sommers@topaz.ARPA (Mamaliz @ The Soup Kitchen) (08/01/85)
This is sort of off the point but
I have to buy a new wardrobe. Not a lot, but enough so that I can enter
into a suburban office and not be laughed at. Eight year old jeans and a
torn sweatshirt are just not going to make it.
Do any of the people who know how to perform color analysis live in
Jersey? I hate shopping enough (and I am so pathalogically cheap) that I
would really appreciate it if something would make the shopping easier.
Another silly question: I have been on college campuses for the past
seven years (first as a student, then an employee). What sort of clothes
are called for out there in the real world? I don't want to do the
business suit thing but I do want to be listened to. The Glamour or Cosmo
thing is even more repugnant.
Thanks
liz
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arpa: sommers@rutgerscarson@homxa.UUCP (P.CARSTENSEN) (08/03/85)
Color me beautiful is listed in my phone book...the local snob department store (A&S, etc.) can probly also give pointer... On acquiring a wardrobe....(Two years ago I had the rattiest wardrobe in the Michigan math department *grin* but I am now "respectible"...)...some advice.... For your first couple tries, go with someone who shops a lot and wears stuff you like...sort of a parity check till you've built up confidence..... You eventually zero in on a few stores that tend to have stuff you like at prices you are willing to pay (I get 50% of my clothes at one store, check out 3-4 others periodically).... I tend to like bright colors, but stay away from ruffles (mostly), silky fabrics, and "revealing cuts"...One reason not to go overboard and try to build a wardrobe all at once is that once you've worked somewhere for a while and watched what your peers are wearing (This varies a LOT even within a small "organizational radius." For example, the people I work with dress at least an order of magnitude more casually than the people who work in the next aisle (same boss's boss)) you have a better idea of what won't get you laughed at (I started with a couple "sensible skirts" and a suit and built up from there...) The other reason not to try to get a whole wardrobe all at once is that if you go in thinking "I need 5 skirts and 6 blouses and..." you'll probly end up with 3 skirts you really don't like...DECENT PANTS ARE RARER THAN DECENT MEN *Joke,dammit,grin*...but there IS a lot of junk out there, and if you hit the wrong "fashion season" there may be even less than usual that suits you.... Anyhow, for what it's worth... Patty -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Life is something that, when it's over, it's going to take a long time to recover from.....G. Keillor