In the classroom, I wear pants (not jeans), a shirt (not a t-shirt) and shoes (not runners or boots).
In the warehouse I wear jeans (not pants), a t-shirt (not shirt) and steel toed boots (not shoes).
That doesn't mean I wear a $500 suit in the classroom and it also doesn't mean you can see the steel caps in my boots in the warehouse.
Professional is what you take it to mean, but generally it means "doing more than the bare minimum that you would normally do if you had the day off." Either way, you're going to look worse (no matter what you look like) if you are constantly unsure of your appearance.
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