On November 25, the Day of the Officers is celebrated in Japan (OL DAY), an unofficial holiday dedicated to all those women who wear the characteristic office uniform. Reason why illustrators and cosplayers in Japan came together to share a wide variety of illustrations dedicated to Waifus wearing the characteristic set that defines a clerk through the hashtag #olの日.
When is the day of the office workers? What is its origin?
It was in 1994 when OL Network System, a group focused on professional exchange for working women, created the holiday “OL DAY“, a day that will commemorate and celebrate women office workers and that in recent years has positioned itself as a trend in Japan’s social networks.
It remains to be noted that in the past, female office workers were told “BG“(business girls), but the company NHK He converted it decided to ban the term on September 12, 1988, due to a great similarity with the English word of “prostitutn”. Reason why a group took on the task to find a new term to call office women, resulting in the term “OL” (Office Lady), and in November of that same year the term “OL“(Office Lady).
Thanks to the growth of anime culture and cosplay in Japan, every year on social networks we can appreciate incredible cosplays and illustrations that commemorate the unofficial holiday.
