It really depends what kind of job you do. Personally I think mini skirts are fine in any kind of office environment. Nothing trashy of course, but a skirt suit and blouse is far more appropriate than a t-shirt and jeans no matter how short the hemline.
My first office job was during my degree course. The whole third year was work experience and I was taken on as an intern by a large engineering company. I was 20 and I enjoyed wearing short skirts so I turned up on the first day in a pencil mini skirt and blouse. Almost all of my colleagues were men and none of them objected. Some of the administrators and secretaries wore mini skirts too so I guess it wasn’t frowned on. This was England in the late 80s so maybe attitudes were different. Anyway, I carried on wearing mini skirts except for site visits when health and safety insisted on jeans and sturdy boots.
Across my career I worked for several different engineering companies, first in the UK and then in the US. I’ve was never officially forbidden from wearing mini skirts or short dresses to the office, but from my experience it’s less tolerated in the US. Any disapproval was mainly conveyed through the looks I was given and a few catty comments, almost always by other women. The most negative thing I can remember is when my manager at the time suggested I was distracting my co-workers, but I knew he appreciated me in short skirts so it was easy to ignore him.
Here’s a photo of me taken by a co-worker before I gave a presentation. It’s typical of the sort of outfits I wore to work, although I made a bit more of an effort on this occasion because of the audience.
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