The office siren aesthetic has taken social media by storm, as content creators share videos wearing eye-catching business-inspired ensembles, including pencil skirts, micro minis, and fitted button-down shirts.
While the trend has proven to be a hit, especially among Gen Z, which is new to the workforce, could employees really get away with using it in the workplace?
Human resources expert Sunny Lena shared a video which received over 150,000 likes and 436 comments on whether young women could wear these sometimes scandalous office mermaid ensembles.
Sunny described the video as “an HR review of your office mermaid outfits and whether or not you get in trouble,” before showing different TikTok content creators embracing the scantily clad clothing trend.
In the first video, influencer Julia Quang, who has 274,000 followers, shared a video of her “corporate fashion.”
HR expert Sunny Lena shared a video that received over 150,000 likes and 436 comments asking whether young women could pull off these sometimes outrageous office siren outfits.
In the viral TikTok, which she first shared in March, Julia showed off all the outfits she wore to work during the week and received more than 567,000 likes for her modern workplace style.
In the viral TikTok, which she first shared in March, Julia showed off all the outfits she wore to work during the week and received over 567,000 likes for her modern work style.
In the outfit Sunny criticized, Julia was wearing black pants, a grey sleeveless top, a black blazer, and glasses hanging from the sleeveless top.
Sunny said that without the blazer it might be a problem, but otherwise she had no issues and it was a “really cute” outfit.
Comments on the original video were mixed, with one person calling her “THE office siren” and another saying, “I’ve tapped into my inner millennial (I’m Gen Z) because I would wear any of these to the club.”
Sunny then showed Julia wearing a thigh-baring miniskirt with a narrow black belt and a cleavage-baring button-down shirt, paired with the same black-framed glasses, as well as sheer black knee-high stockings.
She said that as an HR professional, she would talk to Julia about the short skirt and tell her she would have to wear a longer skirt or pants, but that everything else was acceptable.
Sunny went on to show her influence Crienawho has 857,000 followers, wearing an outfit the original creator described as “maybe inappropriate for most offices, but really cute for brunch.”
However, Sunny said that even though Chriena joked that HR would send her home for the outfit, she personally wouldn’t do that.
Commentators had a lot to say: some agreed the outfits were too revealing, while others questioned why there was a dress code.
“I wouldn’t even have a conversation with you,” Sunny said, adding that it was “really cute.”
The main issue Sunny seemed to have with the office siren trend was the micro miniskirts and visible thigh-high stockings with lace, urging people to dress for the proper office environment.
Commentators had a lot to say: some agreed the outfits were too revealing, while others questioned why there was a dress code.
“Hey! Curious as to why men are being sent home?” one person commented, while another asked: “Why won’t HR let us kill in peace?”
Some women said they thought “office siren” was just another TikTok-inspired aesthetic, like “mob wife,” and that no one actually used it in their workplace.
“Why are they trying to look like the opening scenes of an adult movie at work?” one commenter asked.
“It’s like these people have no idea what it’s really like to be in an office,” another woman wrote.
People named their favorite examples of office sirens, including Jessica Pearson in Suits, as seen above.
Commenters named some of their favorite office sirens, with one suggesting One Tree Hill’s Millicent Huxtable.
People named their favorite examples of office sirens, including One Tree Hill’s Millicent Huxtable and Suits’ Jessica Pearson.
Some people felt that it was not HR’s responsibility to confront people who did not respect dress code policies, writing: “HR is not the policy police. Their managers should be dealing with the problem.”
Others pointed out that it is usually too cold to wear such revealing outfits.
“I always think these are people who clearly don’t work in an office because the AC is ON MAX and it’s too cold for any of that,” one said, while another added: “I keep two office sweaters in my office just in case at all times because the AC is ON MAX.”
Some were simply concerned about the practicality, with one commenting: “All I can think is, ‘You guys are going to be super uncomfortable sitting there for eight or nine hours.'”
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