We're talking about professional basketball and with the playoffs heating up, fans may be focused on the sharp moves on the court, but years after the NBA implemented a business casual dress code, players are looking for chances to show off their style off the court.

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But I am hugely relieved at being able to dress comfortably for air travel and business meetings, despite a general upgrading of the dress code in some industries that seems to correlate with the recession.

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Next the corporate overlords in Columbus, Ohio imposed a dress code: "business casual" instead of T shirts and shorts.

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Gender-neutral, business-first culture: dress to the professional code of that industry and that company.

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