Looking like your father on a late-90s business trip: pleated chinos, tucked-in polo, brown belt, loafers, thinning hair optional. Ironic-turned-earnest. The style your dad never tried to be cool in, worn intentionally in 2025 by 24-year-olds in Brooklyn.
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'Office dad aesthetic' is a 2024 menswear trend embracing the mildly nerdy, comfortable, slightly dated office uniform of older male office workers — pleated trousers, button-down shirts tucked in, brown loafers, a New Balance trainer or two, perhaps a polo. It is worn ironically and stylishly by Gen Z men. If your teen dresses 'office dad', they are following a fashion trend, not regressing. Harmless and easy to assemble from charity shops.
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