Stupid Fashion Question!
Mar. 16th, 2010 08:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rikibethAre pantyhose still de rigueur in a business (not "business casual") environment?
Yeah, I know, I could avoid this whole issue by wearing pantsuits. And I do know that today, even for a job interview, a properly formal pantsuit is just as acceptable as a skirt suit.
But my pencil skirt happens to fit me better than any of my dressy office pants. So I need to know.
I wouldn't have known that the rules had changed if I hadn't read something at The Pursuit of Harpyness on the subject.
So... I'm supposed to wear tights in the winter and go bare-legged in the summer? And if I don't, I'm dowdy and behind the times?
Or is this one of those rules that only apply in Manhattan, and I should stick with the damn pantyhose?
For the record, I don't enjoy wearing them, but I think bare legs would have been too chilly for March, and tights would have been too informal for a job interview. I wore sheer black hose.
Please discuss!
Yeah, I know, I could avoid this whole issue by wearing pantsuits. And I do know that today, even for a job interview, a properly formal pantsuit is just as acceptable as a skirt suit.
But my pencil skirt happens to fit me better than any of my dressy office pants. So I need to know.
I wouldn't have known that the rules had changed if I hadn't read something at The Pursuit of Harpyness on the subject.
So... I'm supposed to wear tights in the winter and go bare-legged in the summer? And if I don't, I'm dowdy and behind the times?
Or is this one of those rules that only apply in Manhattan, and I should stick with the damn pantyhose?
For the record, I don't enjoy wearing them, but I think bare legs would have been too chilly for March, and tights would have been too informal for a job interview. I wore sheer black hose.
Please discuss!
