i'm not sure if this is exactly the place for this, but hopefully someone might be able to point me in the right direction if it's not
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Don't feel bad -- I am fashion challenged too! I have to take my husband clothes shopping with me so he can tell me what items go together!
I used to work in a place that had a similar dress code. We had to have collars on all our shirts, and closed toe shoes (meaning no sandals or anything where the toes peep out...it was for safety, as the office was connected to a factory), and no "patch pockets" which means no pockets that are sewed on from the outside. That was tricky...even corduroys have those. I ended up wearing a lot of dress slacks, blouses, flats and oxfords. Sometimes low-heeled pumps.
They are making blouses more fitted this season, so hopefully you'll be able to find some that flatter your figure. But I sympathize -- I have the same problem with many blouse styles...if I buy them big enough for the boobs, they look ghastly everywhere else. I've taken to wearing a sleeveless shell or camisole underneath and leaving the blouse open like a jacket.
Anyway good luck with everything -- I hope you get the job!
P.S. I also meant to second the suggestion of seeing what the other employees are wearing. And really right now all you need is the interview outfit and then you can get them to clarify about what types of shirts, etc. are acceptable.
If you're really unsure, I think the best thing you can do is to go to Barnes & Noble and check out what the workers are wearing. This will give you an idea of both what the official dress code is AND what's actually acceptable in that particular store.
Barnes & Noble must have upgraded their dress code since I worked there in 2001-2003. The collared-shirt rule is new. I would ask the store where you interview about that particular rule; my store required that our shirts fit a business-casual dress code (no t-shirts, no shirts with words/obvious or flashy logos), but I wore plenty of conservative-looking shirts, both short-sleeved and long-sleeved, that did not have collars. I hate the way collared shirts look on me so this was a relief - definitely ask. This might be something they have on the website that individual stores can adapt to business-casual
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For some reason I thought barnes and noble's dress code was pretty lax. There used to be a guy that worked at the one near me that had an enormous mohawk
The store where I worked did not care about things like crazily-dyed hair or mohawks, nor did it object to piercings or tattoos. Again, that might be a store-by-store thing.
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I used to work in a place that had a similar dress code. We had to have collars on all our shirts, and closed toe shoes (meaning no sandals or anything where the toes peep out...it was for safety, as the office was connected to a factory), and no "patch pockets" which means no pockets that are sewed on from the outside. That was tricky...even corduroys have those. I ended up wearing a lot of dress slacks, blouses, flats and oxfords. Sometimes low-heeled pumps.
They are making blouses more fitted this season, so hopefully you'll be able to find some that flatter your figure. But I sympathize -- I have the same problem with many blouse styles...if I buy them big enough for the boobs, they look ghastly everywhere else. I've taken to wearing a sleeveless shell or camisole underneath and leaving the blouse open like a jacket.
Anyway good luck with everything -- I hope you get the job!
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