Dress Your Best 2011: Post #2: Arms
Jun. 29th, 2011 11:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ajnabiehI think of myself as reasonably well sartorially stocked for formal professional occasions: I've got a black suit, I've got a bunch of suit separates and blouses and things like that. Plus, you know, I'm a grad student, how many suits do I need However, I just encountered a fashion challenge that my closet was unequipped for: what to wear for a high formality professional event held in the heat of the summer.
This was the conclusion I reached.
I have to admit, it took me a long time to be convinced by the short sleeved blazer. It felt...just wrong, somehow. Blazers have SLEEVES. This is in their nature! Anything else is a violation of their natural rights as blazers! Why don't I just wear a vest if I'm going to violate all that is good and right in business attire?!?!
After many rounds of trial and error, however, I reconciled myself to the outfit, because of the clear truth that my arms are freakin' fierce. Might as well show it off.
again with the toddler photobombing
The neckline on this top is a new one for me: what do you think? I felt very covered up, but I liked the shape it made, both in the blazer and out of it.
(And let's not talk about my pink manicured fingernails. I still have some cognitive dissonance over that.)
What do you think about summer business wear? Is it all about fabric, or cut, or color for you? How do you summer-ize an outfit?
This was the conclusion I reached.
I have to admit, it took me a long time to be convinced by the short sleeved blazer. It felt...just wrong, somehow. Blazers have SLEEVES. This is in their nature! Anything else is a violation of their natural rights as blazers! Why don't I just wear a vest if I'm going to violate all that is good and right in business attire?!?!
After many rounds of trial and error, however, I reconciled myself to the outfit, because of the clear truth that my arms are freakin' fierce. Might as well show it off.
again with the toddler photobombing
The neckline on this top is a new one for me: what do you think? I felt very covered up, but I liked the shape it made, both in the blazer and out of it.
(And let's not talk about my pink manicured fingernails. I still have some cognitive dissonance over that.)
What do you think about summer business wear? Is it all about fabric, or cut, or color for you? How do you summer-ize an outfit?
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Date: 2011-06-30 06:29 am (UTC)I think for me summerizing business wear means brighter/lighter colors. In theory it could mean more skirts but since I don't shave my legs & work in the fuddy-duddy civil service I don't usually feel like I have the energy to defend that kind of choice at work. :P
I also think in theory it could mean lighter fabrics like linen, but I hate ironing, so!
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Date: 2011-06-30 06:31 pm (UTC)I've been realizing that I really need to get a good pair of khaki pants. I've been defaulting to skirts a lot lately, because I don't have an easy shape to fit in formal pants. I don't shave *generally,* but I do for high-formality events, which makes things a little easier. (If my students have feelings about me being hairy, well, good for them...and academics are probably not going to notice!) I wonder if I should start thinking about how to keep one's armpit hair appropriately groomed for professional attire? Like, should I clip it down? Man, we need like a body hair fashion huddle for these sorts of things!
IRONING, HOW I HATE IT. Yeah, I always think something doesn't need ironing, and then other people see me.