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- YouLookFab talks about nude-for-you pantyhose.
- Fashionista rounds up 25 trendy lipsticks (although not all are work-appropriate).
- Lifehacker shares a helpful infographic on the most flattering clothing brands for your body shape and height.
- Above the Law comments on the 2015 Women in the Workplace study about gender equality at work (by LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Company).
- New York magazine's Science of Us explains the intricacies of a good impression — with the help of a few “Simpsons” characters.
- Inc. looks at why Millennials (and likely many Gen-Xers as well) aren't big fans of phone calls.
- The New York Times talks to people who have struggled to keep their jobs while caring for aging parents.
- Fast Company gives advice on making small talk at holiday parties and networking events.
- The Muse has a few key things for you to remember when you're discouraged by your job hunt.
- Did you hear that Marissa Meyer just had her twins?
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K
I am attending my husband’s Christmas party tonight at a hotel ballroom and was hoping you all could tell me which shoes to wear. Neither pair are ideal but I think one should work. I am wearing a v neck black sheath dress with a silver statement necklace. Options for shoes:
1) Silver sandals I just received yesterday:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TV0S476?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
2) Boring black peep toe pumps (not patent)
3) Black 3 inch t strap dress sandal (no picture, sorry)
K
No walking or being outside will be involved. Will park in parking garage at hotel. Highs today are projected for the 50’s so it won’t be artic cold out either.
NYC tech
They all sound like they’d be lovely! I’d pick the most comfortable pair of the three, since Christmas parties involve standing around for hours.
Anona
I’d go with 2 or 3
Anona
I’m not too sure about that Lifehacker guide. It’s recommending Forever 21 for women over 5’7, the store where some skirts are not even long enough to cover my undergarments”. Also, it clarifies between different weights, but if you have the same figure, the straight size brands all make clothes that will fit both the skinny and regular range, so why wouldn’t both fit?
lsw
I was also underwhelmed by this graphic yesterday, partly for the fact that everything recommended to me was Lululemon, Adidas and Forever 21. Wow, great. I definitely can get a lot of great workwear from those brands.
anon
And in what world does Lululemon fit women with straight figures? Their pants have teeny little waists that would only fit an hourglass.
E
Ugh that infographic is useless. 5’7″+?? I’m 5’11”. there’s no way i could wear the same dresses or pants that someone 5’7″ wears. fortunately a lot of sweaters and blouses simply have long sleeves so that works out for me.
Camlan
About the NY Times article on caring for aging parents–I can speak to that. When my dad broke his hip, it started a three year cycle of infections and hospitalizations and stays in a rehab clinic. I tried to manage this from three hours away, but couldn’t.
In the end I quit my my job. That probably gave Dad two extra years he wouldn’t have had otherwise. I don’t regret deciding to care for him. But I do regret the aftermath. I was 50 when I left my job, and three years out of the workforce seems to have made me unemployable at anything remotely resembling the managerial job I once had. Temp work and retail work are all that I can find. I’m not married, my 401K is toast, and I see no way I can ever find real, full-time work with benefits again–overqualified for many jobs, too long out of the workforce for the jobs I’m qualified for, plus I’m over 50, which doesn’t help.
Retirement? I don’t see how that can happen.
Start talking with your parents now about what they want to happen when they get older and frail. And don’t be afraid to ask them how *they* are planning to fund their later years. Nursing homes are expensive. But losing your job and not being able to get back to work–that’s more expensive still.