What is the business formal dress code? What does it mean when they throw that vague phrase at you in a job offer? We can answer that question for you relatively simply: it means to wear a suit.

Whether you’re heading to an important meeting, attending a corporate event, or working in a high-stakes industry, business formal attire signals that you mean business, quite literally.

Sixty-some years after American workers began to dress down on Fridays, is it finally time for corporate America to fully ditch the suit and tie? I don’t recall seeing anyone wearing formal ...