DAY ONE

DAY ONE

Vol. 1 · The Appearance Issue

What to wear
on Monday.

The interactive workplace style magazine for people starting out. Real looks, real budgets and real answers to “is this okay for work?”

  • Business Casual,decoded in five looks
  • Wear This, Not Thatthree easy swaps
  • The Budget Editsix pieces, ten outfits
  • The Style Checkare you Monday-ready?
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DAY ONE cover: three young professionals walking together outside an office building in business casual.

What to Wear on Monday
Flat lay of a camel blazer, white blouse, black trousers and brown loafers. Look 01

Inside the issue

Ten sections. Zero guesswork.

Every page answers a question new hires are too nervous to ask. Here’s a taste.

5 looks
A young woman in a camel blazer, white blouse and black trousers walking through a sunlit lobby.

Business Casual, Decoded

Five looks, every body, one dress code.

5 looks
A young man sitting on a stone ledge outside an office in an olive overshirt, white tee, dark jeans and olive suede sneakers.

Casual Office, Still Working

Relaxed is not the same as off duty.

Your turn
A young woman with locs in a plum blouse and gray trousers walking through an office.

Your Sunday Reset

Groomed from head to toe, ready by Monday.

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Flat lay of a navy blazer, white button-down, cream sweater, gray trousers, dark jeans and brown loafers.

The Budget Edit

Six pieces, ten outfits, no big shopping trip.

Flat lay of a stain pen, lint roller, deodorant, mints, comb, sewing kit and phone charger.

The Desk Kit That Saves Your Day

Spills happen. Lint happens. Meetings get moved up.

  • Stain remover pen
  • Lint roller
  • Mini sewing kit
  • Four more inside
Also insideFrom the EditorWear This, Not ThatWhich Code?Ask DAY ONEThe Style CheckYour Monday Plan

The lookbook

Ten looks. Here are three.

Every look comes with its flat lay, so you can shop your own closet first. Tap a look to see the pieces.

+7more looks inside the issueGet the magazine
The same woman in a graphic tee, ripped jeans and flip-flops. A young woman in a beige blazer, white tee, dark jeans and white sneakers. Wear thisNot that

Wear this, not that

Same person. Different message.

Drag the slider. Same person, same spot. Only three things changed.

  • ✓Clean dark jeans→Ripped jeans
  • ✓Plain tee and blazer→Graphic tee
  • ✓Clean sneakers→Flip-flops

The issue has two more swaps, including the one that surprises everyone: same outfit, different care.

Quick quiz: which code?

Is this okay for work?

Pick the dressiest setting each outfit fits. Go with your gut.

Lavender button-down shirt, navy trousers and brown leather dress shoes.

Lavender button-down, navy trousers, dress shoes

Navy and white striped long-sleeve tee, dark jeans and white sneakers.

Striped tee, dark jeans, white sneakers

Blue sweater, heavily ripped light-wash jeans and brown leather shoes.

Sweater, ripped jeans, leather shoes

Three down. Six more inside the issue.

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The budget edit

Your first paycheck is two weeks away. Monday isn’t.

Six neutral pieces, many already in your closet or at the thrift store, mix into ten outfits. That’s two full weeks without repeating.

6pieces to start
10outfits from them
16add one button-down
24add chinos too
The six-piece wardrobe: navy blazer, white button-down, cream sweater, gray trousers, dark jeans and brown loafers.

From the editor

Your clothes start talking before you do.

It’s not about money, labels or being a fashion person. It’s about looking clean, put together and in step with your workplace. It’s a skill, and like any skill, you can learn it.

David McIntyreFounder, Foundations for Success

For HR, staffing and people leaders

Skip the dress code talk. Hand them DAY ONE.

“Business casual” means something different to every new hire. DAY ONE shows them exactly what it looks like, so your managers don’t have to explain it one person at a time.

41%

of U.S. workers wear business casual, America’s most common dress code. It’s also the hardest one to picture.Gallup, “Casual Work Attire Is the Norm for U.S. Workers,” September 2023. Among U.S. workers who aren’t self-employed.

LMS ready

Runs in your LMS

Delivered as a SCORM 1.2 package or HTML5 with an 80% passing score. No LMS? We’ll provide a platform where your team can read and use the magazine.

Your brand

Make it yours

Add your branding, a letter from leadership and your own dress code information.

Any device

Phone, tablet or desk

Built to read like a magazine on any screen, so new hires can read it before day one.

In the course

Part of Beyond Day One

Included in the Appearance module, or licensed on its own for your new hires.

Vol. 1

Casual and Business Casual

The Appearance Issue

Available now

Vol. 2

Professional Wear

When the dress code steps up

Coming next

Vol. 3

Through the Seasons

Winter, spring, summer and fall

Coming later
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A young woman in a patterned blouse, dark jeans and black flats leaning on a desk.

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