don't like it and roll their eyes when they saw me, but I thought it was important to take the plunge...

Well done, any pictures of your outfits you wore?

[jeffreyrichards2015]

@Caultron I work in a large higher educational establishment
@kilty Yes I have a picture but I'm not sure how I put images into posts on here. I can see an Img button, but have no idea how it works - any clues?

[Judah14]

@Caultron I work in a large higher educational establishment
@kilty Yes I have a picture but I'm not sure how I put images into posts on here. I can see an Img button, but have no idea how it works - any clues?

You can use the "upload attachment" feature. I don't use it, as I upload my pictures to my site then use the IMG tag.

[jeffreyrichards2015]

Thanks. I tried the upload attachment and the image is too big to be allowed. I tried linking to the image on another site but only half the photo shows up in the preview.
Still baffled.

[Judah14]

If the image is too big, try resizing it using MS Paint, Photoshop or GIMP then upload it again.

[Caultron]

@Caultron I work in a large higher educational establishment...

Thanks.

Are you in a customer-facing position, such as a teacher, admittance interviewer, or administrator, or more of a back-room type of guy?

[skirted_in_SF]

I work in the corporate headquarters of a company that owns/manages hotels. Since I'm at the HQ, no guests see me. I didn't bother clearing with HR or management, just went ahead and wore a skirt on what is usually my casual Friday. There isn't any real dress code in this office, but I normally wear a business suit and tie Monday to Thursday and cotton pants (no jeans) and a shirt or sweater on Friday. I first wore a skirt on a Friday in early August as an experiment since many of my co-workers happened to have taken that day off. I wore again last Friday when the only person off was my direct boss. There were only a few, friendly comments and no noise from HR, CFO or office manager. I ultimately report to the CFO and he had multiple opportunities to see me during the day, the VP of HR signed a check for me and I had some interaction with the office manager.
It went well enough that I'm thinking of starting a personal skirt Friday. After all, one of my co-workers has a personal bow tie Thursday.

[jeffreyrichards2015]

Thanks.

Are you in a customer-facing position, such as a teacher, admittance interviewer, or administrator, or more of a back-room type of guy?

A bit of both. I work in a lab and do occasional lecturing but I deal with students everyday, undergrad and postgrad, contractors and commercial clients occasionally.

[jeffreyrichards2015]

let's see if this attachment will work this time. A photo in my lab on day three of wearing a skirt to work.

lab3.jpg

[crfriend]

I like the lab shot. 'Tis a good look you're sporting.

I have to ask, though. That looks like some pretty heavy-duty imaging kit you're sitting next to. What do you do? Immediate thoughts are either biology or materials-science...