Question of the Day | 07/29/2008 1:00 am
Fashion police: Are there things you think should never be worn to the office? If so, what exactly?

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We women aren’t dumb — or most of us aren’t. We want to get ahead - and more often than not it is a combination of timing, luck, brains, and LOOKING AS GOOD AS YOU CAN. This means office attire — what you see the bosses wearing — or close to it. When you feel good about yourself, you stand straighter, feel more confident, and, with a little bit of luck thrown in,
you have a better chance of being noticed. Take time to look work-appropriate — and you won’t wonder why everyone is looking every way but at you.
Those low-riding pants the youth are wearing nowadays are pretty disgusting. I went to a job interview not long ago, and there several young people waiting in the interview room wearing sandals, low-riders, t-shirts. I looked out of place in my tie and suit. But here’s the kicker: they got the job and I didn’t. Maybe if I’d worn the suit, but replaced the wingtips for bare feet, I’m might’ve gotten the gig. My first taste of age discrimination.
I could fill a page on this one. YES!
Skirts so short, one can see Old Glory when you bend over.
Cleavage, unless, of course, you are a waitress in a dive.
Sweaters that show “pop through” and are very tight.
Pants that are so low, that only the pelvis bones are holding them up. Which, brings up the damned ring in the belly button. And, pants so tight that the thong shows through.
Fabrics, such as chiffon and sequins, suitable at night or at cocktail parties.
On the other hand:
Baggy jeans. Shirts that are unpressed and worn more than once.
Tshirts, bad enough, but writing on them? No!
Flip flops, indeed sandals that expose dirty toenails and calluses. Yuk!
Tennis shoes.
Huge amounts of clinking, heavy jewelry. And, extremely expensive jewelry.
And, while you don’t wear chewing gum, for god’s sake leave it in the car or at the house! We don’t want to see and hear you chewing all day.
‘nuf said…

Old Glory! roflmao—Diana you do have a way with language you do. lmao No bikinis too distracting :-0
Back in the sixties (the last time incredibly short skirts were de riguer) my best friend’s oh-so-proper mother used to say “you’re smiling at me!” in this very sweet voice — that was when we knew we’d crossed the line to too short or too sheer. AT sixteen it was just humiliating enough to make us change!

Ki: They used to be called pedal-pushers then capris when I was young—things go around and come around :-)
Pedal pushers! Yes, I remember that too. Anyway, they aren’t allowed in my office. Also, shoes must be closed in the front or back—never open on both sides. I see women wearing flip flops all the time. Sometimes they are told to go home. I never understood why they take the chance. The most rebellious I get is wearing huraches.
Ki, When I was young, they were called pedal pushers. Capris were pegged pants that came to the ankle; how we ever managed to sit in them is beyond me because there was no spandex then. Those were the pants that Mary Tyler Moore wore in the old Dick Van Dyke show.
We also rolled our blue jeans to just below the knee cap; it would have been unheard to be seen in jeans that weren’t rolled.
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