Appropriate (female) business dress
A question for those of you who work in a professional environment:
A (younger, female) colleague and friend of mine expressed her views on business dress to me as we were coming back from a business trip to Berlin. Now this colleage (whom we shall call 'bestfootballerintheoffice' as she's a better player than any of the blokes - captain of the blues team when she was at Oxford in fact) has what appear to me to be somewhat unusual views on what dress is appropriate for professional women.
I would accept that wearing very short skirts or showing too much cleavage would generally be considered to be unprofessional. However, bestfootballerintheoffice thinks that any skirt that does not extend below the knees is unprofessional. She also thinks that the only professional footwear would be shoes - never boots.
It occurred to me tonight watching The Apprentice, that despite the female contestants on that programme all trying desperately to look professional, they would all fail bestfootballerintheoffice's professional dress test. In our office, while the fashion does seem to be for slightly longer skirts at the moment, boots are certainly pretty common, from secretaries to managers.
Your views?
A (younger, female) colleague and friend of mine expressed her views on business dress to me as we were coming back from a business trip to Berlin. Now this colleage (whom we shall call 'bestfootballerintheoffice' as she's a better player than any of the blokes - captain of the blues team when she was at Oxford in fact) has what appear to me to be somewhat unusual views on what dress is appropriate for professional women.
I would accept that wearing very short skirts or showing too much cleavage would generally be considered to be unprofessional. However, bestfootballerintheoffice thinks that any skirt that does not extend below the knees is unprofessional. She also thinks that the only professional footwear would be shoes - never boots.
It occurred to me tonight watching The Apprentice, that despite the female contestants on that programme all trying desperately to look professional, they would all fail bestfootballerintheoffice's professional dress test. In our office, while the fashion does seem to be for slightly longer skirts at the moment, boots are certainly pretty common, from secretaries to managers.
Your views?