Dress code varies a lot by city as well as industry. DC (when I temped there in the mid-90s) was very conservative - hose, no sandals, no sleeveless, skirts preferred over pants.
I started a little summer project in the Main library yesterday and was amused by how I was dressed (linen palazzo pants, sandals, linen fitted blouse) compared to the people in the department I had a project in (jeans and t-shirts). I'm in public service; it's a whole 'nother ball game. Annoyingly, librarians are still expected to wear suits for interviews, even though we never actually wear them to work.
Home. Going to lie down w/ cool cloth on head and wait for docs to call. Thanks for well wishes.
We're ostensibly business casual here, but people wear jeans, shorts, capri pants, and sandals all the time. Which I am grateful for.
Hope you feel better soon, smonster.
Skipper
Well, skimmer. I thought that might be what started the conversation off, but I went back and couldn't find the beginning of this topic, just lots of talk about ita in denim skirts. Guess I didn't go back far enough!
I am wearing a T-shirt today. Because it's Drug Safety T-shirt Friday. Instituted by me. Generally only observed by me.
Also, our boss is on vacation, so my co-worker and I are going to skip out early and go see
Splice.
During the summer we can dress more casually, but the Dean specifies no denim, and no flip flops.
I remember when I interviewed being happy that the women on the panels were not wearing hose, and had sandals on.
In my old library, the big boss wore cut-offs in the summer, so the bar was pretty low.
My department's dress code seems to be "Wear what you would to a family dinner." Way on the casual end of things, but still nice.
I have a friend who just yesterday was wearing a dress with leggings on underneath who was called out by one of her bosses.
On what grounds? I can't imagine ever wearing leggings to work, so I'm not entirely surprised that something happened, but I don't know the context or her workplace.
Men just have a ridiculously easy time of it. Also, unless you're the guy over the cube wall from me, probably a pretty boring time of it. But you know your code, and you don't need to get that much clothing, total, and it doesn't need to vary much in cut or fit.
Whereas we're conditioned for more variety, and with variety leads the issue of clothing body types. I've only gotten dinged for showing too much leg (ironically, while I was supposed to be hiding in the trenchcoat, I was complimented on the lovely colour of the skirt by the customer), but I'm manic about never showing cleavage.
There's a difficult middle space that probably doesn't exist between looking tidily putting together and drawing "undue" attention to your femaleness. Which, really? No fair. Because in a perfect world, my clothes are tailored to *me*, but I don't want them suck tight or shifting distractingly because I breathe.
But the ribbed turtleneck from earlier this week with the pencil skirt is as form-fitting as I'm willing to go at the office. More sexy than shorter skirts I've worn.
We've had a couple days here where we've been asked to wear business formal, which is frustrating. Everything I read on monster.com, etc, insists I shouldn't have to interview in a suit in my industry, but the recruiters firmly disagree. I interviewed for one recruiter in a dress with a matching long jacket, and she insisted I not meet the client in that very sedate outfit. I fucking love that outfit, but brown pinstripes it was. I really need a black or grey suit. Or comfortable brown pumps. Or to stop interviewing.
Business casual here seems pretty casual, and casual Fridays even more so. I'm not going to wear T-shirts to work, I don't think, or running shoes. Well, I don't wear running shoes, ever. Maybe I'd wear a glittery GL shirt. It'd feel kinda dressy.
