@Lexicus,
@Gorbles:
I'm tired of this. The answer is that there are some places where jeans are considered okay for office/office-type work, and places where they aren't. There are people who would consider them okay in such settings and people who would not. It doesn't look professional to me for someone working in a bank.
As for pandemic-related reasons... I also consider it unprofessional for people who work from home to let their pets barge in. It's annoying to have to ask people to repeat themselves because their dog is barking. Shut the dog away in another room before answering the phone.
I've listed the situations where I've dressed up because it's either a stated requirement (dress code) or it's simply appropriate to do so and if I hadn't, I wouldn't have been taken seriously. I'll add that when I worked in the bookstore at the interpretive centre at the wildlife sanctuary, I wore color-coordinated tops and slacks (the interpreters themselves wore uniforms). Not one person working there ever wore jeans.
As for SCA garb... hooboy. Well, all of my SCA outfits are floor-length dresses in various colors, including a brown sideless surcoat that covered a light-peach underdress. Depending on which one I wore, I'd have either my black cape or my green cape on, or a shawl (I had several in various colors and styles). Shoes would either be red or black. Head covering would either be black or green. Headband holding it on... likely the black one with pearl beads. Accessories would include a couple of belt pouches because modern women's purses look ridiculous when wearing SCA garb. I'd need to revamp mine because nowadays my glucose-testing kit goes with me when I leave here and it's too heavy for any pouch that's not sturdy leather.
I personally do not feel self-conscious in these outfits because I got used to costumes at SF conventions years before joining the SCA. I could put on one of my dresses and walk along the main streets in the downtown and not be embarrassed (did that once, because we were doing a demo at an art gallery for Shakespeare's birthday and I took a break to go to the bookstore where the lady running the place had said she'd like to see me in my medieval clothes; I didn't have a problem, but sure got stared at).
How would other people react?
I've had derisive reactions implying that I'm a hippy from the '60s. More than one person asked if I was a Hutterite (when I was wearing my black dress). One person commented snidely that it's not Halloween. A couple of drivers got distracted staring at me to the point that they weren't actually watching the road; one of these occasions was when a group of us were crossing a freeway on foot in Calgary; the driver went partway into the intersection, staring at us (we were just going to Arby's for an afternoon snack before getting ready for the Saturday-night Bacchanal and it was easier to leave the costumes on rather than change twice).
This was all in the '80s and '90s. Yes, the world was different then. I would not appear in public in my full SCA garb now unless part of a larger group, due to the fact that my head covering can at first glance be mistaken for a hijab by people who don't know the difference. Women wearing hijabs have been attacked in various ways - verbally, physically, sometimes ending up injured and sometimes ending up dead.
I've never worn a real hijab, but there are so many people who don't understand the difference between the various garments worn by Muslim women, the kerchiefs worn by Hutterite women, and the medieval styles worn by some SCA women. They're all very different to me, but look much the same to some people.
If I worked at a bank in Red Deer and wore any of my SCA outfits to work, I'd be told to take it off and dress normally.
Now that Ajidica's questions have been answered, please don't pester me anymore. You asked. I answered, more than once. If this isn't good enough, too bad.