my problem is that my blacks don't match.
This is when the awesomeness of my drycleaner/seamstress comes in, 'cause she'll do the lot for me at a very reasonable rate. I love her.
Angel: I appreciate you guys looking out for Connor all summer. It's just—he's confused. He needs time. That's all. Fred: Right. Time, and some corporal punishment with a large heavy mallet. Not that I'm bitter.
'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
juliana - Aug 02, 2007 10:56:00 am PDT #1987 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Daisy Jane - Aug 02, 2007 10:57:18 am PDT #1988 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I think it was a combination of the industry, and also the region. A woman in Dallas not put effort into looking just so?
SCANDAL!
meara - Aug 02, 2007 10:58:18 am PDT #1989 of 10001
I definitely think my coworkers would've noticed and been disapproving (among themselves, not to my face probably) if I'd gotten a bunch of black and grey pants and worn them exclusively.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2007 10:59:11 am PDT #1990 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The expectations of women are different, and the styles more short-lived. I guess it's possible that men have "Oh, man, today's a grey suit sort of a day" but it's not that expected.
I could not tell you what colour shirt any of my male coworkers were wearing yesterday if they didn't stand out (one guy was wearing a deep red, another one's in ochre today). The blues and whites just disappear. I can tell you the colour of most of the clothes either of my female coworkers wore, as well as the styles of shoes. Some days even jewelry, and how much makeup they normally wear.
sarameg - Aug 02, 2007 10:59:44 am PDT #1991 of 10001
Dallas is very ....shiny. I think of it as the plastic of Texas.
The same way I think of El Paso as the concrete armpit of Texas.
Steph L. - Aug 02, 2007 11:00:03 am PDT #1992 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm very lucky I've never worked anywhere that I had to take style points into consideration. It's always been "She shows up to work every day, she's got a brain, God bless her."
Also, "She hasn't tried to shiv any of her co-workers — well, no one important — so we'll keep her around."
Fred Pete - Aug 02, 2007 11:00:20 am PDT #1993 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I guess it's possible that men have "Oh, man, today's a grey suit sort of a day" but it's not that expected.
When I wore a suit, I had that feeling about a tie occasionally. That's about it.
Daisy Jane - Aug 02, 2007 11:03:09 am PDT #1994 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Dallas is very ....shiny. I think of it as the plastic of Texas.
You are so very right. In more ways than one.
sumi - Aug 02, 2007 11:04:42 am PDT #1995 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Aww, Breyer is going to make a Teddy O'Connor model.
DavidS - Aug 02, 2007 11:05:41 am PDT #1996 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Unrelated to work attire...
I read this article in the NYTimes About Urban Guerrilla Explorers. People who sneak into abandoned factories and underground tunnels.
It's a fascinating subject and I've looked at many websites since I first heard of the phenomenon on a TAL episode.
Anyway, following links in the article you can find some amazing photos.
My favorite urban explorer, though, was the guy in Toronto who wrote a long piece about how to sneak into hotel swimming pools for free. That was very cool.