A college student wondered: what should she wear to a business casual networking event (or: recruiting events) — especially in the winter?
So here’s the tricky thing about office style: it changes from time to time. We’ve talked before on this blog about how I’m a big fan of bootcut trousers because I think they’re the most flattering look — and how I think “shorter” pants (capris, floodies, pedal pushers, whatever you want to call them) are…
Can you wear maxi dresses at the office? I’m hoping Reader J is joking: Are maxie dresses appropiate at the office in the Summer? I’ve seen two ladies, one younger in her 20’s perhaps, the other older, 40’s maybe, wearing maxie dresses in the summer. The younger girl wore one once that was bright orange…
How do you deal with back-handed “compliments” at the office? Reader B wonders… I am a 30 year old lawyer working in Washington, DC. My late 20’s/early 30’s professional female friends and I have experienced a strange and disconcerting dynamic amongst women in the workplace: getting negative comments from other women for being smartly/well- dressed. These…
Reader D has a unique question: what to wear in the field? More specifically, to visit a factory (and ride in her client’s plane!) I am going on a site visit to a factory near Seattle. The visit includes riding in a small plane and then visiting a large factory so I will need to…
