As eBay’s Meg Whitman becomes co-chair of Sen. John McCain’s national campaign, she talks to our Lesley Stahl about retiring from the business world and about her future. The following is part VI of a VII-part, exclusive interview that took place on Tuesday, March 11. To read the entire interview, click the links at the end of the article.

LESLEY: So, Meg, let’s talk clothes, OK?

MEG: OK.

LESLEY: Alright. This is not an insult. I think you’ve even said it about yourself: "Glam, I’m not!" Right? Tell me if this is true: you seem to wear, basically, khaki pants and a polo shirt every day. None of this "dress for success," those suits that you see – frankly, that I wear. Whoops. Did you make a conscious decision about how you wanted to look?

MEG: So, in my early days – I have a hilarious picture, Lesley, that I should probably send you, that I can’t really let you publish.

LESLEY: Oh, darn. We want the picture!

MEG: It’s of me at Bain & Company in the 1980s and I was wearing the 1980s outfit of a suit, a white shirt and remember those little bowties we used to wear?

LESLEY: Oh, absolutely. Of course.

MEG: I mean, it was the sort of emerging executive women outfit. And so I thought a lot about it in my early days at Bain. And, you know, we were consultants, right? So we had to have a little bit more. But my personal style is not a particularly … you know, I just haven’t … it’s not an interest. I’m not very good at it.

LESLEY: Not good at clothes. Not good at shopping.

MEG: I’m not good at clothes. I’m not good at fashion. And you know what? I think it really sort of stems from growing up. My mother wasn’t very good at it, either.

LESLEY: It’s genetic.

MEG: It’s genetic. And so I just wear what I’m comfortable in and it … one of the joys of coming to Silicon Valley was that everyone is very casual here. So wearing khakis and a button-down shirt every day is kind of what everyone wears. And, blue jeans and…. So, I have actually thrived in an environment where it is a very casually dressed environment, and, obviously, will wear a suit when it’s required. But I am most comfortable, you’re right, in a pair of khakis and a button-down shirt.

LESLEY: Well, it sends out an image of, I don’t know, nice. It does.

Meg Whitman on What’s Next After eBay (Part I)
Meg Whitman: ‘Oh, Gosh. People Put Up Anything You Can Imagine’ (Part II)
Meg Whitman on ‘Security 101’: ‘Consumers Deserve to Know’ (Part III)
Meg Whitman: ‘I Think It’s Better, but We’ve Got a Long Way to Go’ (Part IV)
Meg Whitman: ‘We Took Turns Sabotaging Each Others’ Careers’ (Part V)
Meg Whitman on Running a Household and Thoughts on the Economy (Part VII)