Focus on the Family has a new look — or at least its employees do.

Beginning today, men who work at Focus no longer have to wear mandatory business attire, including a tie, and female employees don’t have to stick with just dresses or skirts and hosiery. Men can now come to work donning an open-collar shirt — but no spandex — and women can be decked out in dress pants and pantsuits.

After the announcement about the dress-code change at a Tuesday staff meeting, Focus employees erupted in applause, and some women gave president and chief executive Jim Daly a standing ovation, Focus spokeswoman Lisa Anderson said.

“We can get rid of the hosiery,” Anderson joked. “Some women wanted to stage a bonfire right on the spot.”

Read Jim Daly’s comments on the new policy at Gazette.com.