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  • Beauty | Issues | Lifestyle | Looking Young | Stress

    When Disaster Strikes: Acne and the Job

    Updated02/06/2023
    153 Comments

    I thought this might be an interesting topic for an open thread — what to do when you wake up the day of an important meeting and find you’ve got a blemish on your face? In addition to being a serious confidence killer, it can make you look younger and lead you to being taken…

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  • There’s No Crying in Baseball: How to Keep from Crying at Work
    Beauty | Being Girly | Fashion | Looking Young

    There’s No Crying in Baseball: How to Keep from Crying at Work

    Updated11/01/2018
    222 Comments

    2017 Update: We still stand by this discussion of how to keep from crying at work — you may also want to check out our recent discussion of how to get a poker face at work.  Reader S has an interesting question about how to keep from crying at work… Recently, I posted to a…

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    Briefcases/Totes | Fashion Gaffes | Internships/Summer Jobs | Looking Young | Money | Status Symbols

    The Intern with the $9,000 Handbag

    Updated03/03/2025
    376 Comments

    Is it a bad idea for an intern to carry a $9000 bag?

  • Does Long Hair Make You Look Younger?
    Just Starting Out | Looking Young | Office Hairstyles: Our Best Advice For Professional Hair

    Does Long Hair Make You Look Younger?

    Updated06/08/2023
    153 Comments

    Update: We still stand by this advice on whether long hair makes you look younger, but you may also want to check out our more recent discussion of how to be taken seriously when you look young. You may also want to check out our best advice for office hairstyles. Reader A has an interesting…

  • What to do when your male boss tells you you dress “too well”
    Business Casual | CoWorker Problems | Fashion Gaffes | Just Starting Out | Looking Young | Mid-20s | Sexism

    What to do when your male boss tells you you dress “too well”

    Updated12/12/2023
    177 Comments

    Today’s reader question comes from a lawyer in a small, private firm on the East Coast, who was told by her male boss that she dresses “too well.” What does it mean when someone says that? And what should this young legal eagle do about it? I’ve been at my first job out of law…

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      • Discussions on Women’s Suiting
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