I have a couple guayabera-like shirts that I wear to work. Again, nobody has ever scolded me. Probably because a blue and white shirt with black slacks and black loafers isn't ridiculous.
You two carried me through that war. Now I need you to carry me just a little bit further. If you can.
Tracy ,'The Message'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Fred Pete - Aug 02, 2007 10:40:13 am PDT #1973 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
juliana - Aug 02, 2007 10:45:42 am PDT #1974 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
"Ok, this skirt and this top...wait...doesn't match. Where's the matching top?
This is why I wear all black all the time. Okay, not really, but it does make that whole issue a lot less stressful.
Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2007 10:45:47 am PDT #1975 of 10001
brillig
I worked with a woman who had 3 pairs of the same style black pants and 3 pairs of the same style grey pants. That is virtually all she wore to work year round.
Yup, plain slacks, a few button down shirts in solid colors to rotate, I'm good to go. Shoes? Nikes.
But I'm fasion impaired, according to most people.
Jessica - Aug 02, 2007 10:47:47 am PDT #1976 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I feel like, with a woman, that this seems more like making a statement and the other women would point and laugh.
Speaking only for myself (since I am essentially that woman) - huh? What statement? Nobody's ever pointed or laughed at me either.
Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2007 10:48:43 am PDT #1977 of 10001
brillig
Speaking only for myself (since I am essentially that woman) - huh? What statement? Nobody's ever pointed or laughed at me either.
Not only yourself.
Daisy Jane - Aug 02, 2007 10:50:12 am PDT #1978 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Speaking only for myself (since I am essentially that woman) - huh? What statement? Nobody's ever pointed or laughed at me either.
In the advertising firm where I used to work it would be considered "not trying" and "dull." Not that that's right. But, this is the same place where while interviewing accountants, boss lady asked me "Does he/she look like one of us?"
Vortex - Aug 02, 2007 10:50:48 am PDT #1979 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
This is why I wear all black all the time. Okay, not really, but it does make that whole issue a lot less stressful.
my problem is that my blacks don't match. I need to just dye the lot of it.
Aims - Aug 02, 2007 10:52:07 am PDT #1980 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I kinda get what Sophia is saying. For me, I don't like wearing the same shoes two days in a row. Even if I have them in two different colors. Same with anything else. When I was at TPG, and the dress code was a lot stricter, I lived in Old Navy Essential Trousers. Had them in every color and 3 pairs in black. But I never wore any of them back to back. Didn't want the other women who had more money thinking I was broker than them and couldn't afford the Ann Taylor and Larry Levine suits. Total carryover from not having the right clothes in high school.
Aims - Aug 02, 2007 10:52:58 am PDT #1981 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
my problem is that my blacks don't match.
Same here. And it drives me nuts if I'm wearing a blue black with a brown black. Or a faded black with a true black. Hate hate hate.
I am so totally clothes OCD.
Jesse - Aug 02, 2007 10:53:07 am PDT #1982 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have a couple guayabera-like shirts that I wear to work. Again, nobody has ever scolded me. Probably because a blue and white shirt with black slacks and black loafers isn't ridiculous.
Absolutely. The only reason I think my coworker is even marginal is because his (female) peers are much suitier. If he were on my level it would feel fine -- I think it's equivalent to what I'm wearing today, for example.