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What NOT to Wear as an Intern or Summer Associate
What should you NOT wear if you’re a summer associate? We have some thoughts…
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Flip-Flops, Sandals, and Office Propriety, Oh My!
Reader V has a full-fledged shoe debacle on her hands — and she might be charged with delineating (i.e. narrowing) the rules further… We are in the middle of the full raging summer shoe debate at my work place. I work at a CPA firm. We have a no flip-flop policy = no shoes that…
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Beauty | Being Girly | Business Casual | Comfort | Fashion | Fashion Gaffes | Jewelry | Success
The Tomboy in the Suit
Reader A thinks her look is too “tomboy” for the office… I am writing to you in hopes for some advice on how to change from a “tom boy look” to a mid-level executive in a financial institution. I know that your blog is mostly geared toward New York lawyers, but while I am neither…
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Curvy and Competent: Dressing Professionally With a Salma Hayek Body
Reader H has a great question about how to dress professionally if you’ve got a killer body like Salma Hayek’s: One thing that I’m still wondering about (and moreso lately, as my summer internship looms) is if different rules of professional dress apply for different figures. Is it ever necessary – or desirable – to…
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Basics | Business Casual | Fashion Gaffes | Internships/Summer Jobs | Looking Young | Professionalism
What NOT to Wear to the Office
Update: I still agree with my advice in this post, but you can also check out our more recent discussion on what not to wear to work. So there’s this great piece on USA Today about how “business casual” can be confusing to some people — this one 24-year-old PR executive was shocked (shocked, we tell you!) when…
