Summer is always the time when dress codes begin to be challenged. Appropriate dress is often a gray area, although some things are clear no-nos.
My own outfit was lightly questioned today by my boss. I was startled because I was wearing a dress that I had worn many times before in the office. Never before had the dress garnered any attention. The one difference today was the shoes.
In the past I wore plain old boring office black shoes with the dress. This time I was wearing sexy sandals. Do sexy sandals really make a hemline seem a little shorter?
After jokingly making me do Catholic shortness test of lowering my arms to see if my fingertips extended beyond the bottom of my dress, I was cleared of all impropriety.
The lesson learned is that appropriate dress extends to the whole outfit. Even if your clothing is okay the accessories may make it appear otherwise.
July 1, 2008 at 7:55 pm |
Those must be some sexy sandals.
July 2, 2008 at 5:24 pm |
HR Minion – They’re no marabou slippers.
July 4, 2008 at 12:19 am |
I think you need to post a pic of those sandals. They sound positively scandalous!
July 17, 2008 at 12:28 pm |
Well…… I am of the “no nekkid toes at work” school, but I would also expect that to be spelled out in the dress code. (If nekkid toes are allowed, they should be nicely manicured, of course.
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July 17, 2008 at 6:42 pm |
Class – I’m of the nose piercing at work school. Ah to be young.