Form a management committee to prepare a statement describing the Corporate Image desired.

Designate one person to coordinate Corporate Apparel dress code between management and employees.

Have employees of each department, branch, location, etc. select a representative for an employee committee — no more than eight people with male and female represented.

Have employee committee draft a survey form for each staff member to complete requesting their input. Example, how short do you feel skirts should be; should hose always be worn; should men be required to wear ties; which Corporate Apparel program best fits the guidelines set by senior management. This can be geared to all ages, tastes, and genders.

Using the results of the survey and with input from management representative, employee committee puts together a draft of the dress code and forwards it to management committee.

Management committee either approves and forwards to senior management or makes changes and returns to employee committee for revisions.

Management should introduce dress code in a positive manner, perhaps with an Image Consultant present to reinforce importance and train on how to build a Working Wardrobe.

Should a Corporate Apparel program be indicated, management should carefully consider approving a vendor to supply coordinated male and female clothing. This can be done at company expense or as a loan with payroll deduct.