Deca is a High School business case competition. I was a judge today.

DECA requires business attire, and has a specified dress code. For men, it is dress shirts and dress pants. Ties and blazers are optional, but the later is strongly recommended.

For women, it is a dress shirt / sweater / blouse / + dress pant / skirt or a business dress. Tops cannot be sleeveless, backless, show cleavage or midriff. Skirts / dresses cannot be shorter than one inch above knees. Blazers are optional but strictly recommended.

Some observations

  1. Most Men are in full suits

  2. Most women are also in full suits. Teenage women are easily able to abide by dress codes, it is working women who somehow cannot and make stupid excuses on why they should be able to dress how they like, even if men wear suits.

  3. The DECA dress code is an excellent office dress code

  4. Most women in my previous years judging tended to wear shorter skirts. I deducted points, and some series directors did, but usually they get away with it. One of the other judges was criticizing the skirt length rule, saying how "women get a bad rep" and that it is just legs, a girl can show them if they have them. I replied that men don't wear shorts, and she said that "it is not the same thing, this is a power suit"

  5. This time many women seemed to think that black denim pants qualify as dress pants.

  6. Women still dress up generally in DECA; so offices can easily bring in equitable dress codes