We got an interesting e-mail last week from LPC of Privilege: A High Wasp Stops to Consider, offering to write a post giving advice to newbies from her much higher position. She’s got some great advice in here! Your first big job. Congratulations. By big, I mean in an institution of substance, as a lawyer,…
We’ve had a great time reading the comments on our “what clothes to buy for your summer internship” post on Monday — it brings to mind so, so many memories of summers past where we’d think, HOW in the name of God did X get through high school, let alone college, with this thick a…
We’ve had a number of requests for how to build your wardrobe for a summer internship, so ladies, this one’s for you! (You also may want to check out our post on affordable office attire!) {related: guide for summer associates} Suits. Yes, you will need more than one suit, but not as many as you…
A reader wondered what to wear while she was laid off and looking, after she ran into a colleague while running an errand.
Some have raised doubts about our TPS reports that feature a silk dress. We think the concerns come from the fact that some cheaper silks can be almost sheer — they can show VPLs; they show sweat like nobody’s business; they wrinkle easily; there are static electricity problems if you’re wearing hose. (To which we…
