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Starbucks Just Made Huge Changes to Its Employee Dress Code

From Cosmopolitan

Even occasional Starbucks customers know the employee uniform: black or white tops with khaki pants under an apron in the classic Starbucks green. It's been such an unchanging part of the brand's overall look that you don't even really notice the clothes.

Today, the company announced to all U.S. and Canada partners that the dress code guidelines are expanding, and in several major ways. The biggest change is that employees will be able to wear more color: in addition to black, white, and khaki, you'll be seeing charcoal, gray, navy, and brown.

The shirt colors are still muted and "subdued," as the company describes in a helpful lookbook explaining the new dress code. But even patterns will be allowed in addition to solids. Employees can choose from "small-print, low-contrast" prints like stripes and plaids in the color range.

And in addition to khaki pants, acceptable bottoms now include skinny jeans, blue jeans, dresses with tights, cotton pants, shorts, and even skirts as long as they're no shorter than 4 inches above the knee. (Still not allowed: "baggy and saggy" pants, pants with holes, and sweatpants.)

You'll also be seeing more accessories in the mix and not just the black Starbucks hat. Employees can wear fedoras, bowler hats, Panama hats (?!?!), and newsboys, among others. Scarves and ties are also now OK as long as they're part of the color palette.

Another big change is that Starbucks employees can now wear fun colors in their hair. The dye has to be semipermanent or permanent for food safety reasons, but if yellow hair is your thing, you can bring it on down to your next shift at Starbucks!

And while face tattoos aren't allowed to be visible, Starbucks appears to be loosening up quite a bit with these new guidelines. "We're inviting you to bring your personal taste and handcrafted style to work," reads an opening statement in the new guidelines. "As ambassadors of the Starbucks brand, you should feel proud of your own look as you tie on the green apron."

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