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.
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.
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."
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.
Dallas is very ....shiny. I think of it as the plastic of Texas.
You are so very right. In more ways than one.
Aww, Breyer is going to make a Teddy O'Connor model.
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.
I think this is a good point, and why the dress code affects women in a seemingly unfair way. Also because sexiness is less of an issue with men in the office.
So much less. I can think of precisely one example in all my working life where a guy's clothing was of note along these lines... one attorney had a pair of particularly snug white jeans he'd wear on Fridays.
And I think if they hadn't caused us to question his sexuality (there was just something gay about the white jeans and he was one of those guys who never shut up about chicks) the, um, "package enhancing" would not have been noteworthy on its own.
One of the students at the theatre has done a lot of exploring in my area. I think some of his pictures are here but it is a fairly secretive thing. I thought it seems fascinating, and would have loved to do it, but I was assured that I was not at all physically fit enough.
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