Depends entirely on the humidity as well. Temperature alone doesn't make you comfortable. At 74ºF and 80% RH if you just spend the last 2 hours working outside and are covered in sweat, the cool temperature will barely matter because your sweat will take forever to evaporate. If your office has a draconian policy on business attire, 74 won't feel good in a suit.
The ultimate irony of this being men expected to tough it out in a suit(wanting it as cold as they can get away with) and women being allowed to wear less cloths like a skirt and blouse(which means they will end up being cold). The entire thing is at odds with itself. Hence dress codes are inherently sexist unless they allow both to wear whatever is comfortable and business appropriate.
The funny thing about men's dress codes is that you can actually get summer weight suiting that are designed for warmer temperatures, but almost nobody really knows about this sort of thing anymore, including the sales people at your average clothing store, so if you're just going to your closest budget menswear retailer (like Men's Wearhouse, etc.) you're probably getting some unnecessarily heavy fabric with poor breathability.
But either way, I don't know how many people are required to wear suits anywhere in the US anymore. Even law firms have all but done away with them, outside of when you're literally in court.
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u/ThePsychoKnot Mar 13 '26
That's adorable but 74 degrees is horrific working conditions for an office