Comments on: Suit of the Week http://corporette.com/2009/12/16/suit-of-the-week-40/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=suit-of-the-week-40 A fashion and lifestyle blog for women lawyers, bankers, MBAs, consultants, and otherwise overachieving chicks Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:33:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AEK http://corporette.com/2009/12/16/suit-of-the-week-40/comment-page-1/#comment-61591 AEK Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:17:46 +0000 http://corporette.com/?p=6604#comment-61591 I love the look of opaque tights with almost anything---except suits. Particularly the black-on-black-on black. To me the tights dress down a skirt suit to the point where I would just wear a pantsuit instead. For me the skirt suit is the last bastion of pantyhose (assuming they are needed for warmth/coverage/conservative environment). I love the look of opaque tights with almost anything—except suits. Particularly the black-on-black-on black. To me the tights dress down a skirt suit to the point where I would just wear a pantsuit instead. For me the skirt suit is the last bastion of pantyhose (assuming they are needed for warmth/coverage/conservative environment).

]]> By: dr http://corporette.com/2009/12/16/suit-of-the-week-40/comment-page-1/#comment-61580 dr Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:08:52 +0000 http://corporette.com/?p=6604#comment-61580 Am I the only one who feels that inverted pleats in the front just add bulk to the torso/lap when one is sitting and then don't lay flat when you stand up? I have had my seamstress effectively take out the inverted pleat and give me a flat front skirt on the occasions when I adore the fabric. Just an observation. Am I the only one who feels that inverted pleats in the front just add bulk to the torso/lap when one is sitting and then don’t lay flat when you stand up? I have had my seamstress effectively take out the inverted pleat and give me a flat front skirt on the occasions when I adore the fabric. Just an observation.

]]> By: Lawgirl http://corporette.com/2009/12/16/suit-of-the-week-40/comment-page-1/#comment-61573 Lawgirl Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:36:30 +0000 http://corporette.com/?p=6604#comment-61573 I guess it's the cape/vest combo that I just can't get past... Teehee. I guess an "S" on the chest is what's missing. I guess it’s the cape/vest combo that I just can’t get past… Teehee. I guess an “S” on the chest is what’s missing.

]]> By: Delta Sierra http://corporette.com/2009/12/16/suit-of-the-week-40/comment-page-1/#comment-61563 Delta Sierra Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:34:46 +0000 http://corporette.com/?p=6604#comment-61563 Dear Anon and Anonymous - yes to 'uniforms'. I've never seen shopping for clothes be as annoying and unsatisfactory as this past year. I don't think the designers or manufacturers have the faintest idea what they're doing. Fabrics are awful, cuts are slapdash and all those frills and oddities (great phrase, Anon) just seem like an attempt to disguise it all. I can add my own frills and oddities with scarves, necklaces or brooches. Also, I am a bracelet aficionado - never underestimate the subtle impact of a really good bracelet as you hand someone a document. Dear Anon and Anonymous – yes to ‘uniforms’. I’ve never seen shopping for clothes be as annoying and unsatisfactory as this past year. I don’t think the designers or manufacturers have the faintest idea what they’re doing. Fabrics are awful, cuts are slapdash and all those frills and oddities (great phrase, Anon) just seem like an attempt to disguise it all. I can add my own frills and oddities with scarves, necklaces or brooches. Also, I am a bracelet aficionado – never underestimate the subtle impact of a really good bracelet as you hand someone a document.

]]> By: Anonymous http://corporette.com/2009/12/16/suit-of-the-week-40/comment-page-1/#comment-61556 Anonymous Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:34:47 +0000 http://corporette.com/?p=6604#comment-61556 Anon - women can absolutely have a similar professional "uniform," it just takes a little more work to put it together than it does for men. About 75% of the time, I wear a pencil skirt, button down shirt, and flats to work - add a cardigan for super cold days (my workplace is business casual so I never wear suits). Sometimes I'll swap out the skirt for pants, or the button down for a sweater. Fridays are casual but I still have a "Friday uniform" of casual pants (not jeans) or cords and a nice sweater or nice top/cardigan. I'm probably the "no fun" one of my department, fashion-wise, but I think I always look professional, and it works for me. Anon – women can absolutely have a similar professional “uniform,” it just takes a little more work to put it together than it does for men.

About 75% of the time, I wear a pencil skirt, button down shirt, and flats to work – add a cardigan for super cold days (my workplace is business casual so I never wear suits). Sometimes I’ll swap out the skirt for pants, or the button down for a sweater. Fridays are casual but I still have a “Friday uniform” of casual pants (not jeans) or cords and a nice sweater or nice top/cardigan. I’m probably the “no fun” one of my department, fashion-wise, but I think I always look professional, and it works for me.

]]> By: belle de ville http://corporette.com/2009/12/16/suit-of-the-week-40/comment-page-1/#comment-61510 belle de ville Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:16:21 +0000 http://corporette.com/?p=6604#comment-61510 Love the inverted pleat skirt. I used to have lots of them by Celine and Hermes back in the 80's. I wish that I still had them! Love the inverted pleat skirt. I used to have lots of them by Celine and Hermes back in the 80′s. I wish that I still had them!

]]> By: Lawgirl http://corporette.com/2009/12/16/suit-of-the-week-40/comment-page-1/#comment-61495 Lawgirl Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:22:44 +0000 http://corporette.com/?p=6604#comment-61495 The crazy thing is that is SOLD OUT. $4K to spend on this monstrosity; I want to see who these people ARE ;-D (sorry for the all caps...) The crazy thing is that is SOLD OUT. $4K to spend on this monstrosity; I want to see who these people ARE ;-D (sorry for the all caps…)

]]> By: Jay http://corporette.com/2009/12/16/suit-of-the-week-40/comment-page-1/#comment-61487 Jay Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:57:02 +0000 http://corporette.com/?p=6604#comment-61487 I want to like this, but that collar is awful. I don't like jackets with necks that high and collars that close. I want to like this, but that collar is awful. I don’t like jackets with necks that high and collars that close.

]]> By: RKS http://corporette.com/2009/12/16/suit-of-the-week-40/comment-page-1/#comment-61476 RKS Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:38:20 +0000 http://corporette.com/?p=6604#comment-61476 Same here! First thought was Batwoman. Same here! First thought was Batwoman.

]]> By: Erin http://corporette.com/2009/12/16/suit-of-the-week-40/comment-page-1/#comment-61470 Erin Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:57:21 +0000 http://corporette.com/?p=6604#comment-61470 IMO that collar flatters almost nobody, except perhaps those few who are delicately built and have perfect facial features. So, not for me (and I am a size 2/4). IMO that collar flatters almost nobody, except perhaps those few who are delicately built and have perfect facial features. So, not for me (and I am a size 2/4).

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