- Becky Quick (co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box) gives her advice for how to dress for a job in finance. [Marie Claire via Dealbreaker]
- Under-eye circles: women’s No. 1 beauty concern. [NYT]
- A new site targets women financial advisers: the goal is to empower them with “the information, resources, and sense of community they need to have a successful financial services career and a healthy lifestyle.” [LadyAdvisor.com]
- For those of us who need financial advice, we’re better off getting it from a “laddie” mag like Maxim than from a woman’s mag. [Feminist Finance]
- Do we need women-specific self-help books? [Bookslut via TNR]
- A helpful article on what summer associates need to know before becoming real live lawyers. [Daily Lawyer (free sub req'd)]
- Glassdoor reports on salary and working conditions at various companies. [Glassdoor via Lifehacker]
- How to Find Time for a Job Search. [The Glass Hammer]
- Power naps trump coffee — who knew? [Lifehacker]
- The 125 Healthiest Supermarket Foods in America. [Men's Health]
- Ever wonder, “How much should I spend for a wedding present?” Smart Money can help. [Smart Money]
Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. We begin the week in splurge mode, with our most expensive suggestions, and wind our way to Friday, where a less expensive item of clothing might be just what you need to make it to the weekend.
One of our friends swears by Redoute for a low-cost boutique look — it’s professional yet slightly bohemian. Wear the Sophie Tonarelli “Marseille” dress at right with the nicest jewelry you’ve got and a classic flat, like something Chanel-inspired (if not Chanel).
Our poll on drycleaning has been up for about a week and a half, now, and so far the results are kind of what we expected: 49% of you said you dryclean your suits after four or five wearings; another 42% said you only dryclean it when they start to smell. 8% of you said you dryclean it after each wearing (seriously, people?) and, amazingly, no one admitted to never drycleaning their suit.
Poll is still going on, though, so if you haven’t yet voted please go and do so!
Photo by wallyg, courtesy of Flickr.
Incidentally, the Stinky Cheese Fair is slated for next Sunday in Brooklyn. [Gothamist]
Jewelry is a great place for expression in an otherwise conservative outfit. There are still some rules, however: Your earrings should not be too dangly. Nothing should be too shiny (unless it’s diamonds, really). Nothing should make noise when you walk (e.g., piled-on bangles). Corporette navigates the waters for you and explores a different designer each week.
Christie Martin Jewelry is not new: she won the Gen Art “Fresh Face in Fashion” award in 2004, has been featured in most major magazines, and is sold at major institutions like the Big Drop boutiques in New York and Ron Herman in L.A. Still, when we were browsing through Couture Candy the other day we couldn’t help but being drawn to her stuff for office fun — it’s got a sense of humor but is still appropriate and beautiful.
We think these sharktooth earrings (in 14K gold, natch) from Christie Martin Jewelry are hilarious, but still tiny and demure enough that you’re the only one who’ll be in on the joke.
Maybe we’re crazy, but we also love this initial necklace in Old English lettering — it speaks to our love of all things monogrammed. There’s an extra-large gold one that may not be appropriate for the office but is super cool, also: Christie Martin Jewelry Old English Necklace Large in Gold
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We also like this hammered wire necklace — we think it would look great peeking out from beneath a button-down shirt.
Christie Martin Design [Official]
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Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. We begin the week in splurge mode, with our most expensive suggestions, and wind our way to Friday, where a less expensive item of clothing might be just what you need to make it to the weekend.
We lurve this Zoa Lace Flower Top from Couture Candy. We think it would look great under a colorful jacket or a cardigan.
We haven’t seen this on other blogs we read, so we had to post: Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th Circuit apparently had sexually explicit photos on a public website that he didn’t realize was public.
Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, acknowledged in an interview with The Times that he had posted the materials, which included a photo of naked women on all fours painted to look like cows and a video of a half-dressed man cavorting with a sexually aroused farm animal. Some of the material was inappropriate, he conceded, although he defended other sexually explicit content as “funny.”
Um, yes, funny — that’s undoubtedly exactly what’s going through the thoughts of every woman lawyer who has appeared before him. This sort of thing always skeeves us out: if you argue before him does it mean that he’s thinking about your argument? Or is he wondering what you’d look like, on all fours, dressed as a cow? Sure, that possibility is always there, but it’s a bit different when you know more details on what the person might be thinking.
We have, of course, decided to run a poll on how this would affect your outfit choice for an argument before him. You can also read the full story here: 9th Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski Posted Sexually Explicit Material on his Website [LAT]
Judge Kozinski on His Porn Site: “It’s Part of Life” [WSJ Law Blog]
UPDATE: Feminist Law Profs weighs in.
- Becky Quick (co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box) gives her advice for how to dress for a job in finance. [Marie Claire via Dealbreaker]
