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[OT] Age Appropriate Dress?
jmcquown wrote:
point. No, you can't wear sweats to the office. No, your skirt can't be up to your bum. No, you can't wear tube tops. Yes, you may wear slacks; tailored style (like khaki's) but not skin tight. You may wear sleeveless blouses but not tank tops. You'd think some of this would be common sense but apparently it wasn't. Wow... my employer is very, very relaxed regarding dress code. Many folks wear shorts, t-shirts and sandals to work. I'm talking engineers here, so it's not a pretty sight... ;-) Most people wear jeans/slacks and button-down shirts though. I'd never wear a t-shirt or shorts to work. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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[OT] Age Appropriate Dress?
CatNipped wrote:
What do you guys think? Should you not wear a mini skirt - even if you have killer legs - past a certain age? Two words: Tina Turner. Seriously, I think people should take into consideration the following when choosing atti 1. Personal taste and comfort 2. Weather 3. Social situation 4. What other people think 1 trumps 2, 2 trumps 3, 3 trumps 4, etc. I was really ****ed off when I learned two of my siblings were giving my mom a hard time regarding her attire at formal events. My mother dresses up very nicely and tastefully. I don't care what her age is, she looks great and it's perfectly ok for her to wear a dress with a normal cleavage and a skirt that reaches to her knees. Just because she's a grandma, doesn't mean she has to wear boring clothes. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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[OT] Age Appropriate Dress?
Victor Martinez wrote:
jmcquown wrote: point. No, you can't wear sweats to the office. No, your skirt can't be up to your bum. No, you can't wear tube tops. Yes, you may wear slacks; tailored style (like khaki's) but not skin tight. You may wear sleeveless blouses but not tank tops. You'd think some of this would be common sense but apparently it wasn't. Wow... my employer is very, very relaxed regarding dress code. Many folks wear shorts, t-shirts and sandals to work. I'm talking engineers here, so it's not a pretty sight... ;-) Most people wear jeans/slacks and button-down shirts though. I'd never wear a t-shirt or shorts to work. People were allowed to wear T-shirts (tucked in) if they didn't sport a logo advertising some product or with anything that might be construed as "offensive" on it. This basically meant, plain T-shirts (and not the underwear ones). No sandals were allowed; no shorts. We didn't meet & greet the public in I.T. but they still expected people to not dress as if they were about to run to the convenience store for a 6-pack of Budweiser I can completely understand that. Jill |
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[OT] Age Appropriate Dress?
Victor Martinez wrote:
CatNipped wrote: What do you guys think? Should you not wear a mini skirt - even if you have killer legs - past a certain age? Two words: Tina Turner. Seriously, I think people should take into consideration the following when choosing atti 1. Personal taste and comfort 2. Weather 3. Social situation 4. What other people think 1 trumps 2, 2 trumps 3, 3 trumps 4, etc. I was really ****ed off when I learned two of my siblings were giving my mom a hard time regarding her attire at formal events. My mother dresses up very nicely and tastefully. I don't care what her age is, she looks great and it's perfectly ok for her to wear a dress with a normal cleavage and a skirt that reaches to her knees. Just because she's a grandma, doesn't mean she has to wear boring clothes. No one says she has to wear boring clothes. I don't wear boring clothes when I'm out. But just a couple of months ago my LLL asked (or rather, stated), "You don't wear mini-skirts, do you?" Sure, I own a couple of casual, have fun mini-skirts. As I previously mentioned, they aren't crawling up my butt and skin-tight. The work we do setting up for his art shows isn't conducive to mini-skirts, anyway. There's a lot of stretching way up to join the canopy poles, crawling around to put the anchor stakes in the ground, bending over fastening the mesh sides to the canopy. I wear walking shorts (not Daisy Dukes) & t-shirts. I did make a point to pack a mini-skirt for our next trip for when we go out to dinner someplace Jill |
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[OT] Age Appropriate Dress?
Victor Martinez wrote:
Helen Wheels wrote: What, not even muumuus? Aw... Well, maybe some kinds of dresses are ok: http://www.utilikilts.com/ In very hot weather that would allow for a nice cool breeze Jill |
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[OT] Age Appropriate Dress?
Victor Martinez wrote:
Helen Wheels wrote: What, not even muumuus? Aw... Well, maybe some kinds of dresses are ok: http://www.utilikilts.com/ 'Men's unbifurcated garment' LOLOLOL!!! They'll do anything not to call it a skirt! -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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[OT] Age Appropriate Dress?
"Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... CatNipped wrote: What do you guys think? Should you not wear a mini skirt - even if you have killer legs - past a certain age? Two words: Tina Turner. Seriously, I think people should take into consideration the following when choosing atti 1. Personal taste and comfort 2. Weather 3. Social situation 4. What other people think 1 trumps 2, 2 trumps 3, 3 trumps 4, etc. I was really ****ed off when I learned two of my siblings were giving my mom a hard time regarding her attire at formal events. My mother dresses up very nicely and tastefully. I don't care what her age is, she looks great and it's perfectly ok for her to wear a dress with a normal cleavage and a skirt that reaches to her knees. Just because she's a grandma, doesn't mean she has to wear boring clothes. She sounds like my kind of grandma. I really don't much care what other people wear, aside from an occasional thought that they really do need to look in a mirror once in a while. And I wouldn't dream of telling anyone else what to wear. I do try to make a point of letting family members know when they look especially nice and let it go at that. However, if I ruled the world, anyone with killer legs would have to wear shorts once in a while just to keep everyone's morale up. Jo |
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[OT] Age Appropriate Dress?
"Richard Miller" wrote in message
... In message , Yoj writes "dopekitty" wrote in message news:kewCf.140690$6K2.105266@edtnps90... Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: CatNipped wrote: I'm watching "The View" and one of their "hot topics" was whether women should stop wearing certain types of clothing as they get older (the example used was women who were over 40 shouldn't wear "Juicies" work-out clothes. Someone said that *nobody* should wear sleeveless blouses or dresses if they have flabby upper arms (here in Houston where it sometimes gets to be 115F with 2000% humidity this flabby-upper-armed MaMere *really* objects to that objection!). What do you guys think? Should you not wear a mini skirt - even if you have killer legs - past a certain age? -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ After reading everyone's comments and opinions - all I can say is: http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/ju.../chicks_101_2/ that video won't work for me either in firefox or IE Kristy It's a commercial for Niquil. I've seen it on TV serveral times - the "roommate" one. Joy There's a video after the Niquil commercial .... yuk! -- Cathi I just got the commercial, and then it quit. After your comment, I don't think I'll go back and try again. ;-) Joy |
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[OT] Age Appropriate Dress?
"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
... jmcquown wrote: point. No, you can't wear sweats to the office. No, your skirt can't be up to your bum. No, you can't wear tube tops. Yes, you may wear slacks; tailored style (like khaki's) but not skin tight. You may wear sleeveless blouses but not tank tops. You'd think some of this would be common sense but apparently it wasn't. Wow... my employer is very, very relaxed regarding dress code. Many folks wear shorts, t-shirts and sandals to work. I'm talking engineers here, so it's not a pretty sight... ;-) Most people wear jeans/slacks and button-down shirts though. I'd never wear a t-shirt or shorts to work. -- Victor M. Martinez Engineers and computer programmers can often get away with dressing in a manner that would earn another type of office worker a reprimand. Joy |
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[OT] Age Appropriate Dress?
"jmcquown" wrote in message
... Yoj wrote: "Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... Well, I think nobody should wear dresses. ;-) -- Victor M. Martinez I almost never do. The one exception is for some Toastmasters speech contests. In one District there is a man who has a lot of influence. He feels that women should always wear dresses or skirts and men should wear skirts and ties. He has enough influence that not dressing as he considers appropriate can actually hurt your chances of winning. When I compete in his District, I wear a dress. Otherwise it's jeans for everyday and slacks for dressup. Joy I'm much more comfortable in dresses, as a rule. At my last job the dress was "business casual" so most women came to work in slacks. I chose to wear dresses and skirts. I just feel less restricted in them. Jill I love the fact that there is a choice. For decades, the fashion designers seemed to rule the world. Certain styles just could not be worn, and skirt lengths were dictated. Then, one year they blew it. In the same year, we had maxi, midi and mini skirts and pantsuits. Women liked having a choice and never completely allowed the designers to dictate to them again. I think it's great that those who prefer skirts can wear them, in the length they wish, and those who find trousers more comfortable can wear them. Joy |
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