Mixing upmarket elements with comfortable, more casual pieces, such as jeans with a V-neck shirt and blazer for men or skinny-leg khakis, heels, and a lovely top for women, upscale casual is a semi-formal outfit. In order to achieve the look of upscale casual, it is necessary to avoid certain items of clothing while incorporating others.
T-shirts worn alone and rubber-soled shoes are inappropriate for an upmarket casual dress code for men, but dark jeans or pants, collared shirts, and blazers are acceptable. Flip-flops are never upmarket for either gender. Black pants and little black dresses are fantastic upmarket casual essentials for women that can be dressed up or down with jewellery and heels or flats, respectively.