Inspired by Meg from The World of Wealth, who wrote about how business casual is starting to show up in otherwise formerly more conservative offices, but the catch-22 is that women in higher up positions are caught between a no-man’s land, so to speak.
Excerpt from the post:
The article centers around hedge fund executives, but leading men in other industries are also beginning to dress more casually (though, as the article points out, “their Seven jeans and untucked Lacostes cost as much as some suits”). One of the women interviewed sums up the dress code attitude as “we can dress like this because we make a lot of money.”
But of course, the women can’t. “You’re neither here nor there,” says Kay Garkusha, who worked at a small Connecticut hedge fund until December. “You can’t dress like the guys and you can’t dress like the other women who are in support roles.”
Credit: Meg from World of Wealth
I have written about this before,and have plenty of articles on how to dress in the workplace mostly aimed towards women (FB Read: Style in the Workplace).
But this bears repeat
- Guys actually notice what you wear
- Fabulous Charlotte Looks
- Some of FB’s Wardrobe
- Reader Request: Outfits for girls with height challenges
- Wardrobe Series: What is your lifestyle like?
