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[iverin]

I wore many different blazers with 3/4 length sleeves and had no problem. That could have been because I had a great manager though. I was able to wear dark green blazers as well. I wore office separates and only actually had one matching suit. But I had about 3 or 4 blazers with 3/4 length sleeves. I found them much less constricting. I also wore dress shirts of jewel tones and bright colours like purple, emerald, teal, red etc. and never received any negative feedback for them. Then again this was almost 3 years ago, maybe things have changed since then.

[formersensei]

Got it! Now, on to a full wardrobe for work. Their dress code sheet said suits must be tailored. I don't know of anywhere in my area that does that. If i mix and match suit separates, would those fit well enough to pass inspection? I really know nothing about suit tailoring and alterations.

[Denizen]

I believe tailored means that the pants need to have finished cuffs and that the suit 'fits'. Many dry cleaners will do any necessary tailoring that you may need, and fairly reasonably.

Mixing and matching suit parts is tricky. Gray pants with a dark blue jacket is a smart choice; blue pants and a green suit jacket not so.

[Nagoyaguy]

I always thought that it was kind of ironic/strange that, the higher up the 'food chain' of English teaching you went in Japan, the more casual the dress code.

So at AEON (Eikaiwa level), they expect a suit and tie, business schools want a dress shirt and tie, JET is OK with slacks and a tucked in shirt, and in university it seems that anything goes. I vary between rugby shirts in the winter and polo shirts in the summer with Dockers. It puts me in the mid-upper echelon in relation to my colleagues.