I wear black dress pants or jeans (depending on what is clean) and Hawaiian shirts. If it’s cold outside, I’ll wear waterproof hiking boots. If it’s warm, I’l

I wear black dress pants or jeans (depending on what is clean) and Hawaiian shirts. If it’s cold outside, I’ll wear waterproof hiking boots. If it’s warm, I’ll wear Keens sandals. If people don’t like that, then I’m working in the wrong company. In the case of the OP, I would take what the CEO said and ask “wait — didn’t you just say that there is no dress code policy?” And then I would give him a very quizzical look.