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[OT] Age Appropriate Dress?
Yowie wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... 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 I have an item of apparel related to a corset. Its one of those crushed velvet lace-up things that push up your boobs that look appropriate at SCA meetings. Providing I didn't have to breath heavily (as it was *tight* being laced up) it was the best thing on a summer's day. For the first time in *years* I had the delight in feeling a cool breeze underneath my boobs. It was *wonderful*. My bodyshape suits "buxom wench" type style. Shame its been out of fashion for several hundred years :-) Yowie Not at all out of fashion these days! They are sexy but not "naughty"; some look great with a skirt or slacks. John loves the two I have and yes, I wear them in public. They aren't *underwear*, they are tops. Mine either zip up the side or hook down the front though. Jill |
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[OT] Age Appropriate Dress?
Yoj wrote:
"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 It's funny what will earn a reprimand. One morning when I left for work it was snowing like *mad*. I was absolutely certain half the staff wouldn't show up for work. I went but I elected to wear (not faded) black jeans and a sweater in case my car got stuck someplace enroute (I didn't have a cell phone). The snow stopped a while later. My then manager went to my supervisor [my supervisor related this to me later] and said something like, "Jill is wearing jeans. You need to talk to her." My supervisor replied, "I don't have a problem with how Jill is dressed. She's usually the best dressed person in the department. So if you have a problem with it, *you* say something to her." So the manager tells me you know we aren't supposed to wear jeans, even black jeans to work. I replied yes, I know that, but when I was on the road at 6AM it was snowing heavily, that's why I dressed this way. She really couldn't think of a thing more to say since by the time she moseyed into the office the snow had stopped. She was probably sound asleep when I was out driving in it. Jill |
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[OT] Age Appropriate Dress?
jmcquown wrote:
Yoj wrote: "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 It's funny what will earn a reprimand. One morning when I left for work it was snowing like *mad*. I was absolutely certain half the staff wouldn't show up for work. I went but I elected to wear (not faded) black jeans and a sweater in case my car got stuck someplace enroute (I didn't have a cell phone). The snow stopped a while later. My then manager went to my supervisor [my supervisor related this to me later] and said something like, "Jill is wearing jeans. You need to talk to her." My supervisor replied, "I don't have a problem with how Jill is dressed. She's usually the best dressed person in the department. So if you have a problem with it, *you* say something to her." So the manager tells me you know we aren't supposed to wear jeans, even black jeans to work. I replied yes, I know that, but when I was on the road at 6AM it was snowing heavily, that's why I dressed this way. She really couldn't think of a thing more to say since by the time she moseyed into the office the snow had stopped. She was probably sound asleep when I was out driving in it. Jill I used to wear jeans to work on days like that when I worked at Target - and jeans were very highly frowned upon - but noone ever said a word to me, as I *always* showed up for work, regardless of the weather. Some of the rattier jeans I would throw an elastic waited long skirt on over, and with my boots up to my knees, no one was the wiser. The *one* time I called in because of weather, I still lived at Mom's a county south of the store, and we had an *ice* storm. 1/4 to 1/2 aqn inch covered everything. The neighbor's kids were ice skating in the street! I called my supervisor and said that nothing was moving here, not even the county trucks to sand the roads. She didn't believe me. I told her fine, get in her souped up Trans Am and come get me - see how far past the county line you get (she declined), and then hung up on her, called and spoke with the Store Manager, who *knew* about the ice storm (read: she didn't have her head up her @$$, and listened to weather reports), and she said no problem, she'd speak with my supervisor. Supervisor wasn't there very much longer after that . |
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Age Appropriate Dress?
I'm down to 125lb at 5'5" and I still look a bit chubby around the middle and upper arms - the ideal weight for my height and my frame starts at 110lb which, given my teeny tiny bones, I should be at. My "range" is 110lb to 125lb, so I'm *just* within my correct weight range. Hah--we're the same height, but my "Range" is 140-150. I've been steady at 150 most of my life, save when illness has made me lose (unable to keep food down) or gain (unable to spend much time out of bed). --Fil |
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[OT] Age Appropriate Dress?
dnr wrote: Since you mention the "plus-size" catalogs: I'm pretty much limited to LaneBryant stores here (not as "trendy" as Avenue, sometimes downright stodgy clothes) but Avenue has NO stores in this state and online is how you gotta get their faddish stuff (I like). I was shocked to learn from LB's website (they are owned by some Penn. clothing conglomerate) that they have *no connection whatsoever* with the LB catalog! Check it out for yourself...I will never buy anything again from the LB catalog, and had noticed over years that stuff from that catalog I'd ordered was always of inferior quality. Oh, I always KNEW the catalog and the stores had no connection - both store personnel and the catalog customer service would tell you so. However, I don't think that's any longer true - the stores may not have access to the same merchandise, but one offered me a discount coupon for my catalog order, if I couldn't find what I wanted in their store. I used to buy a lot of clothes from Roaman's, which seemed slightly better quality merchandise (but they are no longer a separate entity - at least they come under the "Brylane" umbrella, along with various catalogs for menswear, home furnishings and kitchenware). Speaking of larger fashions, Old Pueblo (in Arizona) has a plus-size catalog called "Regalia" (although that's pretty conservative i style). There's a company called "Silhouettes" and another called "Just My Size" which offer somewhat "younger" fashions (at slightly higher prices - which might mean better quality). They have web-sites, but I don't have ther URL's among my bookmarks. Lerner's have a "Jessica London" catalog for women's sizes, too, but judging from the Lerner web-site, they're ALL connected to "Brylane"! (But then, since the merger of May Co. and Federated Dept. Stores last year, no matter what large department store you go to, they're ALL under the same ownership, now - Macy's, Famous-Barr, Filene's, whatever..... they may not bother to rename them, but the ownership is the same for all of them.) |
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"Enfilade" wrote in message
oups.com... I'm down to 125lb at 5'5" and I still look a bit chubby around the middle and upper arms - the ideal weight for my height and my frame starts at 110lb which, given my teeny tiny bones, I should be at. My "range" is 110lb to 125lb, so I'm *just* within my correct weight range. Hah--we're the same height, but my "Range" is 140-150. I've been steady at 150 most of my life, save when illness has made me lose (unable to keep food down) or gain (unable to spend much time out of bed). --Fil Yep, I have a friend like that - same height as me, but she starts looking anorexic when she gets any lower than 145! She wears a size 8 ring. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ |
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Age Appropriate Dress?
Enfilade wrote: Workout wear and t-shirts, the difference being that a "Juicies" brand tracksuit is $300, whereas I got a nice velour set at Stitches for $20. "Velour tracksuit" - how times change! It wasn't so very long ago that those two words would NEVER appear together. Velour and velvet/velveteen were reserved for dressy clothes (and denim was strictly for sportswear). Now you see velour tracksuits and denim formal gowns! |
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Age Appropriate Dress?
"Helen Wheels" wrote in message ... I work at a medical school and it's easy to pick who's who by their dress. The ones with the sharp-looking shirt-and-tie getup and a white coat with a stethoscope hanging out of the pocket - they're the first year medical students. The scruffy looking one with a T-shirt and shorts on - she's probably the head of surgery, so be nice to her! ROFL - Amen to that from a retired hospital worker far, far away from you. |
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[OT] Age Appropriate Dress?
As most of you know, I was very overweight most of my life. I too used to
*try* to shop in plus size catalogues. However, it used to drive me absolutely bonkers that all the models in there were no more than a size 8! I knew that anything that made those skinny-minnies look fat would make me look like a house. But even when something looked nice on a model, I never knew how it would actually look on me - all of the models were at least 80 - 100 pounds thinner than me! Did they think that heavier models would make the clothes look bad and nobody would buy them??! If so they weren't giving women enough credit for having even two brain cells connected - and even less self-esteem! CatNipped Very true about the catalogs: in its ads, Avenue pretty much uses "plus-size" professional models, but the skinny ones are sprinkled in here and there. From your pics it would appear you dress much more conservatively than I do (Avenue is very trendy/faddy/fashionista; LB much less so) but I really don't like buying clothes from catalogs because as you point out, you never know what something will look like on YOU instead of either in a drawing, photo, or a model 100# less than you, LOL...... |
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Age Appropriate Dress?
which, given my teeny tiny bones, I should be at. My "range" is 110lb
to 125lb, so I'm *just* within my correct weight range. CatNipped Long ago, when I was a student in the 2-year training program for radiology workers, I remember one of the first things to really shock me was when I assisted the docs doing barium studies of esophagus/stomach (barium swallow/UGI series) which start out with patient standing on table platform, drinking at doc's command, fluoroscopic images being taken.....and you see *everything*, including not-overtly-visualized body piercings (!) here and there, but that's not what shocked me, that was funny. Inside almost all the large, overweight bodies of female patients was a skeleton of tiny, delicate bone structure! Males, OTOH, if large or overweight, usually had large skeletal structure to match their body size. Interesting. |
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