Skirts are fairly common formalwear, at least for women. Are you a man? If not, I think any office job, receptionist job, etc, would be fine with you wearing a skirt. I imagine it'd only be some forms of manual labour where a skirt would get in the way.

Why would a bank make you not wear a skirt?

What kind of skirts are we talking about? Because "business formal" for women typically includes skirts.

How can I wear a skirt at work

Wear skirt. Go to work.

I don't know what I'm missing here. Unless there's a safety reason to the job or a mandatory uniform, why would anyone care? Maybe you're in a particularly repressive country and I don't understand the nature of the problem, or why religion comes into it.

Likely, since you didn't mention it, you don't want your gender to be an issue. That's not the world we live in. If you present as male and want to wear a skirt, the only possible option at bigger corporations is a kilt, but then you'll need to lean into being "Scottish". You might find more acceptance at a small business, even a smaller bank, perhaps, depending on where you are.

If you present as female, then I don't know what to say, I've never heard of a job that requires trousers for women apart from for safety reasons.

if a job requires pants, it's not a suitable job for you.

If it’s an office job i doubt there will be a pants requirement. Just having clothes on …

I don't understand what religion has to do with wearing a dress or skirt at a bank job. ?

Women wear skirts all the time where I work. No one really cares.

I don't quite get how religion plays into this but I assume you are a man and are afraid of what others might think of you if you wear a skirt instead of pants.

How about a kilt? They are somewhat accepted as male skirts.

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Say you are religious. Who cares. This lie doesn't hurt anyone.

Are you a lady? I work in an office at a sports company (so sporty casual is common) and there are several women here who wear dresses and skirts not pants, several more who switch back & forth. Not me - pants feel much more secure to me - but it's nothing anyone really notices.

A man wearing skirts we would notice for awhile, not care but notice; if you are customer facing then you might encounter that surprise over and over, if not, I don't think it will be a big deal.

Might be helpful to know your gender, location (like country) and do you have autism by chance?

The first part is to taylor (lol) suggestions to you. The second part is out of curiosity and because that might be helpful to classify it as a medical necessity.

Come to the interview and ask if it's a problem.
I am pretty sure pencil skirts (if I reference the correct clothing) arent that uncommon in office jobs.
Just keep it to professional office attire. 🤷

Are you a man? Call it a kilt.

If you've been comfortably wearing skirts & dresses for 10 years, wouldn't you rrealize that skirts & dresses are perfectly acceptable attire in a bank? And if you're a man who's comfortably been wearing skirts & dresses for 10 years, how is this upcoming bank interview suddenly an obstacle? Is this your first job interview in 10 years? Here are some business-appropriate kilts: https://21stcenturykilts.com/kilts

I am a little confused by this, maybe I just have USA brain.

I've worked office jobs for over 30 years now. No employer I've ever worked for would forbid women from wearing skirts to the office.

If there's more to the story and you're dealing with gender issues then add that information.

have you tried different fabrics or fineness? some of them don't feel like you're wearing anything at all.

if you're leaving out a part of being an AMAB or a man or a trans woman who is hiding, there's many traditional clothes in the world that can satisfy that, most common is probably the arab thoub

Have you tried explaining to your boss the issues that pants bring you? You could word it in a way that allows you to bring up the American Disabilities Act (or whatever your country's corresponding law is, should one exist). If they still say no, ask for it in writing and tell them you'll have a lawyer look it over

Maybe in your region they are not as open minded as other places and you need to be a pioneer, my only tip is get references of other people pionering, take as much courage as you can and fight for your rights!

It depends on what job it is. I don't see a bank having a problem with it unless they have a uniform. If you were doing any field or machine work, I could see a safety issue.

Even a toga is an option. It's not "normal" most places, but if you wear reasonably covering clothing and get your work done anyone worth working for won't really care.