Recently, we were watching the trailer for the new Sandra Bullock movie, The Proposal, and were struck by the fact that, yet again, Hollywood portrays a savvy business woman wearing a high ponytail. Which brought up a few questions in our minds — are high ponytails appropriate? What about low ponytails? {related: easy office updos (which…
A reader wondered about dry clean only fabrics: “It drives me crazy when everything is labeled ‘dry clean only’. For wool and fine fabrics, ok. But synthetic tops labeled d.c.o.? Please.”
Today’s reader mail has us totally stumped… readers, please weigh in if you have thoughts on what to wear to a sailing event for work in mid-May! Here’s the question: I now have my own professional wardrobe crisis – what does one wear to a corporate sailing event? It is in New England, in mid…
So last week, we asked about fishnet tights — and whether they were ever appropriate for the office. It turns out that we failed to account for something that a lot of people thought was an important factor: the width of the netting. (Our apologies!) With the caveat, then, that our poll was imperfect (hey,…
Today’s reader mail has a young law student wondering how to pack for a summer working abroad… I’m a second-year law student and will be spending part of my summer interning for a government agency in Slovenia, and the rest at a study abroad program in London. My dilemma is that I only have a…
