But before you go grabbing those never-been-washed 501s, wearing workwear to the office still comes with its caveats. Firstly, on the colour: if you’re going to go for blue jeans, steer well clear of the washed, treated, or distressed variety, which are simply too casual. Only the darkest indigo selvedge denim will do and gives you the option to build a smart tonal look with a navy shirt or polo. Jeans in hues of white and cream also work well when offset against the navy blazer.

Second point: the jeans must be tapered. Skinny-fit is a shrink wrap too far, but a nicely tapered leg creates a strong masculine silhouette.

The style and colour of the jeans will prompt your shoe choice, but given that it’s Wednesday, a leather tassel loafer or a suede Chelsea boot offers just the right balance of professionalism and cool.

Thursday

Looking Fashion-Forward

Thursday is, without doubt, the best working day of the week for the simple reason that it is perfectly acceptable to go out for post-work drinks with careless abandon and glide through Friday with faux diligence emblazoned across your face (when all you really want to do is fall asleep in a toilet cubicle).

Thus, Thursday’s blazer look can adopt a more experimental, laissez-faire attitude, which in this case means relaxed or wide-leg (but never baggy) trousers. They have been bubbling away for many a season now (well, actually since the 1920s), without quite taking off, but an unstructured navy blazer is the perfect accomplice to get away with this contemporary look. Go for a pleated style that breaks low on the shoe for a smarter take. Otherwise, flat-fronted trousers with a couple of roll-ups thrown in make for a very modern look.

Elsewhere, get in on the tonal trend by going head-to-toe navy, using a simple white T-shirt and minimalist sneakers to break it up.