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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
FWIW, summers, on women appropriateness = covered skin. Rules on covering skin:
cover your shoulders entirely.
cover your back entirely.
cover your middle entirely.
no visible cleavage (yes, that means if you are flat chested you can get away with lower cut tops; no one ever said life was fair).
wear a bra.
skirts should end not more than 2 inches above the top of your knee cap, and less if your legs are short.
slits in skirts should end no higher than mid-thigh while sitting down with your legs crossed at the knee.
do not wear anything you HAVE to wear a thong under.
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Concur. Isn't it incredible that this needs to be spelled out?!? The last summer I was at a firm, it was abuzz with the sartorial missteps of one particular female summer associate. On more than one occasion, there was bare stomach involved and there was much hand-wringing over who was going to tell her that she was working as a summer associate, not a lifeguard. I can't remember how it was resolved, but I think someone did end up "speaking" with her (can't remember if it was a female partner, or her "summer buddy" -- also a female.)
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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
On shoes:
If you are wearing a shoe with a heel over 2 inches, it really should cover your toes and, preferably, have at least a strap over your heel. Slut potential for strappy heels varies on the height and width of the heel, the width of strappiness and on the rest of the costume (you can get away with flimsier shoes with trousers than with a skirt).
If you do not cover your toes, do not wear hose and do get a pedicure.
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Concur.
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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Do not wear anything that wraps around your ankle, it is too bondage.
Do not wear anything that could be called a "flip-flop," either based on style or sound.
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Must dissent. I have seen shoes (particularly this season) that have ankle straps and they are quite fetching and not at all suggestive of bondage (NTTAWWT, of course). Of course, it's kind of like pornography -- in that I know it [inappropriate footwear] when I see it -- but I cannot agree that "ankle strap" is an automatic deal killer.
Partial dissent on the flip-flop thing. Mules (which sometimes make a flip-flop sound, especially when stepping down a flight of stairs) can be a very professional summer look, and the occasional slapping sound should not disqualify an otherwise tasteful shoe from one's summer shoe wardrobe. In fact, I'm wearing a pair today, and must say, I look
smashing, she said modestly. Then again, I'm not a summer associate, but still...
If I had to come up with a golden rule for summer associate wardrobe selection, it would have to be, "If you're questioning whether it's appropriate, it probably isn't." (This, of course, is useless for that apparently broad spectrum of [mostly] gals who seem to have no clue as to what is and is not appropriate, but then again, adages are a real bear to impart for that very reason -- one size never really fits all.)
